Soldato
You need to slap a patent on it then license it to the car manufacturers.
Until then, I'm out.
Until then, I'm out.
Self filling washer bottle!
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The OP has missed a trick anyway; why use unreliable weather to fill the water tank when you could just condense the water vapour in the exhaust 
Ok it might be a slightly acidic, but that should help dissolve all those bugs - after all people say vinegar works well to clean your screen.
Ok it might be a slightly acidic, but that should help dissolve all those bugs - after all people say vinegar works well to clean your screen.
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My rover just runs out the only way you can tell is when you can here the motor whirring and no longer spurts out water. Also the bottle is literally a little plastic bottle (looks like a 4 pint milk bottle but smaller) which you have to manually remove to fill up.
My Rover Mini has exactly the same washer bottle and I never removed it once. Just top it up using an old mineral water bottle. Fits in fine.
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I can think of a couple of problems:
The water will be contaminated with detergent/wax/foam etc when you wash the car. Suppose you could put some means of closing off the intake when washing the car, but invariably people will forget to close it.
It wouldn't work in areas with long dry periods. This would be mean fitting it in some markets and not others. Manufacturers seek to standardise production wherever possible to reduce costs. A washer bottle costs next to nothing.
The water will be contaminated with detergent/wax/foam etc when you wash the car. Suppose you could put some means of closing off the intake when washing the car, but invariably people will forget to close it.
It wouldn't work in areas with long dry periods. This would be mean fitting it in some markets and not others. Manufacturers seek to standardise production wherever possible to reduce costs. A washer bottle costs next to nothing.
Soldato
It's possible they topped it up with the yearly service but I've never had to put washer fluid in my Toyota in over two years of driving it, so I'm out 
PS when I did have this issue in winter in my 106, the problem wasn't a lack of water but the fact my pumps/nozzles had frozen..
PS when I did have this issue in winter in my 106, the problem wasn't a lack of water but the fact my pumps/nozzles had frozen..
Caporegime
It's possible they topped it up with the yearly service but I've never had to put washer fluid in my Toyota in over two years of driving it, so I'm out
PS when I did have this issue in winter in my 106, the problem wasn't a lack of water but the fact my pumps/nozzles had frozen..
They do top it up, and they charge you about £4 for the pleasure of doing it !
Soldato
My car holds 7L of washer fluid, and tells me when I have less than 2L left.
Not really needed.
Not really needed.
Soldato
Mine gets topped up by the garage as part of it's annual service and I've never needed to top it up in between.
I guess you do very few miles per year then?
Caporegime
Twas a joke, I keep 2litres of water in my car 99% of the time. Plus do you not think someone at BMW/Audi etc etc would've thought of this before?