Dave Nielsen wrote

> Maybe someone could enlighten me as to why one would need a "rain sensor."
> Can't you just look out and see the little drops of water hitting the
> windshield?  It's always worked for me. <BG>

Well Dave 

If you have a lot of "leftover dollars" its always nice to invest them in a new electrical gizmo for your Vanagon :)
And its like with the autotranny, you could always hear or feel when its time to move the shiftstick BUT it�s nicer when its done by itself :)
One could ask the same question about the "porta-potti"-thread, why would anybody crap inside  their Vanagon ??

Calle