de-icer

Warm water?

Totally agreed. When its outside my house and I have to be away in the morning, then warm water is ideal. Stops the car misting up as soon as I get inside and also doesnt affect my nicely polished paintwork.

But what about when I go to the cinema and come out to find my car is an ice cube. Was wondering if any of these sprays were actually any good?

Well I bough a 600ml can from Morrisons Supermarket, for just 99p and I found it a little slow, but it did the job.

According to the can, it was voted "best buy" by Auto Express....whoever they are!

Cheers tox

manoman ( snipped-for-privacy@neverland.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

It's got the side benefit that by the time it's heated the water up enough, the car's heater will have done it's job, too.

Buy a Ford with quick clear heated front screen. I was underway in less than

2 minutes from fully frozen this morning with front and back screens and mirrors totally clear and no scrapping in sight. *smug* ;-)

Tim..

I use a good old fashioned ice scraper. It doesn't damage the paint work like de-icer but you've go to be careful not to scratch the screen like I did :-(

Only just warm though....

Once saw a guy over the road use a kettle of boiling water, and his screen cracked.....

laugh.... i did

i find my "store loyalty cards" the best bet for ice removal, barclaycard breaks too easy

I get a washing-up bowl full of tepid water, pour it over the windows, then start the car and flick the front & rear wipers on to stop it freezing over again.

Works a treat and has the added effect of loosening up the frozen door seals which normally stop me putting stuff on the back seat.

Yup, me too (I'm in a rented Focus Zetec @ the mo), although my wife managed to con me into de-icing the 306 before I left!

Had to laugh actually - the guy opposite has a BMW 330i and I swear there was just a hint of jealousy this morning as he struggled with his scraper whereas I sat comfortably in the drivers seat out of the cold.

Not often a BMW driver is envious of a Ford driver, but I think this was one of them. ;o)

Dan

Yeah I'm tempted to borrow the sierra & leave the A6 at home on mornings like this

I just unplug mine from the Kenlow heater, reverse out of my heated garage and drive off. Smug? You fu**ing bet ;-)

Matt

What about your side windows? It's kind of unsafe pulling out of a T junction when you can't see out of these.

-- James

Don't let your car get icy in the first place.

My personal preference is to use my garage.

LL