this may have been posted previously but combi owners you7 can improve your rear wash wipe by replacing the tiddly wiper blade with one from a mk3 fiesta from a scrap yard this dramatically improves the area swept by the wash wipe all for about 50p

Shame on you! And did you know that Golf owners are into fitting Fabia rear wiper blades to their cars? :(

I feel an exhange and mart ad coming...

- I'm not sure I'd want any "Fix Or Repair Daily" fittings on my car, even if it wasn't obvious to the naked eye.

If I fitted a fiesta rear wiper I'd probably end up with a knackered washer jet, loose blade mount, scratched screen... however, that's just down to my bad luck, which I haven't had recently, I must admit/boast.

Originally posted by devonutopia in this post

just down to my bad luck, which I haven't had recently, I must admit/boast.

What do you call a speeding ticket then???

Stupidity - I was just asking for that one. I suppose it was bad luck that the fuzz were where they wre and when they were... I guess seeing all those juicy machines at the cannonball run almost made it worthwhile...

The Ford wiper blade is probably made by Bosch, just like your Skoda one, Mr Bigoted anti-Ford campaigner :p

- bigot, yep, anti-ford, yep... I'm afraid it's one of those prejudices that's going to be hard to shift, but is unfortunately a lot more unfounded compared to my anti-fiat prejudice. (I shan't do my little acronym for fiat...) Well, actually it's harmless, Fix It Again Tomorrow.

edited to say I may have to pop down a local scrapyard when any of my blades need to be renewed... Sounds like some bargains can be had.

Jason - I recommend you test drive a Focus and a Stilo...

Rob.

Stilo - this car worries me greatly because it seems to have loads of gizmos in it - which in my opinion means a lot more to go wrong on a regular basis. :(

I guess I should leave the focus alone, as it's a reasonable car. Apparently they now come these instant de-misting front screens at the push of a button... :shocked:

it is just a bosch blade it could come off any equivalent car with a blade size of around 10"

Ford demisting front screens ROCK!!! Boy do I miss having one of those!!! :(

Stilo - yes - hmmmm. Lots of cheaply made switches and knobs doubtless (not prejudiced at all, me ) Rob - have you driven one?

[homer] mmmm, de-misting front screen... [/homer] - Gone would be the days of just trying to blast the screen with maximum fan. :( - Wonder if I could rig up some D.I.Y wire setup to run from inside the car, through the gap by the doors, and along the screen, powered by a 12v battery... I think I'd better just keep well away from it.

Originally posted by ncarring in this post

Ford demisting front screens ROCK!!!

I had to wince at the proximity of "rock" there...certainly would be wincing more at the cost of replacing one of them...

Stilo - yes - hmmmm. Lots of cheaply made switches and knobs doubtless (not prejudiced at all, me ) Rob - have you driven one?

No, and they are quite possibly awful to drive, but I have been in one and found it to be a lot better constructed than previous generations of Fiat. Maybe it's just I find it a little surprising that Skoda drivers would hold prejudices against other makes... :p

Rob.

Originally posted by robmawer in this post

I had to wince at the proximity of "rock" there...certainly would be wincing more at the cost of replacing one of them...

Rob.

Replacement cost is a big issue with those windshields.

Someone I know was looking at

Still it's a damn site more than what I would expect to pay if my Fabia's broke.

Would a front de-misting screen still come under standard policy windscreen excess jurasdiction??? :confused: I'd be very intrested to know.

PS: who knows how to spell "jurasdiction"? I don't know if I did it right? duh!

Originally posted by devonutopia in this post

Would a front de-misting screen still come under standard policy windscreen excess jurasdiction??? :confused: I'd be very intrested to know.

It certainly did when i had mine replaced a couple of years ago.

I think

Yes, would come under standard windscreen policy, though they'll just charge you more anyway...

Rob.

more excess you mean? - I assume the insurance company is informed about the special screen when you tell them the model, and may charge you say,

No, higher policy, as they'll work out the costing for damage to the car and repairing it...

Just as if you came to insure an aluminium Audi it'll cost more due to the cost of replacement panels.

Rob.

Never made any difference to my policy. They're standard on a whole lot of Fords these days. When originally introduced they were often part of a special "Winter pack" - made sense to have it even then.

Originally posted by ncarring in this post

Never made any difference to my policy.

But if you bought it with the heated front screen, how would you know?

Rob.