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The wipers wipe automatically when the camera detects rain on the windshield. If you want to do a window clean you just push the button on the end of the blinke

The wipers wipe automatically when the camera detects rain on the windshield. If you want to do a window clean you just push the button on the end of the blinker handle on the left of the steering wheel. It's one of the few physical buttons of the 3.

rkagerer 7y ago
How often do you find yourself wanting to tweak the rate?
- radium3d 7y ago
  Rate is set automatically based on the amount of rain. The wiper clears the windshield for the cameras for autopilot so it keeps the view clear. I haven't had the urge to adjust the rate yet.
  - rkagerer 7y ago
    My car has that, but I tend to manually adjust it regardless as I find it's often a bit to slow or a tad too fast. Maybe I'm just picky. Or maybe your car's algorithm is better :-).
the_angry_angel 7y ago
How well does the auto wipe behave on Tesla’s? I’ve owned multiple cars with the feature over the last 10 years - the only one which has ever got it close was a Lexus (quite some time ago). The rest I’ve had and still need to constantly police.
- babuskov 7y ago
  I don't know about other cars, but on my 2014 Passat it works flawlessly. I don't remember ever having to manually touch it.
- Cthulhu_ 7y ago
  I have a fairly new car, one of VW's brands, and at best I twiddle with the sensitivity a bit from time to time, but that's mostly unnecessary.
- tyrbo 7y ago
  I haven't had to manually turn on the wipers, but I have had to turn them off on one or two occasions when the computer _thought_ it was raining for some reason.
- Angostura 7y ago
  Works OK on my 2016 Seat Alhambra. There's a little control that lets you adjust frequency/sensitivity on the wiper stalk.
- theshrike79 7y ago
  2012 Passat and two Priuses (2nd and 3rd gen), all worked 95% of the time.
  - cheschire 7y ago
    So 3 minutes of every hour of rain were left unwiped? Sounds dangerous. Or was that "internet statistics"?
- aedron 7y ago
  It's a solved problem on newer cars. What I want next is an automatic sunscreen that slides down based on sensing the angle of the sunlight. I think there is also technology to dynamically darken glass that could be used. I hereby grant a free perpetual license to auto manufacturers to use this idea. :)
  - striking 7y ago
    > I think there is also technology to dynamically darken glass that could be used. Looked into it previously. Even if you got it to work, it likely would not be street legal, as there are pretty strict regulations on what part of the windshield can or cannot be tinted.
- radium3d 7y ago
  It's behaved very well for me. There was only one instance when I was in a drive thru that it wiped the window even though it was dry, not sure if it was because the angle of the sunlight hitting some dirt or something.
jstummbillig 7y ago
Now that's just unlucky for parent :) The great thing about the touch screen is not the UI experience, but the flexibility when it comes to updates that also include new features. When you go the hardware controller route on a product that is still heavily being interrated on, you quickly run out of intuitive ways to clearly label and/or manipulate things or an exzessive number of buttons with integrated screens (to indicate their function in any given context), neither of which is great UX wise and also pretty expensive.
- NullPrefix 7y ago
  >The great thing about the touch screen is ... the flexibility when it comes to updates that also include new features That's the main problem. Change is good only if it's optional, by choice. Forced redesign only makes designers happy, because they can now stop looking at that old version that they released some years ago and want to sunset it.
  - xeromal 7y ago
    If you look at the 2012 Tesla dashboard, you'll see that it's influenced by really aged design patterns, it's good that they iterate on the UI as long as it's kept in check and doesn't become a Windows 7 to Windows 8 fiasco.
jmpman 7y ago
They also automatically turn on in the car wash.
- radium3d 7y ago
  v10 added car wash mode, maybe this is the reason

rkagerer 7y ago

How often do you find yourself wanting to tweak the rate?

radium3d 7y ago
Rate is set automatically based on the amount of rain. The wiper clears the windshield for the cameras for autopilot so it keeps the view clear. I haven't had the urge to adjust the rate yet.
- rkagerer 7y ago
  My car has that, but I tend to manually adjust it regardless as I find it's often a bit to slow or a tad too fast. Maybe I'm just picky. Or maybe your car's algorithm is better :-).

the_angry_angel 7y ago

How well does the auto wipe behave on Tesla’s? I’ve owned multiple cars with the feature over the last 10 years - the only one which has ever got it close was a Lexus (quite some time ago). The rest I’ve had and still need to constantly police.

babuskov 7y ago
I don't know about other cars, but on my 2014 Passat it works flawlessly. I don't remember ever having to manually touch it.
Cthulhu_ 7y ago
I have a fairly new car, one of VW's brands, and at best I twiddle with the sensitivity a bit from time to time, but that's mostly unnecessary.
tyrbo 7y ago
I haven't had to manually turn on the wipers, but I have had to turn them off on one or two occasions when the computer _thought_ it was raining for some reason.
Angostura 7y ago
Works OK on my 2016 Seat Alhambra. There's a little control that lets you adjust frequency/sensitivity on the wiper stalk.
theshrike79 7y ago
2012 Passat and two Priuses (2nd and 3rd gen), all worked 95% of the time.
- cheschire 7y ago
  So 3 minutes of every hour of rain were left unwiped? Sounds dangerous. Or was that "internet statistics"?
aedron 7y ago
It's a solved problem on newer cars. What I want next is an automatic sunscreen that slides down based on sensing the angle of the sunlight. I think there is also technology to dynamically darken glass that could be used. I hereby grant a free perpetual license to auto manufacturers to use this idea. :)
- striking 7y ago
  > I think there is also technology to dynamically darken glass that could be used. Looked into it previously. Even if you got it to work, it likely would not be street legal, as there are pretty strict regulations on what part of the windshield can or cannot be tinted.
radium3d 7y ago
It's behaved very well for me. There was only one instance when I was in a drive thru that it wiped the window even though it was dry, not sure if it was because the angle of the sunlight hitting some dirt or something.

jstummbillig 7y ago

Now that's just unlucky for parent :) The great thing about the touch screen is not the UI experience, but the flexibility when it comes to updates that also include new features. When you go the hardware controller route on a product that is still heavily being interrated on, you quickly run out of intuitive ways to clearly label and/or manipulate things or an exzessive number of buttons with integrated screens (to indicate their function in any given context), neither of which is great UX wise and also pretty expensive.

NullPrefix 7y ago
>The great thing about the touch screen is ... the flexibility when it comes to updates that also include new features That's the main problem. Change is good only if it's optional, by choice. Forced redesign only makes designers happy, because they can now stop looking at that old version that they released some years ago and want to sunset it.
- xeromal 7y ago
  If you look at the 2012 Tesla dashboard, you'll see that it's influenced by really aged design patterns, it's good that they iterate on the UI as long as it's kept in check and doesn't become a Windows 7 to Windows 8 fiasco.

jmpman 7y ago

They also automatically turn on in the car wash.

radium3d 7y ago
v10 added car wash mode, maybe this is the reason