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Originally Posted by soundman98
It saves me from burying my hand in the cold snow to dig out a wiper blade later. Why is this such a point of contention? If you like digging in the snow and getting cold wet hands, more power to you.
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.. Was wondering when someone would comment about that…
Doesn’t bother me if you do that, its your car.
I think it comes down to personal habits or experience.
Kind of like arguing about Octane or the best tire.
One of the only times I did it the wiper blade became frozen with an arc
greater than the curve of the windshield so they were useless for a good 20 minutes.
Start the car and heat at max if the wipers are frozen to the glass then you need to scrape ALL the windows anyhow... Have to be patient, things break easier in the cold.
Winter is a great time for the use of gloves;
I don’t like getting my hands wet at -5 or below C or F.
Random news site give both sides of this argument:
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca...ore-a-snowfall
My worst winter car story on
what not to do: Back in 1990 washed my car (89 Civic SI) and rinsed off the salt in the motor, Was a few degrees above freezing at the time,I was Working overnight then and by the time I started the car 8 hrs after the wash it was well below freezing. Engine turned over a few times almost caught but had awfull metallic tapping. Towed to the dealer they opened the motor to find water had gotten on the timing belt and had froze, bent 3 valves, covered on warranty. I don’t wash motors in the winter unless its in a heated garage.
I still have 2 feet of snow on the ground, when is it going to just go away and we start to complain about which color is hottest in the sun.