water vs deicer

acemastr · 6 Dec 2013 at 15:56

I've had one frost so far, start car, press window demist button for front to get fans blowing, press rear de mister, scrape side windows, when I get to the front windows they are all slushy.

Housey · 6 Dec 2013 at 16:17

Diesel said:
Is this actually a thing!?

Yup. I have a little app that allows me to do stuff around lights, locks and vents before I get into the car. So I can turn on the fans etc either on a timed basis or a few minutes before I need to go somewhere.

Sasso · 6 Dec 2013 at 16:20

Housey said:
Yup. I have a little app that allows me to do stuff around lights, locks and vents before I get into the car. So I can turn on the fans etc either on a timed basis or a few minutes before I need to go somewhere.

what's the range on that then? is it using BT, cars' wifi, mobile network? not a bad idea really!

MooMoo444 · 6 Dec 2013 at 16:28

Housey said:
Yup. I have a little app that allows me to do stuff around lights, locks and vents before I get into the car. So I can turn on the fans etc either on a timed basis or a few minutes before I need to go somewhere.

How do you link the app to the car? I assume you can't just turn random peoples locks off with your phone <_<

Scythe · 6 Dec 2013 at 16:31

Django x2 said:
here's what I do. Never fails.

I set the electric heater timers on the idrive to come on at 6:50am and 7:10am. Turn the temp dials to full and turn the fan speed to 3/4.

When I get up at 6:20, the car has a thick old frost on it. When I get outside to the car at 7:15, it's completely warm, deiced and ready to drive....

What is this water / de-icer / blanket / credit card witch craft that you speak of?

BMW's do this?! Looks like a BMW could be my next car..

Liampope · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:00

LiE said:
lol @ boiling water trolling.

To make up for my irresponsible misleading - here's some great advice: It's a good time to get chips rectified. Never mind boiling water (really don't do this), but even warm water or simply the hot air blowing from the heater can cause a crack to grow from an existing chip/smaller crack when it's really cold. Happened to me.

Sasso · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:11

Liampope said:
To make up for my irresponsible misleading - here's some great advice: It's a good time to get chips rectified. Never mind boiling water (really don't do this), but even warm water or simply the hot air blowing from the heater can cause a crack to grow from an existing chip/smaller crack when it's really cold. Happened to me.

true story! I remember being down the volunteer gliding squadron a few winters back, sitting in the landrover waiting for things to heat up (gliders) and then there was this massive "crack" sound and I saw the crack shoot up through the windscreen

was a case of..."I didn't do it...I was just sat here".

Matt82 · 6 Dec 2013 at 17:29

Cold tap water can work of frost, doesn't even need to be warm

Luke warm water for ice works a treat but make sure you get the wipers going sharpish or it'll all freeze again

AndrewNR · 6 Dec 2013 at 18:00

esoteric said:
I'm wondering what people on here do when defrosting your car.

I use water from the cold tap and a scraper.

I tend to walk into work if it's going to take too much hassle to de-ice/de-frost etc.

Trifid · 6 Dec 2013 at 18:05

AndrewNR said:
I tend to walk into work if it's going to take too much hassle to de-ice/de-frost etc.

If you are that close why don't you walk every day?

AndrewNR · 6 Dec 2013 at 18:08

Trifid said:
If you are that close why don't you walk every day?

I'm lazy.

Trifid · 6 Dec 2013 at 18:37

AndrewNR said:
I'm lazy.

esoteric · 6 Dec 2013 at 19:40

A guy at my old work lives 5 mins away from work, and most of the time took the car to work, and his wife would cycle to work instead, AND use the bike to perform the work.

Muffin` · 6 Dec 2013 at 19:46

I saw someones rear screen shatter once, she was pouring a kettle onto it and boom it went. It kind of happened but I didn't really register it happen till a few seconds after. hohoho and all that

Sho · 6 Dec 2013 at 19:46

maccapacca said:
scrape off two eye holes and let magic do the rest

This

Sho · 6 Dec 2013 at 19:47

AndrewNR said:
I'm lazy.

Bennie-Mac · 6 Dec 2013 at 21:05

Django x2 said:
here's what I do. Never fails.

I set the electric heater timers on the idrive to come on at 6:50am and 7:10am. Turn the temp dials to full and turn the fan speed to 3/4.

When I get up at 6:20, the car has a thick old frost on it. When I get outside to the car at 7:15, it's completely warm, deiced and ready to drive....

What is this water / de-icer / blanket / credit card witch craft that you speak of?

I imagine this is what my chauffeur does. Not that I ever acknowledge him.

danza · 6 Dec 2013 at 22:00

Cold or lukewarm water with the wipers on and furious wiping anything off the inside with a tea towel that lives in my cars glovebox.

Iamzod · 6 Dec 2013 at 22:18

Start the engine, turn heated screens on, maybe use my debit card on the side glass while I wait 30 seconds if they have frost on them. Get back in, flick the wipers & drive away.

squerble · 6 Dec 2013 at 23:46

Get in, engine on, heated windscreen on. Very light spray of de-icer and scrape off for side windows. De-icer on front windscreen if really thick.

Back in car, sit shivering for a few minutes until front windscreen is liquid enough to use wipers on.

Drive.