I never thought it was a very good design. Cool for sure, but in a heavy rain the W126 had a better system.

I also love how MB hid the wipers on the 126.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

I loved the W140's wiper set up. It has the same extending arm as the W210, but with a tag along second wiper...with an air foil on it! Clearly its ment for Autobahn speeds!

Like everything else on a W140 way over engineered.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

One of the things I loved about the monowiper was that once it left inevitable streaks on the windshield, all the streaks across the main section of the windshield were in a straight line which minimalized that "star filter" effect. Anyone have a clue what I'm talking about??

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

And yet the blades are still easy to change

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

that is so fun to do, especially in toll lines

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

Yeah, but the above statement assumes it is equally important to clear all parts of the windshield. I think it is an obvious red herring. It is much more important to clear the windshield in front of the driver. The further away from the driver, the less important. How often do you look out the far lower corner of the passenger side of the windshield while driving?

- JimY

Love the mono, my only complaint was the incredibly short blade life. We used to replace it twice a year, before somebody pointed me at Silblades.

While I don't see it at their site now, I could have sworn they came with a 5 year warranty when I bought. Regardless, heading into year 3, they still work like new.

Yup!