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Well, there it was this morning. My first frosted windscreen. It took me nearly 5 mins to clear it before I could set off. A sign of things to come I'm afraid.

Ian

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I hate having to scrape in the mornings, but refuse to use de-icer on the windscreen. I'm afraid that I wasn't up early enough to see any frost this morning...:D

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May I ask why you refuse to use de-icer?

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just got up-no frost lol, i don't use de-icer either! just nip around car with luke warm water if its iced up.

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well i sat for ages with my heater on defrosting my car...i could still see my breath though when i started driving..lol.
and i got laughed at yesterday for wearing my hat..people kept saying it wasnt that cold!!!! maybe im just soft.

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A few reasons... 1) I hate the smell of it.

2) It's useless, as you start driving it freezes over again.

3) My dad told me that it rots the rubber sills around your screen.

You can't beat a good scraper, 2 minutes of a job and you're good to go.:D

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1) fair enough
2) make sure you use the wipers and get the screen as dry as possible before driving off
3) I don't know of any cars that still have rubber mounted screens any more. they all use bonded screens as they help with the strength of the car

Heh, actually credit cards make good scrapers if you ever find yourself caught short.

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Hehehe, I have used cassette and cd cases before now, but these days I do have a pretty decent scraper. Scraping is probably the only form of exercise I'll get on a cold day....:D

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Hang on there is something wrong here. I am up inScotland and no frost this morning yet Accy got it definately something wrong with the weather
its a balmy 11 deg in the sun up here.

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It may be nice and warm at 13:35 mate but at 7:00am it was 2 degrees in accy with clear skys.

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There was no frost at 6 am either when I was up for work.:rofl38:

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ggrrrrr :( I had to take my little girls friend home at 5pm it had frozen over again! Took me ages just sat there with the heater on, then trying to get rid of the condensation on the inside with the air con! GOD I HATE THE COLD!!!!! :(

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I must have a major problem as I love the cold.

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How? Why? Do you need psychiatric help Spug? :D There's nothing to love about the cold because .... it's ....... well .......... COLD :(

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Cheers Red I take it thats now official. ;) Always have prefered the cold to heat must be that wild barbarian sctsman in me. ;)

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Maybe it's the hairy caterpillar under your nose keeping you warm ;)

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My caterpliier out of this it has its uses and keeping me warm in winter aint one of them. I love the cold and hate anything above 18 degrees celcius. So to me some can be odd if their idea of bliss is 2 weeks on a beach in Spain in the hight of summer. :p

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Just been outside, and it looking likely that we will have a frost tonight. It's bl**dy freezing out there.

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What is wrong with the cold? Always thought thats why thermal undies were invented. Not very sexy but do the job of keeping you warm.

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lol! You'll have to invent a cute thermal thong Spug, you'll make a fortune ;)

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I love Garinda, he can scrape what he/she wants off me, cus he/she is gorgeous.:)

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Not a great deal of frost this morning up here. There was a little on the rear screen and boot lid but that was it. If you like a nice chilly start I was up in the lakes walking this morning, I walked Raise, white Side, Lower Man and Helvellyn. The real feel temp was - 4º but it was about 2º overall. There was lots of crisp white frost on the ground and some quite frozen vegetation underfoot. It was hard going at time due to me wearing a pair of new boots but a cracking day with some fantastic views.

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Try this one, get a plastic bag and fill it with warm water, rub it on the screen (dont pour it on) the heat will melt the ice, wipe dry and it wont freeze over again, your ready for off in 2 mins

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Doug are those the names of your pet lambs and did their mothers know what ewe were up......... to?
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Less you are getting as bad as rindy. ;)

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I have a funny video clip somewhere about how to clean off your car, I'll see if I can find it and post it.

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my bloody rear screen de-misting wires dont work

and its really annoying me- i'd much rather repair it myself but i doubt i can