Accidentally turning on the wipers when driving other cars

[f308gt4]

How often does this happen to you?

Seems like every time I hop into my wife’s car and go to put it in drive, I turn on the wipers instead.

 

[NpOverspeed]

No issue with the wipers but I re-learn quickly that my wife’s van does not have regenerative braking.

 

[Candleflame]

only if you drive jap cars. True LHD cars usually have indicator on the left so that you can indicate in a roundabout while shifting gears...

 

[malou]

It became a running gag for every time I drive my parents car

 

[zhu-]

I get out of the car with the engine running every time.

 

[f308gt4]

I get out of the car with the engine running every time.

Yes, I do that too, all too often. I also forget to lock my wife’s car when I walk away. The Model 3 has really spoiled me.

 

[Sophias_dad]

Wipers and leave them unlocked and running... more often than I'd like to admit.

How quaint ICE cars are.

 

[vickh]

muscle memory strikes again

 

[Rottenapplr]

How often does this happen to you?

Seems like every time I hop into my wife’s car and go to put it in drive, I turn on the wipers instead.

That and leaving the ice car on. I walk away with my car running lol

 

[XLR82XS]

Never. I know what I'm driving beforehand.

 

[silenteski]

While my car was getting body work done for a few weeks, I had an ICE rental with keyed ignition. For the first few days after getting my car back, I tried to grab the key from my Model 3’s ignition every single time I got out of the car.

 

[AZAV8R]

My issue is the reverse. I keep triggering the single-pass wiper button on my left stalk because it's where I put my finger when using the turn signals on my last PHEV. Muscle memory is hard to unlearn!

 

[Spielerin]

I just took 5 minutes remembering how to adjust my seat in my current car (Leaf)after my brother was in drivers seat. I was looking for buttons from my Camry I sold over 2 years ago.

 

[hellocar]

Even worse, every once in a while I press the wiper button in my Model 3 when I wanted to put it in Park. I don't even have another car to blame there, just some kind of car dyslexia I suppose.

 

[stevesark]

I’ve done the wiper thing, looked for a door button, hopped out of the car while it was still running, forgot to lock it while borrowing the wife’s car.

 

[Paul-K]

Let’s hope we don’t forget to move our foot to the brake pedal when we need to stop

 

[AZAV8R]

Let’s hope we don’t forget to move our foot to the brake pedal when we need to stop

I don't think you will have to worry about that. The first time in my wife's ICE after driving my Tesla for months, I sailed up to a stop sign expecting the normal decel from regen. It took a second for the "oh *sugar*" to kick in and I had hit the brakes pretty hard.