Preparing for snow

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I left for work at 6.30am this morning (yes a Sunday) and had to use a little de-icer on the windscreen. First time this winter.

opinions4u

My rarely used Nectar Card gets brought into action as an effective ice scraper.

forgotmyname

How do you get the cover off when its got a frozen layer of ice on it
or covered in snow?

Then where do you store this dirty dripping wet cover?

I use a small hand held ice scraper. What bugs me is i have a heated
front and rear screen. BUT what about the side windows?

I wont drive off until those are clear. So a heated screen only saves me a few seconds.

For the rare days we do get snow its not worth buying anything.

custardy

neilmcl wrote: »

Why are you getting agitated, surely you've managed to cope up until now when we've had the odd week or two of snow.

my thoughts exactly
is cleaning the car off a big issue?
by 6.45am the gritters have usually been out and long gone
try cycling 10 miles to work before the gritters come out

harveybobbles

forgotmyname wrote: »

How do you get the cover off when its got a frozen layer of ice on it
or covered in snow?.

Buy a cover to go over the cover. Then buy another cover to go over the covered up cover. And so on..

forgotmyname

harveybobbles wrote: »

Buy a cover to go over the cover. Then buy another cover to go over the covered up cover. And so on..

Im sure there is a flaw in that plan somewhere, But i cannot see it.

You dont sell covers do you

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What about soluble covers? Dissolve when wet so no need to remove it?

Rolandtheroadie

Once up, click kettle. Go out, start car.

Back in, cup of tea.

If the cars covered in snow, use the brush for the kitchen floor to sweep it off.

forgotmyname

scotsman4th wrote: »

Once up, click kettle. Go out, start car.

Back in to pickup the phone
.

Come back out and think where is the car... Then wonder why there is a policeman holding whats left of your gates.

Happened to my BIL. Seems they tried to arrest someone who did a runner. Jumping over gardens. Comes across a car with its engine running.
Reverses through the closed gates, Nearly running the policeman over. And off.

His insurance refused to payout.

Sambucus_Nigra

3 words.

Work. From. Home.

ianders

custardy wrote: »

by 6.65am the gritters have usually been out and long gone

6.65am?
Is that not 7.05? haha

I tend to park the car close to the house on cold days. I have a rather steep drive and the vinyl strip at the bottom of the bumper tends to scrape on the pavement when reversing up so don't do it too often but it makes a world of difference.

Don't get tyre chains; they knacker the road surface. Snow socks or shoes as they're also known are pretty good from what I've heard.