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Ouch. Frozen windscreen.

Moron. and I am going to stereotype based on the car. Chav. But he'll be happy because he will have got to his destination 2 minutes earlier. Oh wait. No he didn't, he crashed. Moron.
 
One of my pets hates is when someone clears the frost the size of a lemon and drives off peering through the hole. When I get up on a frosty morn I fill an empty coke or milk carton with hot water from the tap, place it on the dash and go get a cuppa. 15 or 20 mins of that makes a massive difference in clearing the windscreen
 
A big jug of tepid water poured over the screen just before you switch the wipers on and drive off usually does the trick.

Don't use hot water straight from the hot tap, though. I've never forgotten seeing my next-door neighbour chucking a bucket of hot water at his screen years ago (in the days when most screens were toughened glass, not laminated); most of the hot water, and of the screen, carried on into the front seats.
 
When I lived in Finland we had a heated garage. I lust after a heated garage now and hate the whole defrosting process on a winters morning.
 
I dont get it really, you can buy the hand pump deicer for nowt these days. As its a hand pump and not pressurised you dont get it on the paint work and it makes easy work of even the worst ice.

Dont use the pressurised cans, they will make your hand freeze and it always splashes on your nice waxed paintwork.
 
When I lived in Finland we had a heated garage. I lust after a heated garage now and hate the whole defrosting process on a winters morning.

I really, really miss the heated windscreen I had on my SEAT Alhambra. Start the car, press screen heat button and by the time one had scrapped the side windows screen was frost/ice/snow free... and it remained so when driving off. Did a fine job of demisting the inside as well.

Damn, I want a heated screen on my MB :(
 
I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, to be honest, seeing the number of numpties who insist on driving with misted up inner windows or frozen outer with maybe, maybe a letterbox sized cleared patch.

I was present when a grade A, first class tw4t of a builder in a Transit decided to drive with a misted and frozen screen last year. End result, schoolboy in hospital with serious head injuries and said to55er arrested and looking at a term at HM pleasure.

The insolent, lying git had the audacity to try and say his screen was completely clear at the time of the collision and had only frozen up in the time he was stationary because his side window was open……the one he was using to stick his head out of to see ahead whilst driving but had had to duck back inside immediately prior to the event because it was too cold. Pr1ck.

Of course, it was the boy's fault for not quite reaching the other side of the road where the school bus was waiting. Not.
 
I feel so smug starting the car and putting the heater, heated seats and rear winscreen demist on while sipping a coffee in the house waiting for the car to defrost and warm up.

That's how I'd like it to be....

In reality all of the above minus the coffee and me wrecking my wiper blades on a partly defrosted screen while impatiently flicking the wipers on/off. For added comedy I sometimes press my palm against the inside of the glass to thaw palm sized sections at a time while putting the door windows up and down and dropping small bits of frost into the car off the windows.

Bet this saves me whole seconds of time.
 
Not to forget. Should you go down the de-frost route whilst you finish your coffee indoors ? If Mikey the Pikey is watching and steals your car with keys. Don't even bother ringing your insurance company. Put the cost of that call to your replacement car. Very common practise in rural areas. Sent from my iPhone using MBClub UK
 
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brucemillar said:
Not to forget. Should you go down the de-frost route whilst you finish your coffee indoors ? If Mikey the Pikey is watching and steals your car with keys. Don't even bother ringing your insurance company. Put the cost of that call to your replacement car. Very common practise in rural areas. Sent from my iPhone using MBClub UK

I start mine up and then lock it with the spare key while it defrosts and I have my coffee :-)

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I just don't understand why people are so impatient!!

Switch on engine, full blast to screen, wait about 5 minutes, and all clear
 
Handbooks always advise you to drive straight off. not leave the car idling.

I always understood that this was because the upper part of the engine is starved of oil on a cold morning because the oil pump cannot properly lubricate the top end with the cold, thick oil when only running at idle revs.
 
prprandall51 said:
Handbooks always advise you to drive straight off. not leave the car idling. I always understood that this was because the upper part of the engine is starved of oil on a cold morning because the oil pump cannot properly lubricate the top end with the cold, thick oil when only running at idle revs.

That used to be the case but not with modern oils some of which are near water thin upper engine is lubed immediately

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Handbooks always advise you to drive straight off. not leave the car idling.

I always understood that this was because the upper part of the engine is starved of oil on a cold morning because the oil pump cannot properly lubricate the top end with the cold, thick oil when only running at idle revs.
Give it a few light revs to get the oil moving??

Seriously, not sure if this still applies in today modern engine/oil.

Most oil nowadays has very low viscosity ratings, start with 0 rather than 20, so oil would move quite freely even when cold.
 
None of the windows have iced up on 7 so far. happy days heated seat goes on and I'm away :)

I have seen a few idiots trying to drive with their head out the drivers side window. :doh:
 
I'm sure no one here would ever be so foolish, but here's a reminder of the possible consequences. It could easily have been a pedestrian instead of a van and tree.

When I was at school, the school bus did exactly that. Down a hill, round a bend, straight into the back of a parked lorry.
 
What car allows you to lock the car with the engine running? Not an Mercedes.

He could be using the blade key to manually lock the car?
 

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