New 7 Series
11-16-2008, 05:29 AM
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Attended the the new F01 7 Series launch here in the UK on Thursday 13th. A very nice car indeed, hopefully some of the new gadgets will be filtered into the new F10 5 series.
Anyway just a little observation I saw and that that the wipers were in the correct position for right hand drive cars. i.e wipers positioned to move from left to right. I've been used to the last two generations of 7 series and the E39 and current E60 5 series having the wipers positioned to move from right to left which are more suitable for left hand drive cars. So I was a bit amazed to see the F01 changed to suit right hand drive cars
Probably a geeky observation but thought its interesting for some here in the forums
Anyway just a little observation I saw and that that the wipers were in the correct position for right hand drive cars. i.e wipers positioned to move from left to right. I've been used to the last two generations of 7 series and the E39 and current E60 5 series having the wipers positioned to move from right to left which are more suitable for left hand drive cars. So I was a bit amazed to see the F01 changed to suit right hand drive cars
Probably a geeky observation but thought its interesting for some here in the forums
11-16-2008, 12:36 PM
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Didn't they also have it set correctly on the 3 series.
11-18-2008, 07:41 AM
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I remember the 92-99 S class Mercedes also had the left to right sweep, then they changed it in 2000..... I think the Germans like us Americans better lol 
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='722667' date='Nov 16 2008, 09:36 PM
Didn't they also have it set correctly on the 3 series.
11-20-2008, 01:16 PM
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The 3 series always had the wipers in the correct position for right hand drive cars for a while now as I've previously owned 2 E46s.
I've only noticed the 5 and 7 Series having the incorrect positions for rhd cars. Hopefully the next F10 5 Series will have the correct positions too :-)
I've only noticed the 5 and 7 Series having the incorrect positions for rhd cars. Hopefully the next F10 5 Series will have the correct positions too :-)
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