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Omega Elite missing something .

Started by omega3000, 22 September 2012, 08:36:00

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omega3000

I knew there was something this top of the range car was missing , its got all the toys bar one :

A heated front screen  :( Even my old granada had one , a bonus for the frosty mornings ... must have been a too expensive option  :-\

05omegav6

Only because the crafty buggers at Ford owned the patent ::)

Jimbob

I for one am glad...cant stand them, they give me a headache even when off, just that blurry look to the screen.

TheBoy

I struggle with heated front screens at night, too much glare off oncoming headlights.

Never found I needed it, I start the car in the morning, come back in and do my ironing and get dresses, all nicely defrosted by the time I leave ::)
Grumpy old man

OOMV6

I miss that too. Had a Granada myself. Really got used to the option - it was really quick. Not too keen on starting the car and leaving it running outside the house. I never experienced any glare or blur from the nearly invisible lines in the screen.
But I did notice the cost of replacement - from a disance anyway. I only ever had 2 cracked windscreens in 20 something years of driving. It was this car - and only 2 weeks apart  >:( . Anyway, ins. co. covered it and just 2 weeks after a new screen, a stone was thrown up by a truck and chipped the new one. Two times 750 euro. Glad i was insured for glass. :y

henryd

Quote from: Jimbob on 22 September 2012, 09:29:44
I for one am glad...cant stand them, they give me a headache even when off, just that blurry look to the screen.

My Disco has one(under Ford rule at the time ::)),I'm not a fan either
other rides 
  mk3 Volvo v70 2.0 Diesel , Pug 306 cabriolet, Pug 308 gt 180
  Sterling elite trekker pikey wagon

05omegav6

TB ironing and dresses :o whatever next ;D

Joking aside, heated washer jets are perhaps more useful, and the Omega has them :y

YZ250

Quote from: TheBoy on 22 September 2012, 10:14:31
I struggle with heated front screens at night, too much glare off oncoming headlights.

Never found I needed it, I start the car in the morning, come back in and do my ironing and get dresses, all nicely defrosted by the time I leave ::)

Should we be concerned about this.  ;) ;D ;D

Found the heated screens to be very fast but know what people mean about the wavey lines. They never really bothered me though.
My fun car is a 2020 Bmw F32 430d M Sport with indicators.
My cruiser is an Audi A6 Avant S Line Black Edition with indicators.

omega3000

Quote from: TheBoy on 22 September 2012, 10:14:31
I struggle with heated front screens at night, too much glare off oncoming headlights.

Never found I needed it, I start the car in the morning, come back in and do my ironing and get dresses, all nicely defrosted by the time I leave ::)

A lot of car thefts last year i believe with doing that  :o I still see a lot of folks chucking hot water on the screens for instant defrost  ::)

mantahatch

I can't see the point of heated screens. I mean unless there going to heat the side windows aswell. You still have to defrost the side windows, well having to clear the one more window at the front is hardly taxing when you have just scraped all six side windows.

Heat them all or just stick to the rear for demisting.

Kevin Wood

Quote from: YZ250 on 22 September 2012, 11:55:54
Quote from: TheBoy on 22 September 2012, 10:14:31
I struggle with heated front screens at night, too much glare off oncoming headlights.

Never found I needed it, I start the car in the morning, come back in and do my ironing and get dresses, all nicely defrosted by the time I leave ::)

Should we be concerned about this.  ;) ;D ;D


Par for the course. ::)

;)
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dbug

If you haven't got it it's no good & if you have its  :y :y :y

I have and mines auto, along with demisters front and sides ;)
1972 Ferrari Dino, 1967 Triumph TR4A, Mondeo 2.0TDCi Estate, Jaguar XJ 5.0V8 Portfolio

waspy

Anyone remember the guy that was selling Omega heated screens on here a few years back?
I think he didn't get many takers :(

feeutfo

Quote from: Kevin Wood on 22 September 2012, 19:38:45
Quote from: YZ250 on 22 September 2012, 11:55:54
Quote from: TheBoy on 22 September 2012, 10:14:31
I struggle with heated front screens at night, too much glare off oncoming headlights.

Never found I needed it, I start the car in the morning, come back in and do my ironing and get dresses, all nicely defrosted by the time I leave ::)

Should we be concerned about this.  ;) ;D ;D


Par for the course. ::)

;)
I thought you all knew... :-\

plym ian

i dont have the problem of a frosty screen. my butlers has defrosted it by the time im out of bed ;D