Defrosting methods?
 

Hi all,
Whats the best way to make sure my car is frost free on these cold mornings?.

Start it up for 10/15mins before your ready to go. Or if you can get electric to it. Put a fan heater inside it and leave ir running all night.

I start at 6:30am and park outside of my garden on the road.

Sheet windows over,I'm not a fan of de icer.

close the door on the garage ?


park close to a building to stop any wind and cover up?
dont think you,ll 100 % stop it tbh

large jug of warm water. and its free.:thumb:

cracking idea

Does anyone else ever get ice on the inside?

Stick a piece of that thin foam roll they use under laminate flooring easy cut to shape and to hold it on over night trap it tight in the doors.
I found out easier to do it from rear door that way you don't trap ya pinky's in the front door

Would you really leave an electric fan on ALL night INSIDE your car?

Warm water and de icer just seems to re freeze. On my work van i switch the ignition off while the wipers are in the upright position, then stick some cardboard under the wipers. Seems to work. I forgot last night and the bloody thing takes ages to defrost. I used warm water and de icer. Both re froze and made it worse. In the end left it running for 20mins. That was 4am this morning

Yes on the defrost mode. Have one perminantly in my shed. Whats the difference?

Never mind.

Well id like to know why you wouldnt? Im interested.

I wouldn't have thought that defrost mode would be effective enough to keep ice off the outside if the heaters inside. What's wrong with a blanket, I couldn't leave mine running outside early in the morning it wouldn't be long before my neighbour set fire to it :). Andy

lol

Fear it may set on fire?

electric heated scraper. does the trick for me

I use a towel on the windscreen, no bothers... The issue with the fan heater is what if it dies on it's ass and sets fire to your car...

cd case :D lol

Probably got water/leak inside somewhere, I had it on a golf :(

Cd case or credit card if the wife hasn't melted it in Nottingham :)

I thought maybe a seal I can't see it being a leak as it goes upwards...

Have you felt the carpets? are they wet/damp?

Well id guess it would do the same to my shed thats wooden, storing methonal,petrol and various other car related chemicals

i do ocourse understand. But we all leave our houses everyday with loads of things pluged in. Gas heating on maybe. touch wood ive never come home and found my sky box has failed and burnt the house.

start the engine and leave for 15mins at 7am .... gives a helping hand to the neighbours to incase they forgot to set their alarms :thumb:

I'll check next time :thumb:

i pour warm water over the wipers first then turn the wipers on and then pour the rest of the water over the screen works a treat:thumb:

I get in my car and use my quickclear heated windscreen

The joys of working for ford with a company car :lol1:

Danny

2ltr empty coke bottle half with hot half with cold poor on wipers the put them on full speed then chuck the rest at the screen but do it from the front not the side you will get wet
Being doing that for years now no cracked screens I've even done it to s cracked screen at it made no difference