Alas, I have a couple of cars and drive several others as part of my job. In all of them, except the Jaguar, pulling the wiper stalk towards you activates the washers. Only in cars that have a single stalk for everything (Mercedes), does it make sense. I can't understand why Jaguar decided to against the grain and make it so that the wash is a push-button action on a stalk which in 90% of other cars has a universal option.scm wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:10 am Unintuitively? Every Jaguar I've had works the same way, which I find very intuitive. And having the washer jets in the wiper housing is far more sensible since it squirts the fluid on the glass just before the blades get there (you have noticed it only squirts on the upstroke?) - how many times have you followed a car that's attempting to wash its windscreen but instead showers the following vehicle? Not to mention soaking the occupants of a convertible with the top down.
I also find the single wipe without wasting washer fluid very useful.
The washers being located in the wiper housing itself is a nice touch, but is also prevalent on other cars. My Mercedes has the same feature on the rear wiper. I suspect your reasoning is exactly what Jaguar thought - best not to soak the drivers of their own cars with spray and pray washer jets!
