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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

How much do you or your partner warm up your car before travel on a cold/frosty morning?

A neighbors fella dutifully braves the freeze here to warm it up for a good 10 minutes and scrapes the ice off. Do you get this attention?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I leave my car running on my drive for a good 20 minutes in the morning whilst I'm getting ready for work.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't warm the car up, it's warm after a mile of driving.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

I live next door to my dad so as soon as he sees me get out and turn my car on he comes out with some warm water yo do my windows with

I don't mind a cold bottom when getting in though. Was better when I had leather seats lol can't stand seat warmers... Make me think I've pissed myself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

enough so that all the windows are clear, i do wonder about those people who drive with just a letterbox of clarity on the windscreen though, eejits

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By *i1971Man
over a year ago

Cornwall

Will set the demist on if I'm de-icing but that's it. Otherwise it's getting warm within a mile anyway

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I scrap the ice off and off I go. Doesn't take long to warm up

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

My car takes about 20 miles to get warm

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

My windscreen is fabulous for clearing quickly so I just wait for that and go!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I installed a remote pre heater that also brings the internal fans on, you just click the fob 15 minutes before leaving and hey presto

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By *hester1980Man
over a year ago

chester

I've got a Nissan Leaf which has a remote climate control App, I did in bed and turn on the heating, all clear when I get in and warm seats!

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

My car's a plug-in. I have an app on my phone & can set it to pre-heat & defrost whenever. It's great.

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By *ocks99Man
over a year ago

Reading


"I leave my car running on my drive for a good 20 minutes in the morning whilst I'm getting ready for work. "

Hope you don't leave it unattended. If someone nicks it you insurance will tell you to do one

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

Heated seats, heated front and rear Windows, heated mirrors, it's the future!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"How much do you or your partner warm up your car before travel on a cold/frosty morning?

A neighbors fella dutifully braves the freeze here to warm it up for a good 10 minutes and scrapes the ice off. Do you get this attention? "
did you know that if a would be thief jumped in that car and drove it off you wouldn't be insured

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By *eviantdeliteWoman
over a year ago

Cheltenham


"I leave my car running on my drive for a good 20 minutes in the morning whilst I'm getting ready for work.

Hope you don't leave it unattended. If someone nicks it you insurance will tell you to do one "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I live next door to my dad so as soon as he sees me get out and turn my car on he comes out with some warm water yo do my windows with

I don't mind a cold bottom when getting in though. Was better when I had leather seats lol can't stand seat warmers... Make me think I've pissed myself "

If you Google that you'll probably stop doing it .....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I leave my car running on my drive for a good 20 minutes in the morning whilst I'm getting ready for work.

Hope you don't leave it unattended. If someone nicks it you insurance will tell you to do one

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Two sets of keys/remotes.leave car running and lock car door.?

Bit annoying for the neighbours tho all that noise and more to the point pollution belting out .

In Islington you have to turn your Car off just when in traffic

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury


"I leave my car running on my drive for a good 20 minutes in the morning whilst I'm getting ready for work.

Hope you don't leave it unattended. If someone nicks it you insurance will tell you to do one

Two sets of keys/remotes.leave car running and lock car door.?

Bit annoying for the neighbours tho all that noise and more to the point pollution belting out .

In Islington you have to turn your Car off just when in traffic "

How do they enforce that?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I warm my little car up for about 10 minutes. Was frozen solid this morning.

It is illegal to drive with only a little bit of the screen done and rightly so.

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Heated windscreen and heated seats are bliss during winter ..takes seconds to defrost car in the morning

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By *ev-PMan
over a year ago

Hampshire

[Removed by poster at 23/02/18 09:20:30]

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By *otwife Stag CoupleCouple
over a year ago

Waterford

Always leave the car warm up for about 10 mins. Nice and warm then heading off with a hot drink to start the day.

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By *mooth shaftMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh


"Heated windscreen and heated seats are bliss during winter ..takes seconds to defrost car in the morning "

Heated seats make my balls too hot after a while

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


" just to add, it's also illegal to have a vehicle engine running on a drive or at the roadside unattended."

only on the roadside ... 'tis ok on your own land

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Run the extention with a wee fan heater. Car is roasty toasty x

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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago

Paisley

I have s heated windscreen. Fiesta doesn’t take long to heat up. My neighbours tend to leave their engines running. We’re in a cul de sac so I’m sure there’s nit much danger of a theft.

Wish I got as much attention as these cars.

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By *irginieWoman
over a year ago

Near Marlborough

I drive an old landy...... I leave it running for at least 15 minutes and it’s still icy by the time I get where I’m going.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I scr ape my windows and get on with it. Even open the windows if I get a bit steamy.

A bit of cold never hurts (unless you get frostbite).

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By *ev-PMan
over a year ago

Hampshire


" just to add, it's also illegal to have a vehicle engine running on a drive or at the roadside unattended.

only on the roadside ... 'tis ok on your own land "

Ah ta ...sure I read that somewhere. (Don't know what happened to my post, it went AWOL)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I scr ape my windows and get on with it. Even open the windows if I get a bit steamy.

A bit of cold never hurts (unless you get frostbite)."
my car would warm up at the sight of you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Milk carton of room temp water with a couple of dashes of vodka poured over windows to de-ice, already wrapped up warm from taking the dogs out so I just jump in and go, no fancying around. My wee car warms up quite quickly, and with my travel coffee and some good songs to belt out I don't even notice the cold!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I have s heated windscreen. Fiesta doesn’t take long to heat up. My neighbours tend to leave their engines running. We’re in a cul de sac so I’m sure there’s nit much danger of a theft.

Wish I got as much attention as these cars. "

Beaten too the old boast of a ford patented heated windscreen.

I literally sit in my car turn the heaters on, 30 seconds ready to go.

Before I get in though I always check windscreen wipers free, as if they are stuck frozen and you try to move them you could burn motor out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just stay in bed until the sun comes up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I just stay in bed until the sun comes up. "
lol can I join your hat

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By *valanche1001Man
over a year ago

Leeds

Heated seats are a life-saver this time of year!

Modern cars do not need to warm up and doing so only generates more pollution and more grimy deposits in your engine. Oh that and I live in Leeds so ‘icing’ is a concern

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

When I come downstairs i nip out and spray the windows. Go in have breakfast etc by the time I'm ready to go ~ all clear.

I've got a little fiat that takes ages to warm up but I'm too paranoid to leave the engine running in case it gets nicked!

Best idea yet though is to stay in bed until the sun comes out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I just stay in bed until the sun comes up. lol can I join your hat "

The hat just gets chucked on a chair in the corner, so,yes you can join it if you insist.

You can go scrape the ice of my windscreen if you like.

X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I just stay in bed until the sun comes up. lol can I join your hat

The hat just gets chucked on a chair in the corner, so,yes you can join it if you insist.

You can go scrape the ice of my windscreen if you like.

X"
cold hands warm heart

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By *ophleeCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

We always warm up our cars in the mornings usually Sophie that braves the cold, but she always gets re-paid in kind (well sort of)

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford


"I drive an old landy...... "

Marry me

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By *irginieWoman
over a year ago

Near Marlborough


"I drive an old landy......

Marry me "

Erm wouldn’t that be illegal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When your engine is cold, the petrol is less likely to evaporate and create the correct ratio of air and vaporized fuel for combustion. Engines with electronic fuel injection have sensors that compensate for the cold by pumping more petrol into the mixture. The engine continues to run rich in this way until it heats up to about 40 degrees.

Warming up your car before driving is a leftover practice from a time when carbureted engines dominated the roads. Carburetors mix petrol and air to make vaporized fuel to run an engine, but they don't have sensors that tweak the amount of petrol when it's cold out. As a result, you do need to let older cars warm up before driving or they will stall out. But it's been about 30 years since carbureted engines were common in cars.

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By *onnie And Clyde9070Couple
over a year ago

Leeds

Heated seats and climate control here, so our main car heats up very quickly.

Risky business leaving your car running unattended in this day and age. Too many thrives about.

Wasn't it made an offence to leave your car running unattended?

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

My car is in a locked secure area at the side of my house in the garden. So I get the engine running and warm it up as I'm getting a brew and breakfast. Walk out of the kitchen and the car is all de-iced and warm inside.

I feel bad about the environment when I do this but oddly this guilt melts away as sit down in my nice warm car.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I go turn it on, and stand outside with a brew... so about 10 minutes or so I guess.... havent properly de-iced a car in 20 years or so!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I was a kid my mom used to send me out to the car with the keys and a shovel. I had to warm it up while I dug it out of the snow. Took about 15-20 minutes. I loved snow, though, so I didn't mind.

When there wasn't snow to dig out it was a bit boring....

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford


"I drive an old landy......

Marry me

Erm wouldn’t that be illegal "

To be honest with an old Landie the chances of actually arriving at a meet would be pretty slim anyway

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By *irginieWoman
over a year ago

Near Marlborough


"I drive an old landy......

Marry me

Erm wouldn’t that be illegal

To be honest with an old Landie the chances of actually arriving at a meet would be pretty slim anyway "

It’s a fair point

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I run mine for about 20 minutes b4 getting in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I run mine for about 20 minutes b4 getting in "
I get in and go

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"I live next door to my dad so as soon as he sees me get out and turn my car on he comes out with some warm water yo do my windows with

I don't mind a cold bottom when getting in though. Was better when I had leather seats lol can't stand seat warmers... Make me think I've pissed myself

If you Google that you'll probably stop doing it ....."

Probably won't to be fair.

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