Windshield Washer Fluid: Do You Actually Use It?

[Marceps]

You windshield is high, your following distance is long, and your speeds are low. You are driving a bus.

Furthermore, if you love your bus, you might even be wiping the windshields every time you stop for fuel--so do you really need dedicated washer fluid tanks? I've never actually used mine.

 

[brokedown-SKO]

The washer fluid bottle on my short bus was broken when I bought it, and we've put 30k driving around the country like that... So that's an easy $100 for me.

 

[CaptSquid]

I used to drive for a living - washing the windshield while fueling isn't that much of a stretch.

 

[o1marc]

Going into Wash. I crossed by a lake and hit a cloud of bugs that just spattered the windshield, washers kept them from drying before I could stop up thew road and clean the windshields. Mine will stay functional.

 

[magnakansas]

bugs

Too much night driving... new windows, rainx and washer fluids, expecting 1200 mile range on full tanks, probably want to clean windows on the fly.


william

 

[Marceps]

... washers kept them from drying before I could stop up thew road and clean the windshields.

Good point. While washer fluid does not succeed at cleaning a good deal of bugs/debris, it does make them easier to clean later.

Still, if nobody says I'm crazy, I think I'll remove my washer tank--partly to save space in the cabin but also because the coolant overflow tank need its cap!

 

[JDOnTheGo]

Situation.. situation... situation...

Mostly, no. Used to live in Minnesota and when the salt slime off the road gets on the windshield there NO seeing thru it without a shot of washer fluid.