De-icing your car, be careful folks!

somech

Rossy. wrote: »

That's pretty lame taking the pi$$ out of someone that has been killed

Not really needed was is? Unless you feel good about gloating over someones death

please note i have deleted my post as it was not written by me but by but by my sick ex wife when i left my lap top on, whilst visiting my children, those who have read my posts will understand i'm here to help and offer advice not to mock people in distress

Rossy.

somech wrote: »

please note i have deleted my post as it was not written by me but by but by my sick ex wife when i left my lap top on, whilst visiting my children, those who have read my posts will understand i'm here to help and offer advice not to mock people in distress

Sorry.. I may have over reacted a little but it just read wrong.

Apologies again. No offense taken :money:

anewman

We can see why she's an ex.

Oh and I remember when I wired up the ignition wrong on my car, reconnected the battery and the starter turns over. Boy was I glad the car was in neutral I'd have looked a right pratt running myself over. Will teach me for sticking my head under the dash struggling to read the numbers on the switch and push the lucar connectors on.

da1seggy wrote: »

Or stick with your existing car, but remember what gear you left it in when you parked it

I guess any car (with a clutch switch) could be wired up so the starter only turns when the clutch is down by someone with a little auto-electrics know-how. TBH I'd be more inclined to disable this feature on a car.

darich

maninthestreet wrote: »

Get an AUDI - you need to press and hold down the clutch pedal to start the car (at least for the A3 you do).

Need to check my A4 for that.
But for many years, I've had the habit of pressing the clutch to start the car - mainly to ease load on the starter but it's also good for preventing any mishaps.

Lirin

I park in gear, always have done, so it is habit with me to check any car I drive before starting....

cyclonebri1

Similar thing happened to an elderly neighbour of ours a few years ago. Not de-icing simply, got out of the car on the drive to open the gates and wham, same end result tho':(, take care out there folks

lucinad

this is very sad, my thought go to the family, it is definatley something i will think about when i start defrosting my car, when it is icy i always turn the engine on from outside the car and then go round scraping windows

somech

Rossy. wrote: »

Sorry.. I may have over reacted a little but it just read wrong.

Apologies again. No offense taken :money:

its ok i learnt my lesson, never leave your laptop on and leave the house for 5 mins when you have a horrible ex wife

Evilm

Thats an awful thing to happen.

I really don't know why people leave the car running for 10 minutes or so to help deice the car. I've even known co workers who complain about having to clean the windscreen with their credit cards because they don't have a scraper in the car and arrive at work half an hour late.

With hubbys car we always take a jug (or two) of room temperature water out to the car and pour that over the windscreen and windows. As long as you don't leave it too long it melts the ice and a couple of minutes later you are ready to go!

(Just don't do what a co workers wife did... put boiling hot water on the car and cracked the windscreen!)

Strider590

Evilm wrote: »

With hubbys car we always take a jug (or two) of room temperature water out to the car and pour that over the windscreen and windows. As long as you don't leave it too long it melts the ice and a couple of minutes later you are ready to go!

(Just don't do what a co workers wife did... put boiling hot water on the car and cracked the windscreen!)

The problem is not the temp of the water, it's the difference in temp between the car and the water, you may get away with room temp water on a normal frosty morning, but if it's -10 outside you might want to use with caution.