Windscreen wiper oddities

Hi all, just a couple of windscreen wiper funnies that I wanted to ask about:



1) Is it my imagination, or is it possible that the delay from when you first turn on the ignition and select intermittent wipe to the wipers moving could be getting longer as my car gets older? Sometimes, it can take between 6 and 8 seconds before the wipers actually move!



2) When you wash/wipe the windscreen, shouldn't the water come out first so that the wipers don't scrape over dry glass?

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