But the point remains, and put another way, “If I can find a suckers willing to pay $5 a gallon for 50 cents of tap water, additives and packaging, why should I lower the price?”
Frankly my only regret is that I didn’t come up with a " $10, all natural spring, all organic, vegan, recyclable windshield washer fluid " 
I can understand this when you are physically fit and capable. What most car people don’t realize when they are commenting about cars is that the world they live in has various types of individuals. They tend to answer based on what themselves can and do.
So like the Reddit user, he said he doesn’t understand why someone needs to refill their washer reservoir more than once a year. And his comments received an overwhelming amount of upvotes, suggesting that people like himself can’t understand why.
I’m 54 years old. I doubt I’ve used a gallon of washer fluid in my entire life.
Having been in the auto service industry my entire life I see how much washer fluid people use, but I’ve always wondered what for.
I keep the tanks in my two cars filled. I have a gallon on the shelf to refill them. I know I haven’t used a gallon in a year. Really the most often would be in the winter with road spray. In the summer with bugs it just makes a mess. Either clean the windshield in your garage or when you get gas.
My car windshield is dusty each morning from trees. It’s impossible not to use wiper fluid washer.
Then I travel on the highway a lot with those huge trucks carrying stuff.
I must say I’m impressed by your experience
Impressive. I think being disabled is my problem.
Some of us are a bit OCD… 
I used to go through a couple gallons a year when I was in Ohio. Usually spring and fall from road grime and slush.
Here in Florida, my use is similar for pollen on my sitting outside truck.
Not for Love Bugs, never use washers on them, won’t clean, only smears it.
No, use depends on where you live, driving conditions, and if car is garaged. When I lived in the Mojave Desert, I can not remember using the windshield washer at all. Driving I 10 through Texas during a light rain, often used the windshield washer from the dirt sprayed from other vehicles. In Florida frequent use, pollen and salt air.
Absolutely nothing to do with disabilities.
+1 to Purebred’s comments.
Windshield washer use is highly dependent on where someone lives, and what type of weather/environmental conditions he/she has to deal with.
I still remember our first car with windshield washers–a '66 Ford Galaxie 500. The reservoir was a vinyl bag, attached to the inner fender.
I think that it probably held only ~ 1 qt–or maybe 1.5 qts–and in the winter, when dealing with a constant coating of road salt, I would frequently use-up the entire contents of that bag w/in a couple of hours.
Nowadays, I probably only have to buy another gallon jug of ww fluid every 10 months or so.
Odd factoid…
GM did a study decades ago that showed people wanted their windshield washer reservoirs to hold a FULL gallon of fluid. They did not want to buy a gallon and then have to store it until more is needed. This is easy on trucks and SUVs.
I clean my windows during the summer at least twice a month. Washer fluid is very helpful in winter months.
If the cost of fluid bothers you then make your own.
Unless you only fill the reservoir when it’s completely empty - you’ll always have some fluid left in the bottle.
Quite true. There needs to be a bit more volume. My GM truck has a washer level sensor. When it gives me a message, there is space for a full gallon even if there is still enough for a few squirts.
My Ford doesn’t have a sensor so when it runs dry, I can pour in a gallon. Hard on the pump!
My daily driver is parked outside under or near 2 trees. I also drive 37 miles each way to work, most of it freeway. I don’t think my windshield stays any cleaner than most, I just don’t care. I’ll clean the windshield when I get gas, perhaps that’s the difference between us?
I do have to fill the washer fluid on my wife’s car a couple of times a year, and she parks in the garage!
My cars get the washer fluid added/topped off when I have the oil changed…
My fun car doesn’t have it’s washer tank anymore, it was removed in favor of the ignition system…
Recently we bought a used car from a dealer.
We were the only customers in the showroom that evening…yet it took over 2 hours for them to put everything together. There was some mention of “having trouble” finding a lender since the vehicle had higher than average miles. My BS detector went off, but we went ahead. Looking back, I think it was an intentional delay.
By the time we got back to the Finance guy’s office…all of us were hungry and ready to go. He rushed us through the paperwork. I should have reviewed the paperwork more, I admit.
After we got home, I looked at the paperwork. They’d signed us up for a 10% interest rate (!). We have excellent credit, and I had another offer from my bank already for 6%. Their loan was going to cost us $1200 more in interest.
I was livid, and ended up refinancing the loan through my bank within a day. It caused some speed bumps with the DMV and my bank, but we finally got it all worked out.
I’ll never finance through a dealer again, and may not ever buy a car from a dealer again. It’s a known fact they will screw you in some ways; it’s just a matter of how.
If you lived around here in the springtime or during warmer winter weather, you’d be using a lot more fluid. The worst is when there is salty wet pavement that gets sprayed onto your windshield. Within moments, you cannot see anything unless you can get the windshield wet and wiped clean. This process repeats every few minutes or less, depending on the amount of road wetness. Without windshield washers, you’d be a menace to yourself and everyone around you. That is why it is one of the primary systems checked during safety inspections around here. I’ve had garages skip most everything except- do your wipers and squirter work?
My current daily driver doesn’t have working washer fluid. The pump runs but fluid barely trickles out. The pickup screen in the tank is sludged up. I just have no interest or need to fix it.
I will go out to the garage and show my 17 year old how to rotate the tires on his car this afternoon before he drives 250 miles to visit friends. I’ll ask him if he ever uses washer fluid.
You do that, I suspect we’re all interested in the family poll. I’m certainly waiting with bated breath!
You acted like it wasn’t a concern for you so not for anybody. Just pointed out it is a significant concern for some.
I fix my washers within days if there’s a problem. Use them once or twice a week.