On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 09:33 PM, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> Rear wipers on these vans are really just decorations. I've noticed
> that even on dirty wet roads and gravel roads, no crap gets onto the
> rear window, and I've never actually NEEDED the wiper. Except when
> dew has formed there.

Really? Wow. My experience is quite the reverse. On the dirt roads of
West Virginia that I travel, my rear window gets so cruddy (in dry
conditions) that the rear washer fluid makes a nasty sludge back there
that won't come off without a good solid cleaning. I'm driving a Syncro
though, so perhaps that is a factor in the difference.