Renault Clio III - interesting wiper arm solution or ...

It was a nice snowy day, just few degrees below zero...

And I was cleaning the car from the snow, when I came to the wipers... Usually, one picks them up and remove the snow and the ice by whatever means - scratching, shaking or whatever... But what is this?

This is the highest I can lift the wiper arm! There is a limiting piece in the base that presumably prevents you from damaging the hood. But how I am supposed to clean the ice? Yes, there is ice usually in such weather and  brushing it  is not enough. One needs to knock out the ice! ... Well, I was just standing there clueless - what ... ... ...? Guess what, the mechanism that releases the wipers is frozen as well (I will write about this later) but this has nothing to do with the wiper arms design.

Ironically, my neighbor's car (also Clio III) was parked next me and luckily for him he didn't have the limiter and his wiper arms were standing up nicely out of the snow - just to annoy me more ;-) .
Now, 3 months after the first snow, I still don't know how to clean the ice from the wipers. Somehow, I have swallowed that I have to seriously lean on the hood to change the wipers (once they are defrost) but...

TP Link TL-WA830RE 300Mbps Wireless N Range Extender

Just to add few lines on this piece of hardware  since one can easily get only the positive side of the device and miss (as usual) some annoying problems.

Pros

• It really extends the range of your WiFi signal (when it works)
• Very reasonable price.
• Relatively easy to set up (avoid the CD setup).

Cons

• The connection drops regularly and the only working solution is to reboot the device. There are many complaints about it but they are overwhelmed by positive, one day use opinions (I felt the same way at the beginning). Here are several negative comments that tell the same story all over again link.

And just to be fare: I spent some time searching for solution without success but also I found that other wireless range extenders also suffer from the same problem... so... I tried to use the option that ping-s the main router and reboots the device if necessary - not enough. Next I will use an automatic switch to reboot the device on defined intervals and obviously my success depends on the right choice (if there is such)...

Update: Just forget everything that I wrote before (above)! You just need to flash it with the DD-WRT firmware - instructions here (needs registration to be able to see/download the files). It is amazing! It turns this worthless piece of hardware to something really impressive!