On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:02:07 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:09:15 -0600, wrote:




Every one of those plastic ice scrapers breaks the first time I
use it. I tried a metal cement trowel, but that leaves marks on the
windshield. I'm not sure what to use for ice.



Push the button on the remote starter. In ten minutes, you just push
away any slush left on the windows.

If I think it will be icy in the morning, I set it to "defrost" when I
shut the car off at night. I also put the heated seat switch tot he
"on" position too.

Remote starter..... NOT!
It's costly to burn up several gallons of gas to defrost a half inch
coating of ice, not to mention having to wait a half hour or more before
I can drive.

And my old farm truck heater is nearly worthless. I suspect it dont
have a thermostat, but I'm not screwing with it in the cold.

I used to pour hot water on the ice, but was told by a mechanic that it
will crack windshields, so I stopped doing that.

There has to be something that will scrape the ice, but those cheap
plastic scrapers are worthless. I was wondering if a piece of brass
sheet metal would work, and not leave marks? I thought of cutting a
groove in the end of a hardwood 1" dowel, and gluing a piece of brass in
it, about 3" wide?