Fighting Frost
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What's wrong with using a scraper?
In reality the people who use their single garage for a car are in the minority.Talking about garages... Is this really what modern homes are doing? -
I mean, thats obviously not going to get a car in there!!!
Talking about garages... Is this really what modern homes are doing? -
I mean, thats obviously not going to get a car in there!!!
My garage is 2.4 metres wide....the same size as a standard parking space.
I really want to put the car in it, which I can do, but it's such a faff doing it carefully and then having to climb out that I don't bother
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When you get out of your car in a space to you make sure the door doesnt cross the white line or something?
When you get out of your car in a space to you make sure the door doesnt cross the white line or something?
What? No?
I'm talking about parking in a garage the same width as a parking space. The garage has walls...a parking space does not.
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What? No?
I'm talking about parking in a garage the same width as a parking space. The garage has walls...a parking space does not.
Man up. Get some carpet off cuts and use some no-more-nails to stick them to the wall at door height, job done.
If my car's not in the garage for some reason, then it's a jug/bottle of slightly warm water - in my house, filling a 2 litre bottle/jug with the hot tap in the kitchen (when it's not been run) gives just enough mix of hot/cold water to make it warm, but not hot.
Unlock car, start it, pour water over front window, immediately switch on wipers. Same on back window. The rest then gets poured over the side windows and door mirrors.
Job done in about 30 seconds.
Unlock car, start it, pour water over front window, immediately switch on wipers. Same on back window. The rest then gets poured over the side windows and door mirrors.
Job done in about 30 seconds.
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What? No?
I'm talking about parking in a garage the same width as a parking space. The garage has walls...a parking space does not.
We were making the same point then. I read your reply in the context that you were suggesting the garage space would be big enough.
Wont that crack the cold windows?
Cold water won't crack a frozen windscreen. It is quite likely to freeze on the windscreen and ground around the car however, causing further issues (including breaking your neck when you slip on the ice).
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I like my rubber seals.
Also it still needs wiping from side windows so you may aswell just use water and a squeegy. If you use a spray can deicer you get cold hands or a soggy finger tip anyway.
Also it still needs wiping from side windows so you may aswell just use water and a squeegy. If you use a spray can deicer you get cold hands or a soggy finger tip anyway.
Maybe if you were to pour boiling water onto it.
However - it only needs to be lukewarm. If you put your finger into it and it's not cold, and it's not hot, then that's fine.
Or, the easier thing is to fill a bottle when you get in at night, and leave it inside by the front door, or next to your keys. When you go out, grab it. This will then be a usable temperature.
Have seen it done! Water that is at most luke warm is the best way to clear them.
Frost isn't an issue for me, it's the windows steaming up the second I get in the car and taking forever to clear (non A/C). Highly annoying. If I wipe the screen with anything to clear it, then it just leaves a residue that's even worse and then it steams up again after until a touch of heat is coming from the heaters.