12-02-2016, 09:42 AM
Many years ago I had a Vauxhall Cavalier which had a heated windscreen and also had heated washer jets - excellent. I'm surprised that heated jets don't feature on cars at all now as far as I know.
What I can never fathom out is that on the little private estate where I live, all the houses have double garages, yet many of my neighbours leave their cars on the drive and fill their garages with general junk. Yesterday and this morning. their cars were frozen over and they were out there scraping frost off and leaving their engines running to warm the car up. The only time we leave our car out is if it's wet through because I don't like pools of water in the garage.
I'm sure that heated seats and windscreens are a boon to those who don't put their cars away or don't have a garage. I doubt I'd use a heated seat - I can't ever recall feeling it would be an advantage, but certainly there are occasions when a heated screen would have been useful until the car warmed up. Car firms seem to bang on more about styling and trim than on useful features which have real benefits. Terms such as 'sleek aerodynamic lines' are just meaningless tosh. The only car that really appealed to me for styling was the Chrysler Crossfire but I'd never have bought one - too uncomfortable.
What I can never fathom out is that on the little private estate where I live, all the houses have double garages, yet many of my neighbours leave their cars on the drive and fill their garages with general junk. Yesterday and this morning. their cars were frozen over and they were out there scraping frost off and leaving their engines running to warm the car up. The only time we leave our car out is if it's wet through because I don't like pools of water in the garage.
I'm sure that heated seats and windscreens are a boon to those who don't put their cars away or don't have a garage. I doubt I'd use a heated seat - I can't ever recall feeling it would be an advantage, but certainly there are occasions when a heated screen would have been useful until the car warmed up. Car firms seem to bang on more about styling and trim than on useful features which have real benefits. Terms such as 'sleek aerodynamic lines' are just meaningless tosh. The only car that really appealed to me for styling was the Chrysler Crossfire but I'd never have bought one - too uncomfortable.
Regards, David.
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'I'm in my own little world, but I'm happy, and they know me here'
