"Flat Six" (flat-six)
02/27/2015 at 23:06 • Filed to: None
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"Flat Six" (flat-six)
02/27/2015 at 23:06 • Filed to: None | 2
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Today is the first day I think I have ever needed them :)
XJDano
> Flat Six
02/27/2015 at 23:08 |
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Years ago when I drove my XJ, that was a marvelous feature, fun to watch the layer of ice slide off while driving.
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Flat Six
> XJDano
02/27/2015 at 23:11 |
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I feel so stupid, at first I forgot I had them, and was trying to figure out how to get the ice off. Then I spent quite a while trying to figure out how to turn them on (they are automatic).
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XJDano
> Flat Six
02/27/2015 at 23:17 |
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My XJ has the mirror outline with bacon evaporating off them to indicate they are heated, activated by the rear defrost switch under the radio. But auto shut off I think after 15 minutes. Maybe they don't, it's more of a rocker switch than a button. Maybe my wife's Equinox auto shuts off, or maybe the metro stays on with button on.
I would love a rear wiper on metro though, the aero makes snow accumulate onto back glass & defroster won't keep up.
Scorpio GTX1
> Flat Six
02/27/2015 at 23:26 |
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I feel like they should be standard equipment because it's a matter of safety.
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Flat Six
> Scorpio GTX1
02/27/2015 at 23:29 |
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Yeah I agree. Unfortunately you can buy even 80K cars where they make you add on a "cold weather kit".
McMike
> Flat Six
02/28/2015 at 08:53 |
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The first car I ever had heated mirrors with was my '87 Vanagon. I didn't know I had them until the first freezing rain.
It's one of those things I didn't realize how I lived without. The ice, it melts.. the water, it evaporates.
BRILLIANT!