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Old 13-11-2005, 10:52 PM
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Just came out of the pub to find my car totally frosted up

Wasn't really prepared for this so had to use the cigar lighter to scratch the ice off - still ended up driving home with my head out of the window

seems winter is kicking in already, will have to be up earlier to de-ice the car
Old 13-11-2005, 10:59 PM
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still ended up driving home with my head out of the window



that what i got pictured in my head lol
Old 13-11-2005, 11:00 PM
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hope you never drank,and a head outa the window driving is a sure fire way for an endorsement,mind you,i wouldnt scratch my screen with a lighter,just in case i wrecked it for the NEW MOT ,

just let it warm up,before driving,its a poor excuse to run over someone or crash cause,"my window was frosted!",by the time the police arrive ,it wont be,if its not smashed that is.

warm water in the morning is a good way of ridding the frost not boiling tho .
Old 13-11-2005, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by grey RS
Wasn't really prepared for this so had to use the cigar lighter to scratch the ice off :
What do u drive a Bently?
Old 13-11-2005, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by grey RS
Wasn't really prepared for this so had to use the cigar lighter to scratch the ice off :
What do u drive a Bently?
& wears slippers
Old 13-11-2005, 11:10 PM
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Lol diamonds that was so me!!

akito-man, it wasn't one of my better ideas, but i assure you i hadn't been drinking

AJ and Rhys - it's not quite in the same league as a Bentley sorry cigarette lighter then i don't use it so
Old 13-11-2005, 11:12 PM
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i use the boiling hot water method and pray my windscreen doesnt shatter
Old 13-11-2005, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by aduz
i use the boiling hot water method and pray my windscreen doesnt shatter
Old 13-11-2005, 11:44 PM
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There is special plastic stuff for that you know
Old 13-11-2005, 11:46 PM
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2 litre plastic bottle full of roasting hot water from the tap... pour onto windscreen in the morning and ta da all cleared!

either that or just turn on the heated front screen lol


serves you right for driving the pub anyway!! you should walked got trashed and then with the beer sheild you wouldnt of realised you were cold!!
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Originally Posted by M Brian
serves you right for driving the pub anyway!! you should walked got trashed and then with the beer sheild you wouldnt of realised you were cold!!
very true



was bloody cold tonight tho. didnt like the sight of the car frosting up
Old 14-11-2005, 03:26 AM
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Rhys your abbundance of cowboy pictures is a little worrying!

Thought you were in Florida not the Wild West
Old 14-11-2005, 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by saff_cossie
Rhys your abbundance of cowboy pictures is a little worrying!

Thought you were in Florida not the Wild West
Well TBH its a bit like the wild west here
Old 14-11-2005, 07:52 AM
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What kind of weather do you expect for November , don't take 2 min's to defrost the screen if you put the heaters on....
Old 14-11-2005, 08:13 AM
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No frost this morning wasn't in the s2, so no heated screen and the heaters are a quite rubbish in the pug i was in but lesson learned now, anti freeze and scraper in the car from now on

M Brian, i was working in the pub unfortunately-they won't let me drink or that would have been a good idea to me
Old 14-11-2005, 08:49 PM
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seen a micrilight the other day,and a load of paragliders,they must be wilderbeasts
Old 14-11-2005, 09:00 PM
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My mini never freezes up ( Touch Wood ) and id be fucked if it does, mind the screen is only tiny, I could breathe on them to demist
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