On saloon cars e.g. a IS200 (which don't have a rear wiper) I always find that when the car is parked for some time and it's raining the water droplets stick to the rear windscreen and you can't see out... so before I start the engine I use a squeegee to physically remove the rain! - is there a way round this - use rain-x for example.

Using the rear demister only removes misting on the inside?

P.S. why don't saloon cars have rear wipers - looks a bit naff?

Rain-x should be good mate..would just sheet away when driving.

I think I saw a Ford Orion Saloon that had rear wash/wipe........it looked very odd

A rear wash/wipe would protrude into the boot. Rain-X or similar but you may still need the squeegee but less of it. Rear demister does dry off the ouside of the screen but takes a bit of warming uo.

Use your wing mirrors

Not seen any wing mirrors for a long time except on older cars.

or use your reverse camera like mine



BTW Shaz you gonna come Ace Cafe on Weds for the Lexus Meet ?

if rain x not good enough you could get yourself an autoglym hi tec wiper

you could always ask some passer by to give it a wipe

That's a terrific idea.

It's only Uk spec saloon cars that don't have rear wiper at least it is with Subaru my uncle's got an imported STI with a rear wiper.