Is the winter pack worth the extra dough£$?

[MUFFIN]

Does anyone have the winter pack fitted as an option on their Leon II?

Just wondered whether people who bought it rate it?

I suffer from a glass back so the heated seats are a must but how does the heated wash wiper system perform?

 

[TllEWL]

Is there a heated windscreen in there ?


If so, regardless of price I'd say get it. My mate's got a Focus with a heated 'screen and every winter come hometime if it's icy he just jumps in the car and fooks off while everyone else in the carpark's struggling with de-icer and bottles of warm water

 

[langy]

Is My mate's got a Focus with a heated 'screen and every winter come hometime if it's icy he just jumps in the car and fooks off while everyone else in the carpark's struggling with de-icer and bottles of warm water

That's what i liked about my old company Focus, heated screens are a must. However, I now drive a Leon and struggle to see out the windscreen for the first few minutes

 

[DanGB]

That's what i liked about my old company Focus, heated screens are a must. However, I now drive a Leon and struggle to see out the windscreen for the first few minutes

are you using the aircon to claear it?

 

[ZBOYD]

Winter Pack, is heated front seats, and hot washer jets. Its not a heated front screen, but with hot washer jets, you shouldn't need one.

I've ordered this option on my Leon Cupra, but for obvious reasosn can't tell you how good it is as yet.

As Dan says using the Aircon will clear the interior condensation, i think this would be great with addition of heated washer jets to quickly melt the ice.

 

[MUFFIN]

Are there light washers also? Leon website vague

 

[orca]

Got heated washers on my bezza. seem to work well you can see the steam when you use them in the clod. certainly get rid of the crud much better. You used to be able to buy a bolt on that went in your heater pipes and had a heat exchanger around the outside through which passed the washer water. It worked really well once car was warm but never seen them since. Anotrher good idea that went missing!!

 

[ZBOYD]

Are there light washers also? Leon website vague

Light washers are only added if you have Xenons. If your looking at a Cupra, these are standard items. I can only presume if you have the winter pack, they would be heated too, if the water comes from the same resevoir? But thats only me presuming.

 

[Stealthdave]

how safe is hot water on a frozen windscreen? Is it not likely to crack??

 

[Syphon]

I thought the "heated jets", (incidentially std. on the LCR) just meant the nozzels were heated so they didn't ice up. I don't think the water is heated as well.

Scott

 

[Tam]

I thought the "heated jets", (incidentially std. on the LCR) just meant the nozzels were heated so they didn't ice up. I don't think the water is heated as well.

Scott

Yep, that's how it normally works.

You'll still need anti-freeze in the water to ensure the water doesn't freeze in the pipes before it gets to the nozzle.

 

[ents]

Winter Pack, is heated front seats, and hot washer jets. Its not a heated front screen, but with hot washer jets, you shouldn't need one.

as far as i now "heated front screen" means that its heated only under wipers. Sorry for my bad english - cant explain it better..

 

[JK1]

Should I assume that the heated washer jets aren't included on the Sport model?

I've not tried them and I did get the heated seats however I haven't seen anything in the manual about them. I was always under the impression that the water didn't stay warm long enough to clear the screen and would end up freezing on the windscreen.

 

[Jamin Berry]

The heated washer jets are there so they dont freeze up, so you can spray water on the windscreen. I think you need to remember any water, by definition, is at a higher temperature than the ice. Just put some ice cubes int he sinc and pour cold water on them, they still go down.

 

[dchbrown]

thats why i dont scrape or use de-icer on the car in the mornings.

luke warm water in a jug - much better and doesnt ruin rubbers or anything else for that matter.

as for hot water cracking glass - its to do with the temperature change that causes problems. "normal" glass can take about 80 degrees before breaking, pyrex around 120 degrees. So im guessing that a windscreen will be somewhere between the too.

having said that ive seen someone smash a cars side window by throwing a kettle of boiling water onto it so i can 110% recommend against that idea!!!

 

[OLDOILER]

Is there a heated windscreen in there ?


If so, regardless of price I'd say get it. My mate's got a Focus with a heated 'screen and every winter come hometime if it's icy he just jumps in the car and fooks off while everyone else in the carpark's struggling with de-icer and bottles of warm water

It in the workshop manual but I haven't seen it in the options list??!! and certainly should be a must for the UK.

 

[ents]

It in the workshop manual but I haven't seen it in the options list??!! and certainly should be a must for the UK.

and again... as far as i now "heated front screen" means that its heated ONLY under wipers so they dont freeze to the window.

 

[davecash]

Sorry to dig this up a few days after the last post....but I heard a rumor that the heated front screen had been patented by Ford and therefore cant be used by other manufacturers.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, just what I've heard.

 

[OLDOILER]

Sorry to dig this up a few days after the last post....but I heard a rumor that the heated front screen had been patented by Ford and therefore cant be used by other manufacturers.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, just what I've heard.

May be but we had it on the Mini ONE we had - extra though but well worth it