The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[John park hopper]

We aren't allowed to run our engines to defrost the windshield here. You can turn it on while you scrape, and you have to wait until it's not fogged over, but you can't start it and just wait for the defroster to do the work. I just bought a spray thing that's supposed to defrost instantly, but haven't needed it yet. New Years Eve was 14C here (I think around 57F) which is the warmest New Years ever recorded. It was nice not to freeze while A lit a few small fountains at midnight for once!

gotta ask why can't you run the car to defrost the windows?

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

gotta ask why can't you run the car to defrost the windows?

Probably where she lives they are hyper concerned about Climate Change? Having your car stationary and just running it puts out exhaust that effects to the environment?

 

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[John park hopper]

Probably where she lives they are hyper concerned about Climate Change? Having your car stationary and just running it puts out exhaust that effects to the environment?

How ridiculous Not being political but in the administrations military budget they are funding the construction of 7 new icebreakers for the Coasties. If we are all going to die from climate change and the arctic ice is melting what do we need icebreakers for. Have we been lied too.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

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[SteveBrickNJ]

How ridiculous Not being political but in the administrations military budget they are funding the construction of 7 new icebreakers for the Coasties. If we are all going to die from climate change and the arctic ice is melting what do we need icebreakers for. Have we been lied too.

I know John. I went yesterday and turned on my car 10 minutes before I wanted to leave the driveway. It was so helpful. I hope I'll always have the freedom to do that if it is frigid out.

 

[Figgy1]

I know John. I went yesterday and turned on my car 10 minutes before I wanted to leave the driveway. It was so helpful. I hope I'll always have the freedom to do that if it is frigid out.

My heated seats heat almost immediately plus the same for the heat so no need to warm the car up

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

My heated seats heat almost immediately plus the same for the heat so no need to warm the car up

The main thing for me is to defrost the windshield without having to scrape scape scrape

 

[Goofyernmost]

We aren't allowed to run our engines to defrost the windshield here. You can turn it on while you scrape, and you have to wait until it's not fogged over, but you can't start it and just wait for the defroster to do the work. I just bought a spray thing that's supposed to defrost instantly, but haven't needed it yet. New Years Eve was 14C here (I think around 57F) which is the warmest New Years ever recorded. It was nice not to freeze while A lit a few small fountains at midnight for once!

What you described is how we did it for years and years. We didn't start our cars and walk inside, we started it and started to clean the window (sides first) It didn't take very long for the windshield to warm up enough to easily scrape off the ice or snow. Then we didn't move the car until all the vapor had gone from the windshield. Very few of us had remote starter and those that did usually over used them and waited until the inside of the car was all toasty, but wasted fuel, polluted the air and was totally unnecessary.