Help - my windscreen mists up heavily as soon as I get in my car

joesmith · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:28

The sock full of rice thing is a pretty clever idea, wouldn't have thought of that myself.

Tom_ed1987 · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:32

IIRC Ford owned the patent for something to do with the heated front windscreen, hence for a long time they only appeared on Fords.

A good thing IMO as looking through one at night is like driving with a greasy window.

gumpy321 · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:37

Tom_ed1987 said:
IIRC Ford owned the patent for something to do with the heated front windscreen, hence for a long time they only appeared on Fords.

A good thing IMO as looking through one at night is like driving with a greasy window.

You must have pretty bad eyes then....

ChrisD. · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:39

I liked the clearview thing on my old Fiesta. About the only thing I liked about that car, TBH.

Tom_ed1987 · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:40

gumpy321 said:
You must have pretty bad eyes then....

I would counter with you would have to be blind to NOT notice the difference. And once you have, it will bug you forever.

shauncr91 · 15 Oct 2012 at 19:47

I can notice the difference but it's hardly like driving with a greasy screen, it doesn't bother me at all actually.

Alibaba99 · 15 Oct 2012 at 20:00

mjt said:
MINI has it too.

But I can't see the point really. Most modern cars can clear the screen using the vents.

If the air temperature is below 3-5deg (depends on the manufacturer) the aircon will switch off. It is still quite possible for the car to steam up in these conditions and with no dry air to clear things, the car will take ages to clear.

joesmith said:
I absolutely love having a heated front windscreen! It's much quicker to use the heated window + blowers than it is just using the blowers. And in winter, when there was a rather thick frost on it that would not budge when I tried wiping it with my hand, I just popped it on for a few minutes then popped the windscreen wipers on and off it all went.

I have no idea why more manufactures don't do this, but I wish they did!

Ford patented the wiggly lines used in the clearview screen which enables it to be used at the front without affecting visibility.

Clarkey · 15 Oct 2012 at 20:05

There is a quite noticeable heat haze type distortion going on when using quick clear though, it annoys me.

Blackhawk47 · 15 Oct 2012 at 20:36

mjt said:
MINI has it too.

And Jaguar.

tummelv · 16 Oct 2012 at 08:27

Blackhawk47 said:
And Jaguar.

And Skoda