01-30-2021, 03:57 PM | #1 |
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How to put wipers in vertical position for snow parking
I have info from somewhere about switching ignition on, then off. Then lift up wiper switch (lever?) and let go. Doesn't work.
How do do this? Snow coming. Charlie |
01-30-2021, 04:24 PM | #4 |
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I'm going for "this practice is a silly waste of time". I have never once had my wipers froze to the window so hard that there was an issue.
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01-30-2021, 05:58 PM | #6 |
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Go a little slower with on and off...and maybe harder up on the stalk. As mentioned, it's in your manual...which is in your iDrive
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01-30-2021, 09:41 PM | #7 | |
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Yeah, but you have to read your manual to know that it's in the iDrive.
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01-31-2021, 01:56 PM | #9 |
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I keep two wine corks in my car that I put under the wiper arms. They keep the wipers off of the window just enough.
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01-31-2021, 02:15 PM | #10 |
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No, it does not stretch the springs as the wiper blades are still on the screen, being vertical is no different than parked anywhere else on the windscreen.
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Even with the defroster running, the area where the wipers park is too far down to get much heat and it doesn't provide any help with freeing them up either. Even when you lift them off the screen into the "maintenance position" off the glass, there still doesn't seem to be much stress/stretch on the spring. If you only do it a couple times a year for a few hours at a time, I don't see how it would be much of a problem.
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