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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
Even the OEM ones don't seem to last as long these days.
http://www.freep.com/article/2008100...810070338/1014 For a streak-free windshield, Consumer Reports recommends a wiper made by Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Corp. The magazine tested and ranked 15 models of wiper blades for its November issue, and Federal-Mogul's Anco 31 Series model offered one of the best values. The Anco ranked third in overall performance, with wipers from Valeo and RainX taking the first two spots. But Anco was one of two wipers to be named a Consumer Reports Best Buy. The Anco model costs $7 a piece for an 18-inch wiper and $10 for a 24-inch wiper, compared with $9 and $15 for the top-ranking Valeo model. Consumer Reports, which had its staffers test the wipers on their vehicles, suggests drivers change their vehicle's windshield wipers every six months, when even many of the best models started to leave streaks. Jewel Gopwani |
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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
On Oct 8, 4:34*am, "Elmo P. Shagnasty" > wrote:
> In article > >, > > > > > > wrote: > > Even the OEM ones don't seem to last as long these days. > > >http://www.freep.com/article/2008100...810070338/1014 > > > For a streak-free windshield, Consumer Reports recommends a wiper made > > by Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Corp. > > > The magazine tested and ranked 15 models of wiper blades for its > > November issue, and Federal-Mogul's Anco 31 Series model offered one > > of the best values. > > > The Anco ranked third in overall performance, with wipers from Valeo > > and RainX taking the first two spots. > > > But Anco was one of two wipers to be named a Consumer Reports Best > > Buy. The Anco model costs $7 a piece for an 18-inch wiper and $10 for > > a 24-inch wiper, compared with $9 and $15 for the top-ranking Valeo > > model. > > > Consumer Reports, which had its staffers test the wipers on their > > vehicles, suggests drivers change their vehicle's windshield wipers > > every six months, when even many of the best models started to leave > > streaks. > > > Jewel Gopwani > > Honda OEM blades have always, ALWAYS been the best you can ever buy.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Prove it. |
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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
> wrote in message
... > Even the OEM ones don't seem to last as long these days. > > > http://www.freep.com/article/2008100...810070338/1014 > > For a streak-free windshield, Consumer Reports recommends a wiper made > by Southfield-based Federal-Mogul Corp. > > The magazine tested and ranked 15 models of wiper blades for its > November issue, and Federal-Mogul's Anco 31 Series model offered one > of the best values. > > The Anco ranked third in overall performance, with wipers from Valeo > and RainX taking the first two spots. > > But Anco was one of two wipers to be named a Consumer Reports Best > Buy. The Anco model costs $7 a piece for an 18-inch wiper and $10 for > a 24-inch wiper, compared with $9 and $15 for the top-ranking Valeo > model. > > Consumer Reports, which had its staffers test the wipers on their > vehicles, suggests drivers change their vehicle's windshield wipers > every six months, when even many of the best models started to leave > streaks. > > Jewel Gopwani And yet I get better results every time with Tryco. Go figure. |
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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
Last I knew, Mobil makes the oil and ATF. Not sure about the rest.
dan L Alpert wrote: > A question here. Everyone seems to enforce that Honda makes the > greatest everything for their cars....so I what would like to know is > if Honda actually makes all of these fluids (oil, ATF, brake fluid, > antifreeze) and ancillary components (such as the wiper blades > mentioned above) themselves, or do they contract it out? |
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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > And yet I get better results every time with Tryco. Go figure. My Tripledge silicone rubber wipers are 15 years old and are as good as new, meaning they don't wipe very well. But that's OK because I live in sunny Phoenix |
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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
Thus spake "larry moe 'n curly" > :
> > >JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > >> And yet I get better results every time with Tryco. Go figure. > >My Tripledge silicone rubber wipers are 15 years old and are as good >as new, meaning they don't wipe very well. But that's OK because I >live in sunny Phoenix Where, IIRC, I10 has 30 ft high pillars with signs pointing to them that say something like "flood escape route". You know, for the biennial "Phoenix Creek becomes Phoenix River torrent". |
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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
Dillon Pyron wrote: > Thus spake "larry moe 'n curly" > : > > My Tripledge silicone rubber wipers are 15 years old and are as good > > as new, meaning they don't wipe very well. But that's OK because I > > live in sunny Phoenix > > Where, IIRC, I10 has 30 ft high pillars with signs pointing to them > that say something like "flood escape route". You know, for the > biennial "Phoenix Creek becomes Phoenix River torrent". I'm closer to I-17. There are typically 30-40 days of rain here each year, but about 28 of them are storm days, and we don't have anything close to the drainage capacity that a place like Chicago does. The last big floods here occurred in the 1980s, when 100-year floods occurred two years in a row and wiped out all the bridges across the Salt River, except for one in Tempe built in the 1930s as a New Deal make-work project. |
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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
"dan" > wrote in message . net... > Last I knew, Mobil makes the oil and ATF. Not sure about the rest. > > dan So it would seem that since Honda does not make these items, there is no true good reason to prefer Honda ATF or oil over another manufacturer if produced to the same standards. > > > L Alpert wrote: > >> A question here. Everyone seems to enforce that Honda makes the >> greatest everything for their cars....so I what would like to know >> is if Honda actually makes all of these fluids (oil, ATF, brake >> fluid, antifreeze) and ancillary components (such as the wiper >> blades mentioned above) themselves, or do they contract it out? |
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Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy
L Alpert > wrote:
> >"dan" > wrote in message .net... >> Last I knew, Mobil makes the oil and ATF. Not sure about the rest. > >So it would seem that since Honda does not make these items, there is >no true good reason to prefer Honda ATF or oil over another >manufacturer if produced to the same standards. The problem is verifying that they are produced to the same standards. By purchasing Honda oil, you are basically paying extra for Honda's quality control. Is this worth it? I don't think it is any longer, since the API folks do a pretty good job of things. But for more exotic fluids it might well be. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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