Brendan Burgess
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I always use water and de-icer, If at home I fill an empty 2L carton of milk with barely luke warm water and pour this over the w/screen and windows if necessary.
The tin of de-icer is always in the car in case I'm out and have to use that instead.
Living in North Pennsylvania, we use -30 degree C fluid in the windscreen washer, and typically use scrapers, it's rare you see anyone pouring warm water on their windscreens even at -20C some mornings... the scraping warms you up!remote car starters are popular.
salt in the water is asking for corrosion problems.
as for condensation in the car, if you can bear it, roll the window down for a few minutes towards the end of your trip, I try to drop the internal car temp before parking up.
You could also try throwing an old sheet or blanket across the windshield at night. Close the front doors on it to keep it taught and stop it getting nicked! Anything that creates a barrier between the snow/freezing fog and the screen.
Where I live the temperatures can often dip below -20 (saw -28 last winter on the computer) so usually my biggest problem is finding a door which will open. Often find myself wiggling thro' the boot so I always leave the rear seat unlatched.
But now I am told that modern windscreens do not crack if hot water is poured on them. Is that true?
Your doors are probably sticking from damage to your door seals by closing them on a blanket.
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