Every time I roll any of the G8's windows down, I see this strip of grimy film across the top. I bugs me. Why? Because even after a good cleaning, the top inch or so of the windows is always obscured by the thick window frame. You need to roll the windows down a bit to clean the top edge, the roll them up to clean the bottom edge.
This, from a guy who carries his own mini bottle of window cleaner and a rag in his briefcase. Why? because when the photographers (who hate to see freshly wiped arcs across an otherwise clean windshield) want me to drive into the setting sun and the Editor-in-Chief reprimands me for flipped down sun visors in photos, I need a very clean windshield. Just sayin'
Chris Walton, Chief Road Test Editor @ 34,150 miles
hybris says:
07:48 AM, 11/ 5/09
I can't see how a half inch strip on top and bottom can really effect you that badly especially with sunglasses on.
redwoodaggie says:
07:51 AM, 11/ 5/09
In my experience, most cars with framed windows need their windows rolled down to clean that top part.
texases says:
08:06 AM, 11/ 5/09
Another way to hinder visibility but keep the windows looking big. Way to go, stylists!
rick8365 says:
08:24 AM, 11/ 5/09
What cleaner does Edmund's use (endorse?)? Invisible Glass has been pretty good to me.
subytrojan says:
12:58 PM, 11/ 5/09
The flipped sunvisors make the shot more realistic, Chris! :o)
s197gt says:
05:36 PM, 11/ 5/09
invisible glass FTW!
scorp76 says:
12:45 AM, 11/ 8/09
"I bugs me."
Nice. Hopefully a mere typo and not Freudian.