"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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alan_m wrote:

I find the heated front screen on my car a bonus in frost/winter
conditions.

Presume Ford have a patent stranglehold on heated screens? They seem to
chuck it in on even their base models, but other manufacturers either
don't have it as an option, or it costs arms and legs ...

must be out of patent by now

it's been at least 30 years