Winter Morning Driving Tip!
"Can I borrow the hair dryer?"
"What on earth for?"
Just tested. If the inside of your windshield is frosted over, the hair dryer technique works much faster than idling the car and running its internal heater.
As a bonus, the hair dryer, if aimed like above, gets rid of the frost from the top of the windshield. The car's heater gets rid of the frost from the bottom, slowing down the defrosting even more. A couple of minutes with the dryer, on high heat and full power, saves ~10 minutes in idle waiting for the heater to do its thing.
(Or, save you from slouching and peeking through the defrosted bottom of the window....)
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Good idea, will pass it on to hubby :)
Along with your hair dryer. ;)
He can buy his own haha :)
We had a Ford Focus with integral heating elements in the windscreen - Best thing ever on a frosty morning!
But this is a good tip!
I had no idea those existed now. I can certainly see why you'd be glad you had 'em.
Funny: when I bough t the car, my dad kept warning me and warning me about the battery. He said the car should start right away even if it's -15 or -20C.
I don't think we get those temperatures here in the UK... and I have to admit I'm happy with that ;)
Oh, right; I forgot. Your weather is milder than Canada's.
Odd how the seasons work. Toronto at ~43.7 N latitude. London UK is at ~51.5 N, and it's milder than Toronto. Manchester UK is at ~53.5 N and it's milder than Toronto!
Winnipeg's ~50 N. As I write, it's slightly below 0F there.
We have the Gulf Stream to warm us up.
That'll do it.
Yes, it's a massive difference, despite the latitude.
We have friends in BC and Alberta and we're hoping to meet with them all this year. In the summer though... ;)
Yes, summer would be better - unless you see cold & snow as a bracing challenge...
Lol.. This is a funny technique but looks cool. Think i will try it out someday.
Yeah, it is funny but useful. Best funny-but-useful tip since the '70s-era tip about using panty hose to temporarily replace a broken belt.
nice nxtblg i am reading it first time and a uniqe and wonderfull idea which sure work fastly and good to share it i think here are many like me who hear about this first time
Thanks.
Wao, that's is a good idea, thanks for the alternative, thanks for sharing
Hope it works as advertised if you need it.
Sure. Welcome as always .
Sure. Welcome as always .
thats great and thanx for giving this best tip and hope it will work good and sure i will try it,,,,,
good work for this easy and helpfull tip @nxtblg
Give it a try and see how it works. In my experience, it starts slow - at first nothing seems to happen - but then the frost just melts away.
Prolly, the best (fastest) technique is to use a scraper first and the hair dryer to melt what's left.
First time I saw the hair dryer technique on youtube. We have +10 C today and a lot of sun after a sequense of few -5 C days.
Greetings to the red cutie!
Thanks! I thought of it after one cold winter morning in which I had to wait a loooong time for the heater to do its job.
"What would make this so-and-so wait time shorter?"
(I actually bought my own hair dryer.)
Im the master of breaking my windshield scrapers. 3 this winter and two last winter.
Iowa weather could be better lol. Blazing hot humid summers and bone chilling winters.
btw what do you drive?
Also haven't introduced myself.
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Check out my formal introduction here..
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@twopeace/hayden-franks-the-reggae-connect
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I do graphic design and would be more than willing to donate some of my time to help you with any projects. Compensation free. Donations welcome haha nah I will help with anything.
Thanks!
Yeah, the winter sure makes demands of us.
This: https://steemit.com/blog/@nxtblg/how-i-changed-a-red-versa-to-steemit-plated
:)
Checking it out now. Welcome to Steemit!
The plate is awesome!
Theres a few people here in Iowa City that have bitcoin related plates. The best one I've seen is this gray Maserati with the plate "BTC DAD" lol
The way crypto's going, there might well be a Bitcoin or "blockchain" icon option for everyone's plate!
If you're tempted to grab STEEMIT for Iowa, I say got for it!
Yeah no kidding.
I will keep that on my mind. Even if nobody knows what steemit is, its still a badass plate. especially if you have some aftermarket parts under the hood... lol
This morning I was reminded of this post lol. Thought to myself.. damnit, I don't have a hair dryer with me lol
had to pull out the good ole casino rewards card to clear this bad boy off. lol. like I mentioned earlier, I'm the master of breaking scrapers so I don't have one laying around