General Ice ice baby - frozen lock

[Steed]

My brother does that, but straight out of the kettle.

In the early eighties our neighbour did exactly that and the windscreen caved in spectacularly. Turned out she had a chip in the screen that hadn't been attended to. It did clear the windscreen though. :yum:

 

[306maxi]

In the early eighties our neighbour did exactly that and the windscreen caved in spectacularly. Turned out she had a chip in the screen that hadn't been attended to. It did clear the windscreen though. :yum:

 

[Ulpian]

Poor little car. Left with its engine idling - the very worst thing you can do to a cold car - and the A/C on. The A/C can't do anything until the engine has some heat in it, all that is happening is that an additional radiator is being added to slow the warm-up.

You should scrape the ice off - not too hard on a tiny car - and drive with the windows open and all the heating turned off until the engine has begun to warm. This will stop the car misting inside. It requires putting on a warm coat to drive. It also means being sensible, not being lazy, planning ahead a little for the handful of days ijn the year when this is necessary, and caring about the car.

 

[306maxi]

Poor little car. Left with its engine idling - the very worst thing you can do to a cold car - and the A/C on. The A/C can't do anything until the engine has some heat in it, all that is happening is that an additional radiator is being added to slow the warm-up.

You should scrape the ice off - not too hard on a tiny car - and drive with the windows open and all the heating turned off until the engine has begun to warm. This will stop the car misting inside. It requires putting on a warm coat to drive. It also means being sensible, not being lazy, planning ahead a little for the handful of days ijn the year when this is necessary, and caring about the car.

Same here. I've quite often driven in sub zero temps with the air con on first thing. Funny to see your breath misting up in the car. Sure it's cold for a little while but it heats up eventually. People complain about the heater taking too long to kick in but then they put it on full the moment they get in the car which just slows the warming process down.....

 

[dave]

My brother does that, but straight out of the kettle. I've always just pictured the windscreen exploding. Never has though so maybe he's onto something

i only use tepid water, never had a problem even on cracked or chipped screens, been doing it for years

 

[neet]

You should scrape the ice off - not too hard on a tiny car - and drive with the windows open and all the heating turned off until the engine has begun to warm. This will stop the car misting inside. It requires putting on a warm coat to drive. It also means being sensible, not being lazy, planning ahead a little for the handful of days ijn the year when this is necessary, and caring about the car.

:bang: The inside of the screen is completely misted before I even wake up! how can I drive if I cannot see out of the windscreen:bang:

 

[dave]

:bang: The inside of the screen is completely misted before I even wake up! how can I drive if I cannot see out of the windscreen:bang:

 

[306maxi]

or

 

[306maxi]

:bang: The inside of the screen is completely misted before I even wake up! how can I drive if I cannot see out of the windscreen:bang:

I don't mean to be rude, but why not just give it a wipe? you're just wasting petrol and prematurely wearing your engine if you leave it idling.

 

[neet]

Can be quite iced up, don't really want to scrape the inside off the windscreen.

Previous experience (other cars) with wiping usually leaves large smears that just don't go away. Not tried the silicone squeege though. Do people have experience if it?

 

[RobW]

i only use tepid water, never had a problem even on cracked or chipped screens, been doing it for years

+1

works really well, and keeps the screen demisted so a lot safer

 

[Ulpian]

Wipe the inside of the screen with a cloth, as others have described. Since when did people stop wiping their glass? The interior gets covered in a fine emulsion of oily crud anyway and has to be wiped periodically: more so in winter.

Just a little bit of effort - dirty word? - before driving in the depths of winter has always been necessary. Ditto the regular filling of the screen wash bottle and the pre-winter checks on battery, bulbs, levels and belt tensions, not to mention the regular checking of tyre pressures.

Running a car was never effort-free, but it has never been easier than it is today.