aero blades more fragile?

[Hayes Myers]

This is pretty much a symptom of the dumbing down of society... clearing
10inches of wet snow with the wipers means dealer is packed with clients...
I would personally avoid using the 44 wipers to clear the glass. I have a
tool (being Canadian and all) called an ice/snow scraper that I like to use
to avoid issues with frozen wiper blades stripping nuts etc.  Try the
scraper..and avoid being one of 300 at the dealership:)  That email may save
someone a hassle ...so probably a good thing.  I'm sure most on the list
have their own experience of bungling wipers though:)

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:04 AM
To: Audi List
Subject: aero blades more fragile?

So my dealer can't figure out what is wrong with my car, but they can
apparently send me email warning me not to use my wipers to clear
snow.

In all my years of owing two type 44's, I never had a single wiper
malfunction, and I sure as hell used 'em to clear snow all time :).
My folks' 960 had wiper arms made of ubertanium and it seemed like
they could move a zillion pounds of snow off.  Yet today, the Volvo
dealer says "over 300 people came in with wiper problems after the
last snowfall."

Is this a problem with aero blades of the last couple of years, or yet
another thing I have Ford to thank for? :)

-B
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