Icy Morning Morons

rustyboy21

Before Christmas I bought a few things online as stocking fillers, I also bought myself a couple of these little ice scrapers.

Used one yesterday and the windows were clear in 5 minutes flat! The sharpest ice scraper I have ever used and the strongest too. They also do a snow scaper and whatever you buy the funds go to charity ! win, win situation ! link below

https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/products/Ice-Scraper.html

biscit

Idiophreak wrote: »

Both seem a massive phaf compared to whipping your ice scraper out (I keep mine in my wallet all the time) and scraping the stuff off. Takes all of 30 seconds and....if you're really clever...you can wear gloves so you don't even get cold fingers.

Cars of fairly standard issue have had heated front and rear windows for some time. Scraping my windscreen and not using the inbuilt heater seems to have done for most of the lines on that heater...

And we drive an 8 year old car, not exactly a brand new top-of-the-range thing.

SHIPSHAPE

savemoney wrote: »

Some people are so tight to have to spend £1.50 of some de-icer. I know many of us have to cut back etc I stock up on de-icer in summer when its cheap.

So you moan about people being tight not spending £1.50 on de-icer yet in the very next sentence you actually admit to being as tight as you buy de-icer in the summer to save a few bob!

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mattyprice4004

I fail to see your logic, how is buying it in summer when it's cheap just as tight as not buying it at all?

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jackieb

I also clear my roof if there's a lot of snow as I don't want it falling over my windscreen if I have to brake.

savemoney

No I am being careful and getting value for money. Do you not look for deals when your out and about. I actually paid for de-cer full price last winter I then saw some in tesco in summer cheap. Happy now

I did say I get rain repellent and no you cant get that cheap, most people dont bother. You try and pick holes and take my quote out of context, nice try not

Its a money saving forum after all maybe you should try it

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

So you moan about people being tight not spending £1.50 on de-icer yet in the very next sentence you actually admit to being as tight as you buy de-icer in the summer to save a few bob!

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savemoney

He has no logic. If you see something cheap and you need it most people will buy it I suspect. Just because I got it cheap doesn't mean I am a cheapskate

I was brought to to be careful with money, maybe they should do the same

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

I fail to see your logic, how is buying it in summer when it's cheap just as tight as not buying it at all?

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vman

blackfive wrote: »

Much less of a phaf than finding pouring water on the screen forms into ice with the wipers juddering to a halt and ending up stuck to the screen when the temperature is below freezing! Remember the screen will also be below freezing so freeze the water. Admittedly it does work if the temperatures are slightly above freezing.
Takes as much time to set it up as getting a jug of water and, if done the night before, all you need to do is flick a switch and get on with other things. Then you have a warm car with clear screens.

Hhhm, never happened to me and I've been doing it for over a decade. Remember the direct warmth from the water is going to warm up the windscreen much quicker (almost instantaneous) than a fan heater a foot or two away so the windscreen isn't sub-zero for very long at all. Leaving a house window open and car door partly open over night to run the cable isn't practical where I live (and might invalidate both insurance policies). You should try the water thing next time it freezes over, you'll never go back to your fan heater!

vman

biscit wrote: »

Cars of fairly standard issue have had heated front and rear windows for some time. Scraping my windscreen and not using the inbuilt heater seems to have done for most of the lines on that heater...

And we drive an 8 year old car, not exactly a brand new top-of-the-range thing.

Pretty sure only ford had element heated front windscreen, I believe they have a patent on it so nobody else can do it. They're pretty good though.

NeverInDebt

Sorry does not compute. How does looking for bargains and actually spending money got to do with being tight, being tight would mean not buying something even though you may need it. Its more like being careful and making your money stretch further

SHIPSHAPE wrote: »

So you moan about people being tight not spending £1.50 on de-icer yet in the very next sentence you actually admit to being as tight as you buy de-icer in the summer to save a few bob!

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