windshield wiper pauses half-way on intermittent setting

I never had the wiper motor fixed because the problem is that the intermittent setting paused the wipers half way, but then they would continue half-way. Definitely annoying, but for me, not worth $242 at the time. So I just either put the wipers on low or high. Or, if it was a light rain, I could deal with the wipers in a vertical position for a 5 or so second pause, until it went back down to the horizontal position. Annoying part is that sometimes it would pause at about a 45 degree angle, while I was turning the car. Never had it fixed, and it never really got worse than that.