a mite chilly this morning.

[brightlywoven]

Well, actually, it was below freezing, and it became one of those times it is made apparent to me I am living in a different country (not in a transported bubble of normality as I sometimes think). It looked frosty outside, so I cleverly remembered to take a big bottle of warmish water on the 5 minute trek to where my car is parked. Poured said water over frosted windshield and windows. Said water turned into a (thicker) layer of ice.

I ended up resorting to running the engine and heater while defrosting the glass with my hands, which were (ever so slightly) above freezing, until I could actually see.

I can envisage I'm going to have to invest in some sort of squidgee-scraper thingummy.

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[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I ended up resorting to running the engine and heater

This is the best way, IMHO.

I can envisage I'm going to have to invest in some sort of squidgee-scraper thingummy.

Definitely! You can also get spraycans of deicer.

[dr-biscuit.livejournal.com]

The deicer seems environmentally nasty (but then, so does running the engine an extra 5 minutess)

[tree_and_leaf]

You drive in Britain and don't have a scraper? That's... brave.

We had snow today in Freiburg, though it's not lying in the city.

[dr-biscuit.livejournal.com]

Brave? Thank you Humphrey! Thing is, this is my first November in England, and I only bought the car in July. I'll learn fast, I think

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Aside from investing in a scraper you'll also want some anti-freeze for your radiator and screenwash bottle. If you don't like the idea of aerosol cans of de-icer I believe you can make some up using an old pump action bottle and some de-icer liquid/anti-freeze for screenwash (usually the liquid is ethelyne glycol).

Or just run your engine whilst the internal/screen heaters defrost things, it menas you get to sit in a box of cold that's slowly warming but ...

Mind you I walk to work so I'm glad to be away from the damp chill of Oxford

[dr-biscuit.livejournal.com]

I usually ride (also chilly these days), which is actually quicker than driving! But this week I have to go to Abingdon and Banbury during the day.

[rustica.livejournal.com]

You think today was bad? When I was living up in Newcastle, I actually broke my squidgee-scraper thingummy on the ice that I Was trying to remove from my windscreen :)

[dr-biscuit.livejournal.com]

We used to have to de-ice the car with our tongue!
;)

[rustica.livejournal.com]

Just wait till February! Then you'll see what cold is :-/