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Three windshield washer nozzles ... that's different.

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Old 10-16-2014, 08:58 AM
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Three windshield washer nozzles ... that's different.

I just noticed that the windshield washers on my C300 have three nozzles rather than the typical two. One on either side, plus one in the middle ... excellent spray coverage.

Perhaps not the most impressive thing about this car, but something I didn't know about before.
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lol I noticed this too. My thought was, geez they think of everything don't they
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Nice but no more Headlight Washers as on the previous model.
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Originally Posted by ecnavalleb
Nice but no more Headlight Washers as on the previous model.
Has to do with pedestrian safety, aerodynamics, and when ILS is mounted less disruption of the beam by dirty lamp units like it was with Xeon.
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Why less disruption by dirty lamp units compared to Xenon?

I have ILS on my new C300 and had Xenon on my previous C300.
Why less disruption of the beam by dirty lamp units compared to Xenon?

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Has to do with pedestrian safety, aerodynamics, and when ILS is mounted less disruption of the beam by dirty lamp units like it was with Xeon.
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Originally Posted by Bellavance
I have ILS on my new C300 and had Xenon on my previous C300.
Why less disruption of the beam by dirty lamp units compared to Xenon?
I'm not sure, it has something to do with the more earlier Xenon light that disruption lead to a broken color with blue-ish and withe that was more blinding, the same with inaccurate adjustment that also was more blinding. This effect is much less with led lights and therefore the washers are not mandatory anymore (at least in Europe)

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