do you drive in a rain? it's very useful in city driving. Sudden gust of rain or simply some bastard hitting a puddle on the road too quickly will leave your windshield fully blanketed by water. it would take you time to react, and by that time it may be to late to brake or whatever. rain sensor reacts much more quickly than you.

when i drove my 06 civic in the heavy rain i was very relaxed, because rain sensors took care of any sudden rain or whatever... in an S i drive much slower and i'm on the edge all the time.

it's like VSA. you don't need it 99.9% of the time, but it might save you one day.

 

I have one in my DD(M-B)and I always disactivate it;useless and a PITA.

 

Thanks for your opinion.