tdog Donating Members 13 Member For: 20y 10m 4d Gender: Male Posted 18/05/08 01:22 PM Share Posted 18/05/08 01:22 PM good to see you liked it mate, a few lucky prople will be driving one tomorrow at my dealershipyea I want one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford_Power Member 798 Member For: 21y 7m 27d Posted 19/05/08 07:06 AM Share Posted 19/05/08 07:06 AM Hm. I never heard of that before, sounds good though. Maybe it was in the BA Mk2 onwards? Never happened in my 2004 BA Mk1 :(This feature was intorduced with the BA. ALL BA Falcons onwards have road speed sensitive wipers when they are being used in the intermittent position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobman Member 67 Member For: 17y 2d Location: Melbourne Posted 19/05/08 10:50 AM Share Posted 19/05/08 10:50 AM Is that the little adjuster that was also in AU2s onwards? I only used that depending on how light the rainfall was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny G Team Grandpa Qualified Donating Members 809 Member For: 19y 9m 14d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane North. Posted 19/05/08 11:36 AM Share Posted 19/05/08 11:36 AM OK.... wooo up."Road speed sensitive" my BF2 is certainly not - certainly not like the VX2 Calais I had before the BA Mk1 T was. (sheesh - I never thought I'd own up to owning that thing on this forum) This feature was great - when in intermittent mode, it would slow the wipe speed right down when stopped at the lights, then increase it back to your selected "intermittent" speed over about 20 kmph. It was definitely the best thing about that entire car. The BF may have something similar - but it's not as sensitive as the Calais' was.Pat - has this spec been added to the new FG anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 9m 20d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 19/05/08 11:40 AM Share Posted 19/05/08 11:40 AM Hmmm, can't say I know the answer to that Johnny G, I'll have a read through the book tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 19/05/08 11:45 AM Share Posted 19/05/08 11:45 AM It's definately on your BF Johnny....just perhaps not as noticeable as the comm....hold....can't bring myself to say it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickq Member 740 Member For: 21y 7m 5d Posted 19/05/08 11:54 AM Share Posted 19/05/08 11:54 AM I am really pissed that the G6E Turbo doesnt come in a manual.Sure most wouldnt sell as a manual, but annoyed that there is no option.I would have test driven one and considered it as an option to a new XR6T when I go to update my car later this year. If the handling wasnt too compromised, I may have got one for a change as I have had 2 T's in the past (SS-V at the moment). Instead, only the T is an option.No matter how good the tranny, its a manualI prefer in fast cars. Autos just dont cut it for me....Annoyed Ford - dont decide transmission types for your customers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny G Team Grandpa Qualified Donating Members 809 Member For: 19y 9m 14d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane North. Posted 19/05/08 12:22 PM Share Posted 19/05/08 12:22 PM It's definately on your BF Johnny....just perhaps not as noticeable as the comm....hold....can't bring myself to say it wasComing out of an EF, could not buy an AU, and that was how I got to the BA t - as soon as the fancy interior was released, the Gen 3 was GORN>>>>> I'll go dig through some specs on he BF and see whether there's any more info on the wipers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford_Power Member 798 Member For: 21y 7m 27d Posted 23/05/08 08:31 AM Share Posted 23/05/08 08:31 AM OK.... wooo up."Road speed sensitive" my BF2 is certainly not - certainly not like the VX2 Calais I had before the BA Mk1 T was. (sheesh - I never thought I'd own up to owning that thing on this forum) This feature was great - when in intermittent mode, it would slow the wipe speed right down when stopped at the lights, then increase it back to your selected "intermittent" speed over about 20 kmph. It was definitely the best thing about that entire car. The BF may have something similar - but it's not as sensitive as the Calais' was.Pat - has this spec been added to the new FG anywhere?I'm 110% certain your BF has "road speed sensitive" wipers when used in the intermittent mode. To prove my point next time its raining go out and put your wipers on intermittent and set the rotating slider to the SLOWEST speed. With the vehicle STATIONARY count the number of seconds between wipes. (It's six seconds from memory - could be wrong though... ) Now drive up to 100km/h.... count the number of seconds between wipes.... you will see that it is a lot less than 6 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devo Member 64 Member For: 16y 8m 8d Posted 23/05/08 01:33 PM Share Posted 23/05/08 01:33 PM just quoted one of these up for a customer today... 19" rims only option on it, 57k on the road with a couple grand in the deal. So dont expect much better than that any time soon as they will be popular enough to warrant dealers holding them and selling to the next guy for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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