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Poll: What's worse at this time of year?
Going out to a frozen car in a morning when you need to get to work? 13 (28.26%)
Going out to a frozen car at night when all you want is to get home? 6 (13.04%)
Being 3cm? 27 (58.7%)


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James
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11th Dec 12 at 16:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Hammer
Only 1 thing worse than having to defrost your car in the morning, sharing a mode of transport with a bunch of sweaty strangers.


Each to their own, I'd rather sit on a nice comfy train watching stuff on my iPad.
JonnyJ
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Had to go on the tube the other day, full of either religious nutters spouting shite or utter bell ends. In fact thats just London in general. The arsehole of England filled with the most ignorant, un-polite scum bags that ever lived.

Cant even tell a black joke without having to look around for 10 minutes prior.
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I loved using the tube!

Buth maybe because I was not in a hurry too much and had never been on one.

It was like when Elf goes to New York and uses the escalator
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i find this time of the year annoying when you have your hair cut, takes you a few days to get used to the cold again

Aaron
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British people, moaning about everything
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Just pour warm water on the windscreen if it's frosty. Get the wipers turned on to stop it refreezing and the blowers on full and you're off in no time.

And don't give me that 'warm water will crack the glass' bollocks. If there are no chips or cracks there already it's fine. Been doing it for years. Much faster than scraping etc.

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JonnyJ
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My car takes about 10 hours to heat up. Probably run out of fuel before i got going, just defrost enough to peer through a small gap at the bottom of the windscreen then off you go, on summer tyres
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Originally posted by JonnyJ
My car takes about 10 hours to heat up. Probably run out of fuel before i got going, just defrost enough to peer through a small gap at the bottom of the windscreen then off you go, on summer tyres


Even though you love Hamilton, I am starting to like you!
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Originally posted by JonnyJ
My car takes about 10 hours to heat up. Probably run out of fuel before i got going, just defrost enough to peer through a small gap at the bottom of the windscreen then off you go, on summer tyres
risktaking, heartbreaking sonofagun!
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
My car takes about 10 hours to heat up. Probably run out of fuel before i got going, just defrost enough to peer through a small gap at the bottom of the windscreen then off you go, on summer tyres


Even though you love Hamilton, I am starting to like you!


Its what Lewis would do whilst Jenson waited for the sun to melt the ice.
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Then Hamilton would crash on the way and blame the stationary car for jumping in his way.
JonnyJ
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Those pesky Ryman vans
Corsa_Sport21
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Used to love the old Puma on frozen windscreen morning. Every 1 out at finishing time, scrapping away. Touch of the button and about 30secs later the ice just slid off the screen.

Talking about winter tyres, i drove to work this morning at 2.50am, display showing -1, arrived safe and well on non winter tyres.
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When i had my corsa i tried washing the dirt off the windscreen going along a 50mph road at night in rush hour traffic. The water froze when it hit the window and the wipers spread the ice all over the window. Couldnt see shit.
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Experiencing a heatwave in Fife? Was -8 when I drove to work this morning in a rear wheel drive car on budget tyres.
sc0ott
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Was -1 when i left at 7am. 0 when i got to the forth bridge.
Russ
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3cm has a good job. Nice car. Has his tea made for him. Got it sorted
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
3cm has a good job. Nice car. Has his tea made for him. Got it sorted


Yes thats worst at this time of the year.
Russ
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You make no sense too often.
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I quite enjoy scraping off the ice...
Rich H
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'Visibility pack' on my van ftw

Heated screen this time of the year is awesome.
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2ltr bottle filled with water, pour on windscreen job done!

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i have fun defrosting the 3 windows on the van at work in the mornings
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Originally posted by Robbo
pfft, is fine this time of year tbh


And the rest of it?
John
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Originally posted by Hammer
Experiencing a heatwave in Fife? Was -8 when I drove to work this morning in a rear wheel drive car on budget tyres.


You must be typing to us from the afterlife surely?

I just go out and turn the car on before I brush my teeth etc, on the really bad mornings it needs a helping hand with a scraper.

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