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Originally Posted by JSH
Either your Ioniq has more rear slope to the hatch than my old Prius or you do a lot more car cleaning. You do mention putting rainX on your rear hatch. Maybe that doesn't allow the dust to stick. Our Acura hasn't been washed since the topbox went on along with the winter tires back in early December.
Every vehicle I have owned in the PNW gets covered with volcanic rock dust - top to bottom. Even my front windshields get covered outside of where the wipers sweep. Sometimes I'll wash the windshield by hand with some Windex but generally the rain cleans things up after a couple of days.
Then there is snow. Pretty much anytime I'm going through government camp in the winter it is a giant traffic jam with traffic creeping along well below 30 mph. It is to the point where I don't even go through Government Camp anymore - I drive to Hood River and head up the mountain from the North side. (I x-country ski so there is no point in going into Govt Camp if I don't have to)
Creeping along at 10 - 20 mph the snow would accumulate on the Prius rear hatch - which along with the volcanic dust is why I put the wiper back on the Prius the first winter in Oregon.
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Not the best photo example, but this is how snow and dirt accumulates. It’s so bad that the rear lower hatch glass is impossible to see out of. The volcanic dust and snow and slush just makes it nasty. Even hand washing doesn’t really work so I have to go to a car wash after. Like I said, there’s enough pressure and air flow to keep the snow off the top. Even when stuck in traffic. Had the car 3 years, 135k miles, snowboard twice a week. PNW. Colorado. Montana. Utah. Tahoe. Every type of snow condition. Never needed a rear wiper. And PNW is the heaviest and wettest and stickier too. It’s amazing driving in high desert snow. Don’t even need front wiper blades for that stuff.