Don't both of your Mercedes have heated windshield washer fluid? Doesn't Mercedes not only heat the fluid in the windshield washer reservoir, but also runs a heating element from the windshield washer reservoir all the way up to the spray nozzle, so in fact the washer fluid delivery hose itself has a heating element in it?
Speculation your response will be your Mercedes don't see snow, or freezing rain......
You are correct that the Mercedes has heated fluid, heated washer fluid lines, and heated nozzles.
However, it still takes a few minutes for all that stuff to work, because the engine has to warm up to heat the fluid reservoir, which uses a loop from engine coolant, and it takes a few minutes for the base of the windshield to warm electrically and clear the ice, so I scrape the ice. I clear all of the glass.
I don’t stick the wipers in the air.
Your speculation, is incorrect.
Further, whether I have that stuff or not, it is irrelevant. I don’t stick the wipers in the air, and I clear the snow, and ice, before driving regardless of how the cars’ systems work. My Tundra doesn’t have all that stuff and I keep an excellent snow brush/scraper in it.
Look, I think everyone assumes that because I live in Virginia Beach, I don’t see snow.That speculation is also incorrect. Picture taken yesterday. It was 17 degrees and snowing heavily as we loaded the Volvo on the trailer.
. Such a great winter car.
