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Type S SW12750-6 Black Heated Steering Wheel Cover
Price: $19.99
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Customers Reviews
2010-02-20
Works as expected
Heated steering wheel cover works well. It gets warm to the touch quickly but be careful not to drive with it. I plug it into a switched cigarette lighter outlet(only on when car is running) so that when I remote start my car the wheel cover has warmed up somewhat by the time I get to the car.
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2010-02-10
Expect what the reviews say
So i ordered this thing even thought he reviews were bad because it was the only one i could find. Well the reviews were right. It is cheaply made. You have to move the power outlet around to get a good contact, the cord get wrapped around the steering wheel while driving (granted it does say to not drive with it plugged in), and just after a couple weeks the heating pad has stopped heating in some places. After saying that, It does heat up pretty fast (in the places it actually heats). So if your looking for something fancy and durable don't buy this. If you willing to be careful only have it work is some places then go ahead. My girlfriend is still happy that i bought it for her.
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2010-01-30
Works, not well, but does work.
Tried this on a Olds Alero and Mazda Miata. While it does eventually get warm, the 10 minutes it takes is too long. Sure, it gets a little warm right away but is no match for a cold steering wheel. Any benefit I got was from the layer of air created between the steering wheel and my hands. The cover is made of a cushioned mesh that does a pretty fine job of insulating. Overall, it never got hot enough to make a difference for me.
More often then not, I wouldn't bother with the excessively long heating period. I would just drive with the cover. You can score a mesh cover by Bell (same material I swear) at Target for $10.
As for installation, no instructions are included. This is a shame. Steering wheel covers go on like this: heat the cover all over with a hair dryer. Then take it outside and install it. If you've warmed it up enough, it will stretch over your wheel. As it cools, it will contract and become very snug. You may have to heat it again to remove it. If it seems like it won't fit, that's because you have to heat it up.
I contacted the manufacturer to get this method.
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2010-01-18
Socket hits your hand!
The socket where you plug the power cord into the heated cover is on the outside perimeter. As you allow the wheel to slip through your hands when coming out of a turn, the socket hits your hands! They should have done something like moved the socket onto the steering wheel fork, or recessed it somehow.
I would try to move it myself, but they really didn't make that viable. I might also have tried cutting the cover, so that it slips on and off easily. This is so you would just do that instead of unplugging it. But, I don't know where the heating wires are, and didn't want to cause damage that would prevent me from being able to return it.
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2010-01-14
Finally no frozen fingers!
I love this thing! Those who don't live in really cold climates and say things like, "Wear gloves" or "Turn on the heater", don't understand how the steering wheel can feel like solid ice despite using gloves and the car heater. This cover heats up awesome, and very quickly, too.
Apparently this heated cover is designed for the Honda S-type vehicles. Thanks to the earlier reviewer who mentioned the diameter of his steering wheel, I was able to deduce that this item would probably fit my own steering wheel, and it does, perfectly. (I have an '06 Jeep Liberty.) It was a little difficult to get it on, but of course you want it to fit really, really snug; if it was loose, it could be dangerous.
Also, you truly don't want to leave it plugged in while driving; once, I thought I'd cheat a bit, and leave it plugged in just until I got out of my low-traffic neighborhood. Just turning the wheel enough to back out of the driveway and then straighten the car out got the cord tangled around the wheel and actually was caught on the turn-signal lever, pulling the lever so it was turning my brights on!
The cool thing is that the cover stops that holding-a-block-of-ice feeling for the entire trip, even if you've barely bothered to heat it up first; I guess it's just something about the material and/or design of the cover. So even if I don't want to wait the extra minute to heat it up before embarking, it's still an improvement. I am so glad to have it.
I have had minor problems with the plug. Second attempt at using, the round threaded end-piece came off, and because it was dark out and such a small piece, I couldn't find it until the next day in daylight. I presume it had been partially unscrewed, because since screwing it back on, I've had no further trouble with that piece. Another time the little "prong" that extends out of the plug fell out. I was able to easily push it back in place. Sure, it's a bit annoying, but so far, no further plug problems. I guess I might take a half-star off my rating for the plug problems, but each has been easily resolved, and I am so happy with the overall performance of the product.
If you get one, I'd offer one suggestion. Because it's not so easy to put the cover onto the steering wheel, let alone take it off and put it on a second time, I'd recommend that you position the little plug inlet on the cover on the right side of the wheel, around what might be considered the 4 o'clock position. I put my cover on with the inlet at the very bottom of the wheel, like 6 o'clock position. In winter I wear a big puffy coat, so sometimes it's a bit of a struggle to access the inlet because my coat gets in the way! I wish I'd installed it off to the side a bit, but so far have not wanted to bother trying to remove and re-install the cover. I'll probably reposition it for next winter.
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What Do You Know About Car Classifications: Size, Body type, Leading WheelsAt the moment there are way too many car classes and it is no wonder a lot of people cannot tell them correctly with this or that car. The cars are classified by size, body type, the number of leading wheels. A great number of people even don’t know what a “5-door hatchback” is. So let’s find out.
Cars: big and small
Let us start from the size of the car. In the widely spread European classification there are 6 classes of passenger vehicles (excluding sport coupe, 4x4 SUVs and so-called off-road universals) according to the width and length.
A B C D E F
Length less than 3500 3500-3900 3900-4300 4300-4600 4600-4900 more than 4900
Width under 150 1520-1630 1630-1690 1690-1730 1730-1820 more than 1820
So the lowest class A features such cars as Rover Mini, Renault Twingo, Daewoo Tico and Matig. They are tailored for city use.
Class B is more extensive. Cars like Skoda Felicia, Opel Corsa, Peugeot-106, Renault Clio, Fiat Punto, Volkswagen Polo, Ford Fiesta, Toyota Yaris, Nissan Micra etc fall into this class.
The most popular class in Europe is class C: Volkswagen Golf и Bora, Skoda Octavia, Opel Astra, Ford Escort и Focus, Audi F3, Peugeot-306, Fiat Brawo/Brawa, Penault Meganе, Alfa Romeo 145/146, Nissan Almera, Toyota Corolla, Daewoo Nexia etc.
A lot of cars fall into class D: Alfa Romeo 156, Audi A4, BMW 3-series, Mercedes-Benz C, Opel Vectra, Peugeot-406, Ford Mondeo, Toyota Avensis, Nissan Primera, Volkswagen Passat etc.
Class E is less multiple: BMW 5-series, Mercedes-Benz E, Audi A6, Opel Omega and a few more models.
The luxurious class F is represented by such cars as Mercedes-Benz S, Audi A8, BMW 7-series and a few more makes of cars.
The literature sometimes mentions old-school terms as “the smallest class” (includes classes A and B), “small” (C), “middle” (D), “big” (E), “extra-big” (F). The attentive readers will definitely note that not all the cars included by us into this or that class totally meet its requirements. For instance, Daewoo Nexia which had been included into class C must be in class D (according to its length – 4.48 m). The point is that the direct ancestor of Nexia is Opel Kadett was a hatchback which totally matched class C. The body type sedan (which is Nexia is produced in now) is a little longer, but all other parameters make the car close to class C.
Body is the face of a car
If the talk came to body types, let’s find out what body types are there.
The classic body type is sedan (in the US – Sedan, in the UK – saloon, in France – Berline, in Germany – Limousine, in Italy - Berlina) – closed 2- or 4-door body with 2 rows of seats with protruding cowling and boot (consisting of 3 capacities – 3-capacity body).
Another body type is also widely spread – universal (in the US - Station Wagon, the UK - Estate car, in France – Break, in Germany – Kombi, in Italy - Giardinera) – in contrary to sedans they consist of 2 capacities as the interior and the boot make up one single capacity. One more door is added to the side ones – the rear door. At the moment a number of automotive manufacturers produce sport universals, the dynamic features of which are not inferior to sedans or even sport car. Such models are: BMW Touing, Volvo V 70R и Audi A6 Avant.
In the classes A, B and C there is a tendency towards a middle body type – hatchback – a mixture of sedan and universal.
At the moment another body type is gaining popularity – 1-capacity bodies with no protruding cowling or boot: Renault Megane Scanic, Opel Zafira, Mercedes-Benz A.
All 4 wheels
To sum up, let me tell you about another group of vehicles which are gaining audience’s attraction at the moment – SUVs. These are 4WD cars which bear the name Sport Utility Vehicle – SUV. In the US it is huge 4WD pick-ups or off-road universal vehicles, in Europe - Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V and Land Rover Freelander.
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