[s-cars] Best Wiper Blades

[Mark Strangways]

You guys kill me...
"Dodge" too damn funny.
Though I can understand the need to back up at high speeds in NJ after all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mlp qwest" <mlped at qwest.net>
To: <robin.stclair at web.de>; <S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 11:30 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Best Wiper Blades


> Now that I have an Avant Robin, I think I need one of the 320kph wiper
blade
> modules for the rear window.  While the window is rather vertical, I still
> think I'm getting a little bit of lift when I'm backing down the driveway
> out of the garage.  It not such a problem for me here in Colorado as our
> drive ways aren't so long.  But it my understanding that the driveways up
to
> the trailers in the woods of our West by Damn Virginia contingent are some
> what longer, and they are generally in more of a hurry to git to the
liquor
> store in the morning.  A good high speed rear wiper could really do a
those
> folks a lot of good.  Bob'd be able to read the instructions ("Dodge") on
> the front to the pickups headed at him for example.   So, Robin I'm
willing
> to serve as a test mule to help them get a good set of wipers.
>
> PS Can I get a group purchase price break, since the rear only needs one
to
> make a complete set, or perhaps Bob Pastore will go in halves with me,
since
> I think he occasionally drives his Avant pretty fast in reverse, even if
its
> only in NJ.
>
> Sincerely Yours,
> Mike "Billy Bob"
>
> ~-----Original Message-----
> ~On Behalf Of Robin St.Clair
> ~Guys
> ~
> ~The fastest wiper blade is known as Der Neuermantelvonderkaiser,
> ~easily obtainable from any good German Auto house, I got mine from
> ~the Brothers Grim. Testing in the windtunnel and empiric
> ~observation under actual test conditions show that above 320kph a
> ~gain of up to 6 kph may be achieved, depending on the angle of
> ~attach of the car and the size of the dead zone at the
> ~bonnet/windscreen knuckle. Further tests show that the regular
> ~wipers cost about 1 litre per hundred kilometres, this is hard to
> ~quantify as in the real world atmospheric conditions play a large
> ~cost and this isn't something to test in the windtunnel, running
> ~that is very expensive, even if you switch off the floor (which
> ~doesn't go over 300kph anyway).
> ~
> ~Anybody wanting a set, I can arrange a GP for $27.80 plus shipping
> ~
> ~HTH
> ~
> ~R+C
> ~
>
>
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