Misc Winter tips - try at your own risk! - Page 2

Norman Einstein · 01-08-2010, 08:35 PM

Here are some helpful hints that could make your winters easier to deal with ...

Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights - lasts 6 weeks.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on its way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they’ll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water---preventing water from freezing!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel. The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

I haven't tried a single one of them, doubt that I will but thought them interesting enough to post for anyone that might need some of the solutions to cold weather.

Over-Head · 01-10-2010, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by scott free

They used to preach it to us when i was stationed in Alaska

That and NEVER try starting a manual shift WITHOUT pushing in the clutch past -15. (your only gonna tear up your starter pre-maturley)

I can count a few times up on the highway when the rookies from the south would do that. Shut em dowm in -15 saying "oh I got a cab heater" sure, but that 200lbs of sludge in your oil pan aint gonna be as toasty as your feet in the morning.

**Bwana** · 01-10-2010, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Over-Head

Dude
http://www.rainx.com/products/Windsh.../Anti-Fog.aspx

13 years and 1.7 MILLION highway miles taught me, never leave home without Rain-X

You should have taken the rest of the money and invested in a quality pair of sun glasses! I makes it easier to see those assholes in vetts, that like to cut off truckers for shits and giggles here on the Montana-bon.

Over-Head · 01-10-2010, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Bwana

You should have taken the rest of the money and invested in a quality pair of sun glasses! I makes it easier to see those assholes in vetts, that like to cut off truckers for shits and giggles here on the Montana-bon.

I got nothen

**Bwana** · 01-10-2010, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Over-Head

I got nothen

01-08-2010, 08:35 PM
Norman Einstein MVP Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Casino cash: $10004900	Winter tips - try at your own risk! Here are some helpful hints that could make your winters easier to deal with ... Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights - lasts 6 weeks. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on its way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they’ll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water---preventing water from freezing! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel. The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi= I haven't tried a single one of them, doubt that I will but thought them interesting enough to post for anyone that might need some of the solutions to cold weather.
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