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Subject:Re: Wiper blade recommendation?
From:Tom Buese
Date:Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:20:23 -0400

I don't see on Silblades for sale on Amazon if they come in Winter blades?
Importante here in Maine?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-have blades will wipe

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu>wrote:

> I second that on the silicone rubber Sil-Blades. I'm putting them on
>> everything I own.
>>
>
> I'll third that--from this view:  My Vanagon blades worked fine.
> I prolly bough Bosch.  I had cheap winter blades on my Jeep
> Cherokee that lasted year after year after year.  The windshield
> in pretty flat--that might be the key.
>
> But on my '88 Carrera, Bosch blades didn't work very well after
> just a few months.  Nothing like even a year.  They are little, wimpy
> 13" blades--and the windshield has some curvature.  So I bought some
> little, wimpy (expensive) Silblades and they are still on the car
> after 5 or more years.  So I bought big, manly 18" blades for my
> two Vanagons....
>
> YMMV,
> Richard
>

--
Tom Buese

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