Anyone else accidently hit the windshild wipers when turning the steering wheel?
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Anyone else accidently hit the windshild wipers when turning the steering wheel?
I do it all the time, usually with people around and I look like a huge dork. Also happens sometimes when reaching for the radio or climate controls.
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I drove in Australia for 2 months while I was on vacation there and when I got back I bought my 350.
Well, for those of you not up on world driving ... Australians drive on the same side of the road as the British which is opposite to most of the world and their windshield wipers and indicator light switches are reversed.
So ... for almost a month in Canada I turned on my wipers everytime I wanted change lanes
Outside of that I hit the controls rarely by mistake
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Well, for those of you not up on world driving ... Australians drive on the same side of the road as the British which is opposite to most of the world and their windshield wipers and indicator light switches are reversed.
So ... for almost a month in Canada I turned on my wipers everytime I wanted change lanes
Outside of that I hit the controls rarely by mistake
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Kevin
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What aggravates me is when driving, I go to switch menus on the computer and hit a slight bump. My hand bumps against the wiper switch and turns them on. It always happens just after I wash the car and clean the windows...
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Invariably I hit the wipers when I play with the computer menus. Since I prefer the mpg readout, until just recently the menu always defaults to temp when under 37-39 degrees. Since warm up, won't have to do it much anymore!
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I tend to turn off the headlights when signaling more so than hitting the wipers while turning accidentally. It has happened at least 3 or 4 times and I don't drive the car that often. The headlight button is too sensitive
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Originally posted by Z4KR
I tend to turn off the headlights when signaling more so than hitting the wipers while turning accidentally. It has happened at least 3 or 4 times and I don't drive the car that often. The headlight button is too sensitive
I tend to turn off the headlights when signaling more so than hitting the wipers while turning accidentally. It has happened at least 3 or 4 times and I don't drive the car that often. The headlight button is too sensitive
I actually did that last night but I turned off the head lights while signaling. I was trying to figure out why my head lights were off and just now realized that's how it happened.
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yea...the wipers have only came on once by mistake and that one time lead me into a fender bender....soooo mad......other than that ive turned off the lights wantin a signal once too....
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I've turned off my lights once, and hit the wipers once in an autoX. But almost everyone hits the wipers at some point during an Autox, so I don't feel too bad.
Hasn't happened in a long time.
-D'oh!
Hasn't happened in a long time.
-D'oh!
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