What have you done to your MS3 today?
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- 2002 Honda S2000
sure, i think the fronts would fit as is. but my rears are already thoroughly rolled and trimmed, i'd have to pull them to get any more clearance and i don't think i'm game for that right now. yeah, i'm a pansy.
LOL, I knew Strick would jump in there. I was wondering if not yellow was about to punch his ticket into the WFC.
oaklandopen
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Wife just told me abot a recall involving the wipers. I lolled because i fixed them myself months ago
something about teeth being bent. I told her my issue was with the contacts within the motor that were acting like an open circuit, thus stopping the blades mid-wipe.
So i may stop by Mazda to see exactly what the fix entitles. I might just get some brand new components out of it....winning
something about teeth being bent. I told her my issue was with the contacts within the motor that were acting like an open circuit, thus stopping the blades mid-wipe.
So i may stop by Mazda to see exactly what the fix entitles. I might just get some brand new components out of it....winning
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- 2002 Honda S2000
just got the recall letter today. it says the problem may exist in certain 08-09 MZ3 and MS3 models. "...the ground terminal of the windshield wiper motor may have been inadvertently bent during assembly. if this condition exists, then over time the electrical resistance of the motor circuit may increase up to a point which would result in an inoperative wiper motor."
Why do you hate them? I know its a bit of a silly feature but it is a nice upscale touch.
Oh. They have worked well for me. I also figured if they became too annoying I could just click the stalk down into the manual mode, or just turn it off completely by pressing the stalk back up in off position.
oaklandopen
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The wipers suck, hands down. The only time they work exactly as designed is when its raining in the middle of the day
at night they dont wipe unless there is oncoming traffic or you pass through a lighted area, if there is just a misting rain they wont wipe at the right intervals, the computr takes too long to determine the level or rain coming down when it varies (so it will stay in high forever after a downpour immediately followed by no rain at all).....etc
i find myself using the momentary wipe more than normal wipes
oh, and the windshield is like twice as much as the non-sensor one (i got a rare magnetic car that only attracts rocks to the windshield)
Give me manual set delayed wipers anyday. To me auto wipers are even more lazy and rediculous than auto headlights. If you dont realize its too dark to see without headlights or if you dont realize you should be using lights so others see you, then you shouldnt be driving. If you dont realize its raining or that rain falls down at different rates so you use auto wipers, you also shouldnt be driving
heres an idea....lets design a car for the narcoleptic drivers so when they start fallibg asleep the car tells them to aake up (thanks Mercedes). How about lets design a transmission that goes from 1st to 4th because big engines are bad for the environment (thanks gm and ford). ooh, and because we dont expect ppl to check their tire pressures, lets have little lights that pop up on the dash saying one tire is low, even though that light will stay on for the life of the car because the owner doesnt take the time to fjnd out what it means or just never checks the tire pressures
at night they dont wipe unless there is oncoming traffic or you pass through a lighted area, if there is just a misting rain they wont wipe at the right intervals, the computr takes too long to determine the level or rain coming down when it varies (so it will stay in high forever after a downpour immediately followed by no rain at all).....etc
i find myself using the momentary wipe more than normal wipes
oh, and the windshield is like twice as much as the non-sensor one (i got a rare magnetic car that only attracts rocks to the windshield)
Give me manual set delayed wipers anyday. To me auto wipers are even more lazy and rediculous than auto headlights. If you dont realize its too dark to see without headlights or if you dont realize you should be using lights so others see you, then you shouldnt be driving. If you dont realize its raining or that rain falls down at different rates so you use auto wipers, you also shouldnt be driving
heres an idea....lets design a car for the narcoleptic drivers so when they start fallibg asleep the car tells them to aake up (thanks Mercedes). How about lets design a transmission that goes from 1st to 4th because big engines are bad for the environment (thanks gm and ford). ooh, and because we dont expect ppl to check their tire pressures, lets have little lights that pop up on the dash saying one tire is low, even though that light will stay on for the life of the car because the owner doesnt take the time to fjnd out what it means or just never checks the tire pressures
Mine aren't always on auto. I do agree they don't adjust to conditions very well. I would like them a lot more if they worked the way they do on my Mom's Mercedes. And speaking of Mercedes, I can't argue with features that make a car safer. Car engineers realized that they will never fix the driver part of the car, so they have to make up for it elsewhere.
I love the automatic headlights. I've never once forgotten to turn on or off my headlights in a car that doesn't have automatic ones but I like not having to think about it.
I'm OK with it if they put that feature on every car in the future. The other day I was driving my Isuzu box truck towing my Miata through a torrential downpour and it would've been impossible to see someone in my side mirrors because of the spray if they didn't have their lights on. Some people are just too big of morons to handle all the things it takes to drive a car.
That said, one of the things that I love about my Miata is that it has absolutely no options.
But at the same time it isn't my DD.
I love the automatic headlights. I've never once forgotten to turn on or off my headlights in a car that doesn't have automatic ones but I like not having to think about it.
I'm OK with it if they put that feature on every car in the future. The other day I was driving my Isuzu box truck towing my Miata through a torrential downpour and it would've been impossible to see someone in my side mirrors because of the spray if they didn't have their lights on. Some people are just too big of morons to handle all the things it takes to drive a car.
That said, one of the things that I love about my Miata is that it has absolutely no options.
But at the same time it isn't my DD.I have always liked how my automatic wipers worked, they always seem to get it just right, night or day, especially if you use a little bit of rain-x. I hear you can adjust their sensitivity to suit your tastes.
I also have a no-deductible glass insurance policy, so I didn't really care that the windshield is more when it was replaced after a rock hit.
I also have a no-deductible glass insurance policy, so I didn't really care that the windshield is more when it was replaced after a rock hit.
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- 06 LS MS6
07 BM GT (shell has been struck from the roll)
they are in auto by default after you do a up push for a single wipe, click down one to off (for car washes) also try rolling the sensitivty wheel to the least sensitive
oaklandopen
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For the obsessive amount of wiping mine does on the least sensitive setting, id hate to see what the most sensitive setting does
As soon as one bug hits your windshield the wipers go crazy...
