pnoble:

And re the rear wiper, living in northern NJ and depending on the year, there can be a lot of snow and I'm fully in agreement with those suggesting there is no downside to a wiper clearing it from the rear window before backing up. (I like to limit my time manually cleaning the rear window come the dead of winter.)

Relying on wipers to clear windshields of snow when starting off after a snowfall would be just asking for trouble. 


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fritz