hot water bottle in car
Discussion
Ok so the wife thinks I'm nuts but Shirley this should work.
If I put a hot water bottle in the car it would have much the same effect as the central heating in a house to stop the Windows freezing.
I understand it may create a humid atmosphere, but would this really be worse for the car than the cold.
Feel free to argue the case of the clearly wrong wife by the way.
If I put a hot water bottle in the car it would have much the same effect as the central heating in a house to stop the Windows freezing.
I understand it may create a humid atmosphere, but would this really be worse for the car than the cold.
Feel free to argue the case of the clearly wrong wife by the way.
The problem of putting something on the dashboard is the darned invention of frameless windows, meaning I need to de ice before I can get into the car as hers won't drop and mine freeze to the rubber seals.
Was just thinking if I just had one POP it on the drivers seat to help with drivers window allowing me to at least get in , start the engine and then de ice the rest of the car if needed.
It's going to be a cold night for teddy!
Was just thinking if I just had one POP it on the drivers seat to help with drivers window allowing me to at least get in , start the engine and then de ice the rest of the car if needed.
It's going to be a cold night for teddy!
kazste said:
I did wonder about getting one of the shower caps for the elise, but for the alfa can't see anything suitable. It's never clean so can't use a full cover. Have made a cover for the windscreen but hasn't solved the door issue.
Yeah, mine was just a "top cover", was about £30 delivered mail order from www.carcovers4u.com or something similar.Will be keeping it for my imminent Elise purchase...
If you park close enough to the house then a fan heater running off the mains is your best bet. Leave it in the car on the floor pointing up or not directly at any plastic trim or leather. Plug it into an extension lead that you leave trailing out the hatch (it should still shut even with the wire hanging out). In the mornings about 30 mins before you set off plug it in and let it do its thing.
redtwin said:
If you park close enough to the house then a fan heater running off the mains is your best bet. Leave it in the car on the floor pointing up or not directly at any plastic trim or leather. Plug it into an extension lead that you leave trailing out the hatch (it should still shut even with the wire hanging out). In the mornings about 30 mins before you set off plug it in and let it do its thing.
+1I've just started doing this. I've found that 10 mins is ok, but it clearly depends on the size of the car.
Leave the window scraping till it's time to go and it's almost pleasant!
redtwin said:
If you park close enough to the house then a fan heater running off the mains is your best bet. Leave it in the car on the floor pointing up or not directly at any plastic trim or leather. Plug it into an extension lead that you leave trailing out the hatch (it should still shut even with the wire hanging out). In the mornings about 30 mins before you set off plug it in and let it do its thing.
Trouble is I leave about 10 minutes after i wake. Shower then car.This surely will be the next big thing in car development (in terms of comfort). Fords quickclear is windscreen only ATM but someone has to sort this out in the next 5 years surely?
redstu said:
redtwin said:
If you park close enough to the house then a fan heater running off the mains is your best bet. Leave it in the car on the floor pointing up or not directly at any plastic trim or leather. Plug it into an extension lead that you leave trailing out the hatch (it should still shut even with the wire hanging out). In the mornings about 30 mins before you set off plug it in and let it do its thing.
+1I've just started doing this. I've found that 10 mins is ok, but it clearly depends on the size of the car.
Leave the window scraping till it's time to go and it's almost pleasant!
I have one of these for defrosting the Elise:

Meant for heating greenhouses:
http://the-plant-directory.co.uk/plant-protection/...
k-ink said:
For all the good it will do you may as well huddle round a slice of toast.
Sounds like an ok idea to me! Teddy is sat in the car with his seatbelt on (safety first kids) wife thinks I'm proper mental, and doesn't even know that I've tried,and failed in the main, to find people who agree that this is a good idea. Will ask her in the morning of it helped as while she's scraping I'll be tucked up in bed. And she says I don't think of her!
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