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How long is the intermittent front wiper interval on minimum setting?

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Offline hyundai_on_thames

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I just had the suspicion - or am I imagining it - that the time interval on the slowest variable setting for the front wipers is getting smaller. Timed it at 5 to 6 seconds. Mine's a 2009 petrol 1.4 Comfort. Just seem to recall this was more like 10 secs when the car was new...

Can someone with a similar model turn their wiper interval to max, by turning the variable control anticlockwise to bottom step, and give me their rough estimate?


Offline Phil №❶

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Time goes faster as you age.  :(
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Offline Surferdude

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h_o_t, are you timing from start of sweep to start of sweep or from end of sweep to start of sweep.
My Oz version SX 2009 takes about 7.5 - 8 seconds from start to start. And I don't reckon it's changed in the 3+ years I've had it.
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Offline hyundai_on_thames

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Finally got around to putting a stopwatch app on the phone to time it and... 9 seconds from start to start! My time perception must be at fault. There used to be an old trick, say 'one and', 'two and' etc... to measure seconds but I was counting tooo slow.

Thanks for the comparison.


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