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Leaving your engine idling to warm it up increases engine wear.
Really? How, exactly?
idling engines (eventually) leads to polished and glazed bores and to piston ring/piston skirt wear.
My 1991 ex-military winterised Landrover has a heated windscreen-wouldn't be without it-brilliant in this weather, and an ignition barrel that you can remove the keys from whilst the engine is running- fitted because it was a radio truck and needed the engine running for the 24v power system for the radios/operator in the back.
TandemJeremy - Member
Start the car, clear the windows manually, drive off
What about the ice on the inside of the windscreen ? scrape that and you drown the dash in water and the outside can freeze again if the screen is not warmed up
What about the ice on the inside of the windscreen ?
How the F do you end up with ice on the inside of the windscreen? Not sure that that's ever been a problem for me.
heavy breathing.
people tend to have a rant on here,then jump in the car to cool down.they sit there for a few mins before driving off but the screen ices up.
I just run mine whilst I'm scraping the outside - fogging up inside is the major pain though. Still takes nearly 10 minutes with fast blower on to fully clear it. Heated windscreens are sooo much better, my old man's car has one, failing that I wish it had an auxiliary heater for the windscreen blower rather than relying on engine temp for heat.