gpsman wrote:
> Dave wrote: <brevity snip>
>
>>They really have automated wipers?
>
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>
> "Automatic wipers" is an old car salesman joke. "This car even has
> automatic wipers! When it rains you just flip this little button and
> the wipers automatically clean the windshield"!
>
> It's the kinda joke that's funniest to the teller...

It's no joke. Accodring to edmunds.com, the
2006 Toyota Avalon Limited has
"variable intermittent rain sensing wipers".

Why would any manufacturer mock its own cars
in an ad that tries to *sell* the car?
It makes no sense.