Icy Cars

Icy Cars

Isn't it funny how people spend like 20 minutes scraping a porthole out of the ice over their windows....?

There was a guy this morning next to mine going hell for leather with an ice scraper and getting nowhere.

I walk out a few minutes later with the kettle, pour warm water over the windows and locks..bit of deicer...and in the car and away in like 2 mins

The guy still hadn't finished

you dont have to use warm water, just use cold as it is still at a higher temperature than the ice!

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He was probably muttering something like "thinks he's clever now, but just wait until his windscreen cracks" as you were driving off.

HOWEVER, because the water is cold, in some situations it will cool too quick and make your problem worse wont it??

I'm stick with the warm

Re: Icy Cars

i do exactly the same i just dont understand why they do this i think its an U,L thet if you put warm water on frozen windows they shatter 's as long as the water aint boilin your safe peep's

I wonder how true it is, my mate did it the other day not thinking, and they didnt shatter.

Wouldnt like to try though

I sometimes need really hot water on the locks cos they freeze, leaving me standing like total numpty for 10 minutes trying to get the door open

not many new cars do it cos of the laminate on the glass but i still wouldn't recomend it

Why not just buy a can of anti-freeze spray? Clears your windscreen in seconds and won't shatter it.

The can gets very cold

Its nowhere near as quick as hot water

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OH MY GOD yous are fucking joking arent you???

Pouring hot water over your windscreen when it is freezing cold means it is more likely to crack due to the sudden temperature increase!

Insane!

Why do you think he was scraping it off/using de-icer!!!!

Re: Icy Cars

You'll not be laughing so hard when one morning you walk out to pull your 'trick' and the windscreen shatters because it's been heated from below zero to close to 50/60degrees.

CAR WINDSCREENS ARE NOT MADE FROM PYREX.

It smells like fish and steams the inside of the windown up.

back when i were a yorkshire lad, i'd often have to piss in the keyhole of my old mini to defrost it on cold morning...

appealing eh?

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anti-freeze has got some evil chemicals in it

nah it doesn't, boiling water might, but warm water does the job

no warm water freezes faster than cold.....

Knowing me I would use cold water

are you completely sure about that :spangled:

I think it does

yeah or just invest in a decent ice scraper and its no trouble or effort at all!!!!

but least you can have a giggle at the guy while your sortig your car......will stop you thinking about how cold it is

yes.....

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html