Speed Sensitive Wiper Threshold
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They're skinny black fingers that clean windshields of cars that have no fear of leaving the garage. 
Occasional inclement weather conditions provide for a much more varied and fulfilling driving experience. 
Occasional inclement weather conditions provide for a much more varied and fulfilling driving experience.
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I have auto rain sense or whatever they are called in my Cadillac CTS and my wifes Mazda CX9. I absolutely hate them. The intermittent setting you have no control over. They always wipe either too often or not often enough.
I have driven my Z06 in the rain once, but if it has them it's news to me. I didn't even know they were offered on the Corvette.
I have driven my Z06 in the rain once, but if it has them it's news to me. I didn't even know they were offered on the Corvette.
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I don't know much about the speed-sensitive feature of the wipers. My guess is that this appears on all Corvettes.
In addition to the speed-sensitive feature, there is another feature. This is the automatic on/off of the wipers.
For example: if it begins to rain, the car has a sensor for this, and the windshield wipers turn on automatically. IIRC, this automatic rain-sensing feature is installed on Corvettes produced for the European market, but not for those destined for US sale.
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Driving in the rain and you have set your windshield wipers on to fastest intermittent setting. As soon as you reach 50 mph the wipers automatically switch to continuous mode.
Similarly for higher delay intermittent settings. The delay decreases as you increase speed and vice versa.
Similarly for higher delay intermittent settings. The delay decreases as you increase speed and vice versa.
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