If the frost and ice comes this week as expected, don't forget to turn off auto wipers to avoid wiper arm damage.

And if you have heated screen, remember to use the winter park position so that the screen can unfreeze the wipers.

Winter park position? Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

Winter park position http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic17727.html SD4 HSE Lux Orkney Grey,Full size spare tyre,Ugly kid glass.

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Past master wrote:

And if you have heated screen, remember to use the winter park position so that the screen can unfreeze the wipers.

Me too, thanks

Thanks for the tip Aero, wouldn't of even crossed my mind doing that - it will now  BETTER looking half of the famous Twinlanders
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just checked mine (08 GS),Its got winter park but parks the blades straight up the screen.
It will do for me, Saves the water sitting on the blades freezing um solid

Thanks for the tip

On mine (07) the wipers lie across the heater elements in the park position. I think Winter Park is just a re-name of Service Position, where the wipers sit vertically so you can then lift them away from the screen, enabling you to change the wipers or prevent them freezing to the screen. If you leave them lying on the screen in the vertical position they will return to horizontal as soon as you switch the ignition on (i.e. before the heated screen comes on).

Anyway I have turned the Rain Sensing \ Auto function of my wipers off now. The other one to remember is to disable the auto power fold mirrors, when you switch off, press the left and right mirror buttons simultaneously to manually fold the mirrors in. This means when they are frozen and you disable the alarm they won't automatically try to unfold, you do them manually when they are thawed out. 
Hung like Einstein, smart as a horse.

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If you leave them lying on the screen in the vertical position they will return to horizontal as soon as you switch the ignition on (i.e. before the heated screen comes on).

Your right, I was quoting my handbook, but I just went out to try it and the ignition had no effect, they stayed upright until I manually operated them. 
Hung like Einstein, smart as a horse.