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    Really? Head light washers?

    I know we got the great 1.6L engine, but why couldn't we get all these extra storage cubbies and the all-important headlight washers? I would LOVE headlight washers! I'd take that over a backup camera!





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    Headlight washers? Really? Naaahh.. One more thing to go wrong...

    But more cubbys for storage, hells yes!

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    Are you kidding? Had the washers on an old Mazda 626 I once briefly owned, on our salted highways in the winter, they were the best. The design is inherently simple, so if they did go wrong, they're easy to fix.

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    I had them on my 626 chronos as well.. Actually.. If I could take anything from a 626, it would be the swinging vents in the middle for the cool factor...

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    I would take push button start/keyless fob found in current production middle east/Asian micras. Its simply the future of cars, and it doesn't seem to cost them that much more to add ($15300 full loaded over there).
    I would also add the second glove box at the top (the round portion of dash) of the big glove box, and power folding mirrors (useful for tight parking)

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    Never had a car with headlight washers before, but I don't imagine they're much more complicated/unreliable than normal windshield washers ... especially if the nozzles are fixed in place (though that pop-up style could be more of a problem).

    And I've never had a windshield washer failure (had a hose become disconnected once is all).


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