Do any of you ACTUALLY use your headlight washers?

[NickCats]

Brimech,

My Boxster does not have the headlight washers, but I'll try and shed some light on the subject ( I know, bad pun ).

If the Boxster was your winter car, I could see this being very useful. In the winter up here in Chicago, the roads get so bad with snow, salt, and other gunk that sometimes your lights will barely shine through all the crap that has accumulated on them ( think if you never ran your wipers when it rained ).

Then I could see how the washers would help, and why a lot of German cars offer this option. I usually use the squeegee on my winter car to clean the windshield and lights when I fill up between washes.

Hope this makes sense...

Nick

Heck no, I don't want to get my car wet!

[bnordin]

Originally Posted by bmussatti

Heck no, I don't want to get my car wet!

+1 I owned the car for three months before I even knew what they were for!

[TriGem2k]

How exactly do you USE/ACTIVATE them? My car has them and I never even attempted to use them.

Don't they just scream $2k option?

My 1997 Mercedes actually has mini wipers on the headlights but I've never seen those work either. They do look strange though.

[marbique]

On my 2001 S, you pull the wiper/washer stalk towards you to wash the windshield, and push it away from you to wash the headlights. Of all the option boxes I ticked off when I bought the car, and there were many, this was far and away the dumbest of them all. Like you and bmussatti said, all they do is get your clean car all crapped up unless you drive it in the winter. I forget how many dollars Porsche took from me for this option but I sure wish I had 'em back.

I thought during the delivery of my car, the salesperson said that every 5th or 10th (don't know the exact number) time you use your windshield washers, it automatically sprays the headlights. Is this true?

Guess I could read the "entire" owners manual. But then Forums like this would no longer exist!

[NickCats]

The washer sprays only while low beam or high
beam is switched on.
Briefly push button A to operate headlight
washer system.
If heavily soiled, repeat wash.
The headlight washer system automatically sprays
once for every ten times the front windshield
washer system is operated.

( from owners manual )

Nick

Nick, you da man!

I think I have used my windshield washers 3-4 times in the past 2 years. 2-3 of those times it was by mistake. Though it was the control stick for the OBC.

[j.fro]

Shortly after I bought the car, I tried them at night. Nice show! Unfortunately, I tried them again recently, and the pressure shot one of the little nozzles right off the top of the washer. Ouch! Drives me nuts when I see it now. I'm quite tempted to buy the clear corners without the washer, remove the things, and plug the lines. Wonder how much weight I'll lose??

[FTD]

Logically, I think they are silly. Or dumb. When I got the headlight washer, meaning to get the windshield washer, it cracked me up seeing that silly spray.
I don't want the fluid on the paint/wax, and I don't see the value or need, so no, I don't intentionally use it.