A8 wiper speed
04-12-2011, 08:13 PM
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A8 wiper speed
I am the new owner of a 2002 A8L and love the car. I was wondering what you guys think of my only gripe- I just got rid of an older (1995) BMW that I thought had the best wiper speed system. ie. if you had it on low speed and came up on a stop light; it'd automatically drop down to intermittent speed (knowing that there's less rain coming at you while still). worked great- never had to shut them off while at a light, never had that annoying squeak when the wipers pass over the windshield and there's not enough water to make them pass over smoothly. then when you took off when the light turned green- they'd speed back up to low speed. and that car was 7 years older than this one. My GF has a 2008 A6 and that one is even better because they're rain sensing. the only thing with that setup is that when it starts ouring the wipers go onto high speed and sometimes that could be a tad too much.
so this brings me back to my 2002 A8- am I missing something? or is something broken with my car??? I can't believe that in 2002 Audi still had the same wiper thecnology as my 1990 pickup! if I haven't rambled too much and you followed my train of thought- maybe you can enlighten me to something that isn't set up right or broken on my car. thanks!
so this brings me back to my 2002 A8- am I missing something? or is something broken with my car??? I can't believe that in 2002 Audi still had the same wiper thecnology as my 1990 pickup! if I haven't rambled too much and you followed my train of thought- maybe you can enlighten me to something that isn't set up right or broken on my car. thanks!
04-13-2011, 05:22 AM
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Yes, Audi just dropped the ball on this one...we all agree that this is inexcusable on a car of this caliber. My older VW has an infinitely better system...rain sensing and all.
It's been discussed a lot and there's no easy upgrade...so unless there's someone out there that hasn't reported it, I don't know of anyone who's done anything about.
We've just learned to live with it and appreciate the rest of the car.
It's been discussed a lot and there's no easy upgrade...so unless there's someone out there that hasn't reported it, I don't know of anyone who's done anything about.
We've just learned to live with it and appreciate the rest of the car.
04-13-2011, 03:16 PM
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