Just your excess if you have windscreen cover. No windscreen cover your looking at a hefty bill
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Just your excess if you have windscreen cover. No windscreen cover your looking at a hefty bill
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Except the metal cans which are freezing to hold, and sometimes hard to use with gloves.
In Sweden they stick with scrapers or brushes as the deicing fluid can still freeze back up when it's really cold. Not rubbish UK cold!
90019
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Interesting.
I've heard from someone who did manage to crack his screen while defrosting it. He took it to Ford who replaced, but warned him that they wouldn't do it again as it isn't to be used for defrosting.
Though you do get tank drivers, who will only clear a tiny area in front of them before driving off, and leave the rest to defrost by itself.
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But not much use if the locks are frozen and the only can you have is inside the car.
Though, I don't bother with deicer, and just use WD40 on frozen locks.
Zoidberg
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But not much use if the locks are frozen and the only can you have is inside the car.
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Ahhh, but the you just blow into the locks to unfreeze them ... and end up with your lips stuck to the locks.
I understand that the VW-Audi-Porsche conglomerate uses a process which is just different enough to the Ford patent that it is not covered.
Interesting.
I've heard from someone who did manage to crack his screen while defrosting it. He took it to Ford who replaced, but warned him that they wouldn't do it again as it isn't to be used for defrosting.
Though you do get tank drivers, who will only clear a tiny area in front of them before driving off, and leave the rest to defrost by itself.
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But not much use if the locks are frozen and the only can you have is inside the car.
Though, I don't bother with deicer, and just use WD40 on frozen locks.
Fair enough! I personally just do the scraping, but the amount of drivers who hate de-icing where I work the spray ones are good because the tend to clear a decent amount rather then the tank drivers.
As for frozen locks, thankfully never been a problem for me, always solved by pulling harder!
atillathehunn
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Our 2014 V70 has one.
Our anti-freeze froze a couple of years ago in Slovakia...
Our anti-freeze froze a couple of years ago in Slovakia...
I was advised by a colleague that neat concentrated screenwash in a trigger bottle does the job, though to be cautious of overuse as it can rot the wiper blades. I can't say I have tried it though - I usually scrape it or spray a little canned de-icer (since I get free stuff from work more quickly than I can use it!)
For the locks themselves, with remote control I have never had a problem (though I guess the inards could still freeze, but that's a bigger problem entirely...
90019
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The only car I've had any problems with was my Ka, which froze a few times, meaning you couldn't turn the key in the lock to open it.
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I stick the fan heaters on full speed for a few minutes, it's never roasting hot from start on a frosty morning, but it does soften the frost on the windscreen enough to make it easier to scrape off. I must confess to using the rear demister to soften the frost as well, but its useful while im trying to scrape the side windows.
DaveNewcastle
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I have a large Volvo which doesn't get used much and which is usually left overnight in an exposed car park at work. Some people might think Volvos would be well equipped for cold weather. Its locks froze solid several times last winter. On at least one occasion, all of the exterior locks were jammed solid. I seem to remember that a hot air gun was used to unfreeze them!The only car I've had any problems with was my Ka, which froze a few times, meaning you couldn't turn the key in the lock to open it.
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That is exactly what we do with our car, done it for years and never had a problem.
Volvos (and others) can be equipped for cold weather, if they have the same equipment as in cold places (like Sweden) but engine heaters aren't even an option in the UK I think. You can retrofit but then who has a power socket for their driveway or even in a car park?
Butts
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In my "Muppet Wagon" I have problems with condensation on the inside even when the external windscreen has cleared.
Anyone got any tips on dealing with that ?
Should you turn AC off and just use the fan ?
Anyone got any tips on dealing with that ?
Should you turn AC off and just use the fan ?
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carriageline
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I would try find what's causing the condensation, most likely something damp or a leak somewhere in the car.
Stick a dehumidifier in there, that will draw out the moisture!
Also, make sure your fans are getting fresh air in, and not in recirc mode!
Stick a dehumidifier in there, that will draw out the moisture!
Also, make sure your fans are getting fresh air in, and not in recirc mode!
Zoidberg
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AC should be on to dry out the incoming air.
The culprit for excessive misting up is frequently the pollen filter which may not have been routinely replaced at services. It can get choked, significantly restricting the airflow - it could also have retained moisture (carraigeline's 'something damp').
Hmmm, I have always used the one on the rear windscreen to clear frost
I have had the same issue in my car, and I have got one of these in now on the advice of a colleague. We haven't had more more than a couple of days of very cold weather since I got it, so I can't be certain how well it is working at present. Recently, to avoid it steaming up so much as soon as I get in the car, I have been known to drive with the window down for a minute or so, to give the a/c time to get going.
I will bear this in mind
Don't buy them at that price is my consumer advise. Tesco, Asda and Sainsburys all have similar products for sale priced around £7
Zoidberg
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A useful practice, to get rid of the moist air in the car - and in hot weather doing the same gets the hot air within the car exhausted more quickly.
Opening the sun-roof ( if one has one ) at a tilt works as well. As one drives along, air is sucked out of the car, improving the influx of fresh air.
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