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| Ascension Now Offer Upgrade  User ID: 77233889  United States01/22/2019 03:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Playing Possum User ID: 76394104 United States01/22/2019 03:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I always wished someone would invent wipers that, when caked with show & ice as you're driving, can pull back & slam themselves against the windshield to clear off the chunks. It's terrifying to drive in a snowstorm when the blades ice up like that & there's nowhere to pull over to clean them off. |
| Jake User ID: 76890717 United States01/22/2019 03:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i hate that damn ice build up on wiper blades I wonder if those tri blades help? Last Edited by Slowly awakening on 01/22/2019 03:31 PM Evil controls the ignorant... Climate change is a hoax so is the vax you have been fear-porned into compliance! Definition Satan from the bible: Satan (Rev 12:7) exercising his subtle (indirect) impact on heathen governments (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "behind the scenes." |
| Ascension Now (OP) User ID: 77233889 United States01/22/2019 03:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another TIP: Some states require you to clean off the entire car. A long time ago I did not clean the roof. Slow for a light and all that snow slides down on the windshield. Now you have to get out and remove the snow and the light is green. Never use the wipers to move heavy snow off the window as it can break the mechanism. I have also seen people not check to see if the blades were frozen and stye just turn them on. It destroyed the rubber. Getting lazy can cause a lot of problems. Ascension |
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| Playing Possum User ID: 76394104 United States01/22/2019 04:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another TIP: Quoting: Ascension Now Some states require you to clean off the entire car. A long time ago I did not clean the roof. Slow for a light and all that snow slides down on the windshield. Now you have to get out and remove the snow and the light is green. Never use the wipers to move heavy snow off the window as it can break the mechanism. I have also seen people not check to see if the blades were frozen and stye just turn them on. It destroyed the rubber. Getting lazy can cause a lot of problems. Agree. I always clean it off completely even way up on top. I can't stand when people don't & you're behind them as a huge carload of snow & ice barrels off their roof. I do check on the blades & typically by the time the car is heated up, they're nice & supple. However, when you're stuck driving in a storm on a highway & you can barely see enough to stay in lane, it's damn life threatening to have them cake up like that. |
| Ascension Now (OP) User ID: 77233889 United States01/22/2019 04:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another TIP: Never use an ice scraper as an ice pick. A lot of people damage their windshield doing that. I had a car glass installer tell me they replace a lot of glass for that reason. I do not think that a triple blade will do anything but collect more ice. Ice buildup while driving is a problem when it occurs but I have never found a solution for that. Ascension |
| Playing Possum User ID: 76394104 United States01/22/2019 04:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another TIP: Quoting: Ascension Now Never use an ice scraper as an ice pick. A lot of people damage their windshield doing that. I had a car glass installer tell me they replace a lot of glass for that reason. I do not think that a triple blade will do anything but collect more ice. Ice buildup while driving is a problem when it occurs but I have never found a solution for that. Thanks :) |
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| Mkultra Ed User ID: 75024127 United States01/22/2019 06:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If it snows at night and you have the fuel and don't want to go through too much hassle with cleaning the windshield, just leave the vehicle running with the defrost on until morning. Truckers do this daily. Last Edited by Mkultra Ed on 01/22/2019 06:20 PM GIVE UP THINKING AND SOLVE ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS. ~ TAO TE CHING. |
| PhysicalGeographer User ID: 73547694 United States01/22/2019 06:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Jake User ID: 76890717 United States01/22/2019 06:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Best Blades (winter) Bosch ICON Quoting: Cosmic Charlie they last for years - very high quality Avail at WallyWorld Three times the cost also. That is not good. why are bosh so good don't look any better than the rest boy are they expensive [link to www.walmart.com (secure)] Evil controls the ignorant... Climate change is a hoax so is the vax you have been fear-porned into compliance! Definition Satan from the bible: Satan (Rev 12:7) exercising his subtle (indirect) impact on heathen governments (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "behind the scenes." |
| Jake User ID: 76890717 United States01/22/2019 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | every car should have these no excuses - the feds should mandate in this cold weather states like rear view cameras Quoting: PhysicalGeographer how do you wire them?? Evil controls the ignorant... Climate change is a hoax so is the vax you have been fear-porned into compliance! Definition Satan from the bible: Satan (Rev 12:7) exercising his subtle (indirect) impact on heathen governments (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "behind the scenes." |
| Vasily User ID: 72304389 United States01/22/2019 06:30 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Asymptote User ID: 76695518 United States01/22/2019 06:35 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | every car should have these no excuses - the feds should mandate in this cold weather states like rear view cameras Quoting: PhysicalGeographer Subaru has these as an option (the wiper heaters) but its not on all models. My first forester had it and my newer one now does not. This is also an option: [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] It's a heater you install between the washer fluid reservoir and the sprayers. heats the fluid up to 125-135 degrees before spraying it on the windshield. From my research, cracking the windshield is not a problem, unless the windshield is already damaged. Approaching the line "Be wary of mathematicians, particularly when they speak the truth." - Augustine I sign all my Karma Polymath supreme BTW.... Any grammatical errors (or incorrect words) are due to Spellcheck fucking hating me.....did you see, it auto fucking capitalism the word Spellcheck |
| Crunch62 User ID: 65419258 United States01/22/2019 06:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Somewhat off-topic. You can't buy winter washer fluid in California unless you are in a couple of counties where the State has decided it freezes. Apparently, the State has decided it doesn't freeze in my county (it does), so my fluid freezes up. I add some rubbing alcohol or a bottle of HEET to keep mine flowing, while giving the State the finger. I'm such a bastard. I've been married so long, I don't even look both ways when I cross the street. |
| Phillip J. Fry User ID: 76710820 United States01/22/2019 06:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When it is to snow I see people put the wiper arms up in the air. This is a bad practice. Most of the time they do not freeze to the window as there is no ice. Quoting: Ascension Now I never do that as it stretches the spring. Some leave them raised for a week or more. I check when I go to the car after a snow. I start the car and turn on the rear defroster and the heater with the fan on high in the defrost mode. I then clean off the car and dig the car out. If it was frozen it is thawed by the time I am done. Something that can also be done is to take a small piece of wood, say 1" square and place under the wiper arm to lift the blade off the window. This is better for the spring and it keeps the blade form getting stuck. That spring is the only thing pulling the wiper arm down on the window. Your thoughts on this please. Your belief in springs ability to store energy is erroneous. Have you ever had to replace a wiper spring, valve spring, suspension spring? They are raised to achieve air ambient temperature. Then snow doesn’t freeze to the wiper surface. Don’t give your children automotive advise. Last Edited by Phillip J. Fry on 01/22/2019 06:53 PM . "Don't do anything that affects anything. Unless it turns out you were supposed to do it, in which case for the love of God. Don't not do it!" |
| Phillip J. Fry User ID: 76710820 United States01/22/2019 06:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | every car should have these no excuses - the feds should mandate in this cold weather states like rear view cameras Quoting: PhysicalGeographer [link to www.thermalblade.com (secure)] . "Don't do anything that affects anything. Unless it turns out you were supposed to do it, in which case for the love of God. Don't not do it!" |
| Ascension Now (OP) User ID: 77233889 United States01/22/2019 07:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | been working with auto repair shops for 30 years. Quoting: Vasily the wiper arm spring has never been an issue. It will stretch the spring and it will lose some of the ability to hold the blade on the window. People, will never know that it has stretched any and will never know that it does not work as well as it did before. That is IMO. Easy to never have to raise it anyway with my block of wood suggestion. Maybe a expert on these springs has a better opinion. Ascension |
| Jake User ID: 76890717 United States01/22/2019 07:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | been working with auto repair shops for 30 years. Quoting: Vasily the wiper arm spring has never been an issue. what is the best wiper my guess is they are all the same Evil controls the ignorant... Climate change is a hoax so is the vax you have been fear-porned into compliance! Definition Satan from the bible: Satan (Rev 12:7) exercising his subtle (indirect) impact on heathen governments (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "behind the scenes." |
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| Ascension Now (OP) User ID: 77233889 United States01/22/2019 07:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When it is to snow I see people put the wiper arms up in the air. This is a bad practice. Most of the time they do not freeze to the window as there is no ice. Quoting: Ascension Now I never do that as it stretches the spring. Some leave them raised for a week or more. I check when I go to the car after a snow. I start the car and turn on the rear defroster and the heater with the fan on high in the defrost mode. I then clean off the car and dig the car out. If it was frozen it is thawed by the time I am done. Something that can also be done is to take a small piece of wood, say 1" square and place under the wiper arm to lift the blade off the window. This is better for the spring and it keeps the blade form getting stuck. That spring is the only thing pulling the wiper arm down on the window. Your thoughts on this please. Your belief in springs ability to store energy is erroneous. Have you ever had to replace a wiper spring, valve spring, suspension spring? They are raised to achieve air ambient temperature. Then snow doesn’t freeze to the wiper surface. Don’t give your children automotive advise. So sorry you have not proven me wrong. It is just a bad idea and there are other ways to prevent its freezing. Your examples prove nothing. If I am wrong then someone who knows more than both of us needs to offer an opinion. Any reduction in the tension can make a difference in how it is designed to work . People would never know that they have caused a problem. Ascension |
| Phillip J. Fry User ID: 76710820 United States01/22/2019 09:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When it is to snow I see people put the wiper arms up in the air. This is a bad practice. Most of the time they do not freeze to the window as there is no ice. Quoting: Ascension Now I never do that as it stretches the spring. Some leave them raised for a week or more. I check when I go to the car after a snow. I start the car and turn on the rear defroster and the heater with the fan on high in the defrost mode. I then clean off the car and dig the car out. If it was frozen it is thawed by the time I am done. Something that can also be done is to take a small piece of wood, say 1" square and place under the wiper arm to lift the blade off the window. This is better for the spring and it keeps the blade form getting stuck. That spring is the only thing pulling the wiper arm down on the window. Your thoughts on this please. Your belief in springs ability to store energy is erroneous. Have you ever had to replace a wiper spring, valve spring, suspension spring? They are raised to achieve air ambient temperature. Then snow doesn’t freeze to the wiper surface. Don’t give your children automotive advise. So sorry you have not proven me wrong. It is just a bad idea and there are other ways to prevent its freezing. Your examples prove nothing. If I am wrong then someone who knows more than both of us needs to offer an opinion. Any reduction in the tension can make a difference in how it is designed to work . People would never know that they have caused a problem.  And so It continues to the next generation.. "Don't do anything that affects anything. Unless it turns out you were supposed to do it, in which case for the love of God. Don't not do it!" |
| darkwolf007 User ID: 77086694 United States01/22/2019 09:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yeah. Living in the South and Southwest tends to make this largely a non-issue. Conspiracy Theorist is nothing more than a derogatory title used to dismiss a critical thinker. A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us." -- St. Anthony The Great Social Credit Loser here. |
| #521 User ID: 77188822 United States01/22/2019 09:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Another TIP: Quoting: Ascension Now Some states require you to clean off the entire car. A long time ago I did not clean the roof. Slow for a light and all that snow slides down on the windshield. Now you have to get out and remove the snow and the light is green. Never use the wipers to move heavy snow off the window as it can break the mechanism. I have also seen people not check to see if the blades were frozen and stye just turn them on. It destroyed the rubber. Getting lazy can cause a lot of problems. Lightweight. I use my hand to brush away just enough to see out the driver's side of windshield. Proceed to my route in 4wd and once on the road mash the throttle until enough windspeed is generated so the snow blows off. 4wd powersliding back and forth on the snow covered road just for fun during this process is optional.  |
| Cosmic Charlie User ID: 75992005 United States01/22/2019 10:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I plow snow for 15 years ... Bosch ICONs last many seasons so the price is not too crazy the rubber seems like it is a blend of silicon/flex rubber stuff and they have never scratched my glass I'm sure there are others that are excellent too but the ICONs are for sure premium they are almost always sold out - so thats says something about what others think bout them as well I give my old ICONs to my friend who uses them for a few more years |
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