On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Joe Curry wrote:
> "Bowen, Patrick A RP2" wrote:
>
> > The windshield wipers would have to be changed as they are wiping the wrong
> > way.
>
> Patrick, That's a Joke.... Right???
No, wipers park on one side or the other depending on whether it is a RHD
or LHD car. It has to do with how much of the glass in front of the driver
is cleared with a sweep of the wiper.
Look at the picture of the LHD US-spec Mk3 at
<http://www.vtr.org/Spitfire/index.html>. If you visualize (pun intended)
the path of the wiper blades, you'll see how the one blade would not do
as much to clear the glass in front of the passenger side, while the
driver's side blade will sweep up to more or less parallel with the
left side of the glass. OK, easier visualized than described.... ;-)
--Andy
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