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07-30-2010, 05:58 AM | #1 |
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Its small but BMW listened
One thing that really pissed me off on the E60 5-Series was the headlight washer that would squirt the entire front bonnet (freshly waxed and shiny) with washer fluid instead of just blitzing the headlights.
On my new F07 / 5GT and posisbly on the F10/F11 as well, the headlight washer is angled across the headlight and sprays to the side of the car and not on the bonnet (and for that matter not even across the fender). Small thing but love my wax shine staying on longer! |
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If I remember correctly from when I lived in Germany long time ago, it is a fineable offense to splash a pedestrian when driving by in a car. Now, you can give them a shower instead...or induce road rage from the guy next to you as you drive by. There are consequences for everything. If the lights were dirty enough to need the washer, the front end of the car probably wasn't shiney any more, either.
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The headlight washer comes on simultaneously to the windscreen washer. Use the screen washer and the headlight washer would also go regardless of the requirement. In the E60 it was angled upwards so the headlight washer would effectively spray the entire bonnet in a moving car. In the F07 (and possibly others) it is angled across the headlight and over the fender. Every time I have seen it deployed, it was not enough to spray pedestrians and passing cars.
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The few cars I've had with headlight washers, (it's been awhile - maybe I've remembered incorrectly), there was a separate control to turn them on from the windscreen.
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