What I read was, W140 initially was designed for the single arm wiper like those of W124 and the single arm always parks on the driver's side be it LHD or RHD. But for W140, this single arm design couldn't be applied due to the wiping couldn't complete a full oscillation due to the wide windscreen size and hence another arm was added later in the stage to make it a double arm wipers design. They couldn't go back to the drawing board to redesign and engineer the wiping pattern according to the driver's side and hence they had to follow through with this wrong wiper pattern such that in this video, LHD was with a RHD wiping pattern and vice versa.
Thanks for great video. Would be awesome to show more angles and longer But super glad it finally appeared here on CZcams. Have been waiting for this forever.
One of my favorite features of a mercedes... the wipers lol. An MB looks off without them unless it's the G wagon. BMW / RR / Porsche / VW / Aston Martin & Lexus used a version of these for some of their models in years past.
One of the only other left hand drive cars with wipers that swing from bottom to right was a 70 vw beetle. And this makes no sense? Going the other way gives the driver a cleaner view.
@@user-lp7xs7lh5v You're missing the point. The passenger side gets a full 100% cleaning sweep. The driver side does not. They are on backwards. The steering wheel is on the North American side, but the wipers are on the European side.
@@anthonymorris5084 this is the set up for w140, they opted for the passenger comfort. If it was uk or japan car the same applied and again passenger side cleaned %100.
@@anthonymorris5084 No.. Most European cars have the wipers on the same side as North American cars, because most of Europe is LHD, UK being the exception.
What I read was, W140 initially was designed for the single arm wiper like those of W124 and the single arm always parks on the driver's side be it LHD or RHD. But for W140, this single arm design couldn't be applied due to the wiping couldn't complete a full oscillation due to the wide windscreen size and hence another arm was added later in the stage to make it a double arm wipers design. They couldn't go back to the drawing board to redesign and engineer the wiping pattern according to the driver's side and hence they had to follow through with this wrong wiper pattern such that in this video, LHD was with a RHD wiping pattern and vice versa.
Ah! Makes perfect sense! Can really tell the second wiper was an after thought. Looks like a cheap generic arm from a Honda, Nissan, Toyota, GM etc.
W140 wipers are awesome i miss my 1997 S320. So relaxing wiper patern
Awesome see LHD attached RHD wipers, legendary 😁
Thanks for great video. Would be awesome to show more angles and longer But super glad it finally appeared here on CZcams. Have been waiting for this forever.
One of my favorite features of a mercedes... the wipers lol. An MB looks off without them unless it's the G wagon.
BMW / RR / Porsche / VW / Aston Martin & Lexus used a version of these for some of their models in years past.
And if you go over to the UK, oh boy. The UK in 1990s had a plethora of articulated arm wipers.
That’s almost like being in the UK due to the wiper blades moving in the opposite direction compared to other cars.
Looks like putting the wipers on backwards clears more of the windshield. Or at least more of the windshield in the most important area.
It takes 1 wipe and it's good?
its correct or from auto from leftside road organization. maybe from fajv'oclockers or it standart
When Mercedes actually built good cars.....
photographic ones ally to opposite ones would do the same in a simpler way.
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One of the only other left hand drive cars with wipers that swing from bottom to right was a 70 vw beetle. And this makes no sense? Going the other way gives the driver a cleaner view.
Aren't they on backwards. The passenger side gets full cleaning.
No, this is how it should work on 140 Mercedes. if you look closely, you will see that the driver's wiper is jumping))
@@user-lp7xs7lh5v You're missing the point. The passenger side gets a full 100% cleaning sweep. The driver side does not. They are on backwards. The steering wheel is on the North American side, but the wipers are on the European side.
@@anthonymorris5084 this is the set up for w140, they opted for the passenger comfort. If it was uk or japan car the same applied and again passenger side cleaned %100.
@@kara9922 Safety trumps comfort. There is also always a driver. Passengers are far more infrequent. The passenger seat is often empty.
@@anthonymorris5084 No.. Most European cars have the wipers on the same side as North American cars, because most of Europe is LHD, UK being the exception.
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