Tomk Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 right i just use de icer and just sit in the car being cold till it warms up but whats your way ? those that dont have a garage ? Do you ever run you engine to warm your car up when your not in it ??? i passed 5 cars today on the 25 mile trip in to work that were all running on the road not drives... with no one in them as owners were prob still having a cup of T in the kitchen ! now is it just me or is this stupid ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I never use de-icer. Only ever use a scraper - carefully! It really fecks me off when you see people driving with only a small section of the screen clear. So bloody dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfette Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 This morning's method was: turn on the engine, scrape the side windows, turn on the heater, scrape the windscreen, (get covered in scraped ice cos I have to lean against the car to reach the middle of the windscreen cos I'm too short!), quick squirt of de-icer, get into car, defrost my fingers, drive to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 but how can people be so trusting to leave there cars running ? is it just me that thinks this is mad ??? 'oh sorry cant cmoe in to work today as my car got nicked while i was sat in the kitchen...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfette Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I don't understand this either. I don't even leave my car unlocked when I go to pay at the petrol station never mind leave it running in the street while I'm still in the house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 No garage for me - engine on, scrape car (carefully!), bit of de ice, sit in car, warm fingers. Drive off when can see fully. Round near my Mum's house there was a spate last year of plonkers leaving their cars running on the drive to warm up and going back indoors - and hey presto, loads of cars just driven off........ I NEVER EVER EVER leave the car running. Not even to get out and post a letter at the box box! Paranoid...moi.....?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Start car; Go inside for a cup of tea. Job Done. return to car when done, drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 My car lives in a garage so normally no problems for me, but personally I would just use the scraper (or credit card!), no de-icer, and stick the heater on and heated rear window etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Is de-icer bad for your car? Someone told me it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilB Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I never use de-icer either. I turn the engine on and put the heater on, scrape away and then wait till I can see out of the front window after it's steamed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I just fill the kettle with warm (not hot!!!) water and run the water down the windows, clears them a treat and no nasty scrapey scrapey or evil de-icer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I just fill the kettle with warm (not hot!!!) water and run the water down the windows, clears them a treat and no nasty scrapey scrapey or evil de-icer. [/ QUOTE ] God I thought that was even worse..... Thank god I have a lot of credit cards to use.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4_sat Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 de-icer can damage the paintwork if it isn't cleaned off after you've used it. seen it on my uncle's car and the paint had big black marks where the de-icer was left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixthecat1 Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Is de-icer bad for your car? Someone told me it is. [/ QUOTE ] I don't see how it can be. I'll await the rush of replys. For me I turn on the engine, demisters and heated seat, then spray the front. Moving on to 'er in doors car. I spray this with loads because if I don't, by the time she's up and ready to go over an hour later it could of iced up again. Anyway back to mine, I then get in and open the front widows, otherwise my breath steams the windscreen up. Five minutes later I wizz off, remembering to turn all the battery sucking stuff off asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I do the kettle trick, just warm water from the tap. Or I sometimes put de-icer on the screen the night before, as it stops the car windows on the screen at least form icing up. As far as I'm aware I think its illegal to leave a car running without the driver present and you insurance company certainly won't pay out if someone does nick it off the drive for this very reason. In other countries top end BMW / Mercs etc. can be set to auto start in the morning whilst still being locked etc. but we can't have it in this country I think again because of the law. My other half put her car in the garage for the first time today. She called on the way to work as she was laughing at the other people in ths street freezing as theirs defrosted, bless her. Don't put mine is cause I work from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP27 Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I've been lucky. It's v v sunny and I'm just about to leave and all the frost has, well, defrosted......result!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I do the kettle trick, just warm water from the tap. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly. Not boiling water, just warm enough, so you could run it over your hands no problem. Doesn't take a lot to thaw a bit of ice or frost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuntimeFrankie Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Let the g/f use my credit card, by the time I get it back, its red hot for days, perfect for quick window de-ice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 and why is it i alwasy cant find a scraper when i bought a new one last year ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I do the kettle trick, just warm water from the tap. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly. Not boiling water, just warm enough, so you could run it over your hands no problem. Doesn't take a lot to thaw a bit of ice or frost. [/ QUOTE ] Ari - I genuinely thought you was being sarcastic in your post above. Even if the water's not hot, the point that it defrosts your car quickly is very bad for the paintwork. This is how you'll crack the paint. I use my garage and can't understand why 90% of people with garages pile them with crap and don't use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadW Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Hate these frost starts, my current car has not really been used properly since I was away for 2 weeks so it seems to be misting up inside all the time, so bad that this AM it was frozen on the inside of the windscreen. Cleared my outside windows with scraper and de-icer spray on windscreen only but sat inside the thing for ages waiting for the frozen mist to clear! Need to find out what a neighbour does to her car as no matter how bad the frost is she just squirts a bit of spray, gets in and then drives off, how does that work, surely she cannot see a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Even if the water's not hot, the point that it defrosts your car quickly is very bad for the paintwork. This is how you'll crack the paint. [/ QUOTE ] Really?? What, just a bit of luke warm water..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Haven't got a garage this time, so park underneath a building overhang! If not, them warm water - I hate scrapping and de-icer is usually sh1te. And sitting warming the car up is apparently bad for the car AND environment. Most cannot see a thing after trying or partially cleaning the windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Even if the water's not hot, the point that it defrosts your car quickly is very bad for the paintwork. This is how you'll crack the paint. [/ QUOTE ] Really?? What, just a bit of luke warm water..? [/ QUOTE ] Warm water being poored over the car is no worse than the sun pointing on a small part of the car in the morning. I have never had an issue with using warm water. I point it to the top of the windows, by the time the water has hit the ice and gets to any paint it won't be warm then. Cars live in extreme hot temperatures and then get rained on with the rain almost boiling, they can take it believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 right def got to find that scraper ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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