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"...is supposed to be more efficient and better-looking..." Not sure how it can be better looking—all luxury cars already hide their wipers below the hood line

"...is supposed to be more efficient and better-looking..." Not sure how it can be better looking—all luxury cars already hide their wipers below the hood line already. Seems overly complex with many more failure points. Wipers are the one thing you don't want to fail when you need them.

hammock 7y ago
>the one thing you don't want to fail I wouldn't dare correct you as I have no data, but I suspect many people would put brakes or a seatbelt ahead of wipers
- addisonl 7y ago
  Touché haha. The thing with wipers are they are typically not used often in most places, so you won't know they are broken until you really need them. Brake and seatbelts typically display warning signs before failure (but not always of course).
  - cbanek 7y ago
    Wipers are important, and underrated. Seatbelts are mostly muscle memory if not absolutely required, and you have to use the brakes basically to even start the car or get anywhere. But wipers you don't use on every trip. One time I was taking a winter defensive driving course, and was the first person in the car to go. It wasn't my car, so it was unfamiliar. They had a number of skid pads, cones, etc. They were also pouring out water to make sheets of ice to help teach skid control. Some of the water hadn't frozen yet, and the instructor told me to go through it. It put a full sheet of water on the windshield and I was fumbling looking for the wipers, because they weren't on the stick (it was a pull button for some reason). Of course, everyone else knew how to use the wipers by their turn. I didn't lose control of the car, and kept my cool, but it made me realize, ALWAYS check where the wipers are when driving an unfamiliar car. Even if it's not raining, if something gets on your windshield (mud, bugs, dirt), you need to know how to clean it, and fast.
tedunangst 7y ago
Have you seen pictures of the new roadster model? The wiper is not exactly subtle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(2020)#/media/File%3ATesla_roadster_2020_prototype.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(2020)#/media...

hammock 7y ago

>the one thing you don't want to fail I wouldn't dare correct you as I have no data, but I suspect many people would put brakes or a seatbelt ahead of wipers

addisonl 7y ago
Touché haha. The thing with wipers are they are typically not used often in most places, so you won't know they are broken until you really need them. Brake and seatbelts typically display warning signs before failure (but not always of course).
- cbanek 7y ago
  Wipers are important, and underrated. Seatbelts are mostly muscle memory if not absolutely required, and you have to use the brakes basically to even start the car or get anywhere. But wipers you don't use on every trip. One time I was taking a winter defensive driving course, and was the first person in the car to go. It wasn't my car, so it was unfamiliar. They had a number of skid pads, cones, etc. They were also pouring out water to make sheets of ice to help teach skid control. Some of the water hadn't frozen yet, and the instructor told me to go through it. It put a full sheet of water on the windshield and I was fumbling looking for the wipers, because they weren't on the stick (it was a pull button for some reason). Of course, everyone else knew how to use the wipers by their turn. I didn't lose control of the car, and kept my cool, but it made me realize, ALWAYS check where the wipers are when driving an unfamiliar car. Even if it's not raining, if something gets on your windshield (mud, bugs, dirt), you need to know how to clean it, and fast.

tedunangst 7y ago

Have you seen pictures of the new roadster model? The wiper is not exactly subtle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(2020)#/media/File%3ATesla_roadster_2020_prototype.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(2020)#/media...