Changing windscreen viper blades on 406

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BA - 27 Mar 2005 13:01 GMT

I have a 406 -97, and wonder if there is a way to make the windscreen vipers
more accessible for changing the blades?
Is it possible to make them stop "halfway" to make it more easy to bend
outwards?

-BA-

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MICHAEL ROCHE - 27 Mar 2005 13:58 GMT

Unfortunately this is another Peugeot design fault. It makes washing the car
a headache too I guess this is not a Sunday morning pastime in France.
Mike

> I have a 406 -97, and wonder if there is a way to make the windscreen vipers
> more accessible for changing the blades?
> Is it possible to make them stop "halfway" to make it more easy to bend
> outwards?
>
> -BA-

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G.T - 28 Mar 2005 16:44 GMT

Hi,

> Unfortunately this is another Peugeot design fault. It makes washing the car

Well, playing with ignition is not the hardest thing you could do with a car

:-)

> a headache too I guess this is not a Sunday morning pastime in France.

LOL ! It could. Some people wash their car on Friday afternoon, then trash
it in the countryside and come back to home with 3lb or mud stuck to bodykit

:-)

Regards,
G.T
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Hugo Nebula - 02 Apr 2005 13:45 GMT

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:58:05 +0000 (UTC), a particular chimpanzee
named "MICHAEL ROCHE" <michael.roche1@btinternet.com> randomly hit the
keyboard and produced:

>It makes washing the car
>a headache too I guess this is not a Sunday morning pastime in France.

The cars with French numberplates I see in the UK are all rusty,
beaten-up heaps of junk, usually with half-a-dozen parking tickets
stuck to the windscreen. Does anyone in France actually buy new cars,
or do the Swiss sell theirs on when the ashtrays are full?

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G.T - 03 Apr 2005 14:09 GMT

Hi,

> The cars with French numberplates I see in the UK are all rusty,
> beaten-up heaps of junk, usually with half-a-dozen parking tickets
> stuck to the windscreen. Does anyone in France actually buy new cars,

Well, I have to agree with you, some owners are neglectant (spelling ?).
Errr... I have a friend of mine which almost has to press the phone bill to
change gear - just 'cause the clutch pedal is underneath :-)
But else, yeah they still buy new cars, can't remember the figures for 2004,
but in 2003 60% of them were french cars.

> or do the Swiss sell theirs on when the ashtrays are full?

LOL !

Regards,
G.T
g.t6@worldonline.fr
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Keith - 27 Mar 2005 17:02 GMT

>I have a 406 -97, and wonder if there is a way to make the windscreen
>vipers more accessible for changing the blades?
> Is it possible to make them stop "halfway" to make it more easy to bend
> outwards?
>
> -BA-

To stop them halfway, let them run and turn off the ignition at the point
you want them to stop at.

Keith

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