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Originally Posted by SD1too
You've spent too long in the south of France climate Jon! 
I appreciate that you say "warm" rather than "hot" but quickly increasing the temperature of glass at freezing point doesn't strike me as a good idea. But in any case what will happen is that the "warm" water will instantly freeze thereby making the situation worse! 
In the past I have tried the de-icing sprays which have the disadvantage of producing a smeary coating which hampers visibility. I now find that the simplest method is the best: a manual ice scraper followed by putting the engine under load by driving away with windscreen defrost activated. The rapid warming-up of the K series petrol engines is very helpful!
Simon |
I've poured warm water on the windows and screens of my cars all my life with no problems. Doesn't have a chance to freeze before the wipers clean it off.--( For me that's 60 years of proof. A number of folks don't even get to live that long.--)
As for being cold it gets much colder in winter here even though I'm about 400 miles further south than where you are.
In Britain the top of a bucket of water outside would have a layer of ice on it. Over here all the water in the bucket freezes into a solid lump.--
Summer gets hotter and winter gets colder.---
