Luke warm water, been doing it for 32 years
Ditto minus a couple of years, even when I had a heated screen the warm water was quicker plus the side windows can be done as well for all round vision.
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Ditto minus a couple of years, even when I had a heated screen the warm water was quicker plus the side windows can be done as well for all round vision.
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This sounds beyond posh
I does but as I said above it's been around for ages - 15 years ago this feature was available as standard on 530d's with Navigation or Multi Info Display fitted.
Fast forward to now and it's not on the current model
Park facing east, bottle of room temperature water sprayed over the screen then use the wipers. Have only had one hard frost so far though, it's still very mild at the moment.
Jesus, your car must heat up quick. My car takes ages warming up just idling.
i used use the in car heaters. Start engine, sit for 10 mins, heater on, ice gone, warm inside and drive
Jesus, your car must heat up quick. My car takes ages warming up just idling.
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Mine won't warm up idling. It barely warms up driving when the temperature is 5ºc or less
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Mine goes from around 3 Celsius coolant temp to 40 Celsius in about 3 minutes, by which point the ice in melting.
Van gets the cold water treatment as it's only just hitting the center line on the gauge after 2 miles
Van gets the cold water treatment as it's only just hitting the center line on the gauge after 2 miles
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Dont all these pre-drive auxiliary heating things impact somewhat on fuel economy? For those of you who leave it idling for X period of time, aren't lengthy periods of idle not recommended by manufacturers?
I just use some water from the tap and a cheap ice-scraper.
I just use some water from the tap and a cheap ice-scraper.
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[TW]Fox;28894200 said:State of the art feature from the E39 530d that
Did it have a heated steering wheel aswell ?
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Heated front screen on, heated seats on, engine warms up very quickly.
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Used a windscreen cover for the first time...brilliant. Just lift it off, windscreen clear, problem solved. The rest of the car can defrost while I drive.
Did it have a heated steering wheel aswell ?
Pretty sure it was a rarely specified option on E39/E38
Do you make little portholes in all the other windows, or just rock the fully frosted glass effect while steering 2 tons of metal at high speed?
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As mentioned luke warm water with maybe a dash of anti-freeze in the worst weather and quickly wipe off with a silicone blade. I was thinking of using a pump sprayer this year to cut down on the spillage. Been doing it for years and had two cars with cracked and chipped screens.
Antifreeze? I hope you mean deicer
Probably means screen wash.
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Be alert and ensure that you can see out of all your windows, so you can keep an eye out for idiots who can't.
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Having a garage negates everything mentioned in this thread .
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Soldato
Warm water sprayed onto windows and wiped off.