People who de-ice everything... with water. Why?
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ETA: Title should read water!! I had to redo the bloody post.
In the last week I've observed at least three acts of complete and utter muppetry from the neighbours.
Firstly the guy over the road. His drive is on a slope, he parks two cars on it and rather than de-icing them in an appropriate manner him and his muppet wife have simply been coming out every morning and pouring large amounts of warm water over them. This water then runs down the drive, across the width of the pavement and into the road. When night falls it freezes. Then they come out the next morning and repeat the same routine. Eventually, the inevitable happened and he came out one morning to his newly formed ice rink and slipped on his arse. At which point he decided "hmm yeah, I better put some salt on this".
Another neighbour further down the street who parks on the road also used the above neighbours method of removing the ice from their car. This resulted in a huge amount of black ice all over the middle of the road. Cue 'hiliarity' as cars slip and slide as they hit the ice and struggle to get up the hill.
Then there's the neighbour over the road whose solution to an icy garden path is... surprise, surprise... warm water. They too now have a sheet of shiny ice that goes from their front door, down the path, out the gate and across the pavement. No doubt when they come out today they'll simply throw more water at it.
I can't wait for the fun and games that will ensue once we get some snow and people can no longer see the ice on the pavement.
In the last week I've observed at least three acts of complete and utter muppetry from the neighbours.
Firstly the guy over the road. His drive is on a slope, he parks two cars on it and rather than de-icing them in an appropriate manner him and his muppet wife have simply been coming out every morning and pouring large amounts of warm water over them. This water then runs down the drive, across the width of the pavement and into the road. When night falls it freezes. Then they come out the next morning and repeat the same routine. Eventually, the inevitable happened and he came out one morning to his newly formed ice rink and slipped on his arse. At which point he decided "hmm yeah, I better put some salt on this".
Another neighbour further down the street who parks on the road also used the above neighbours method of removing the ice from their car. This resulted in a huge amount of black ice all over the middle of the road. Cue 'hiliarity' as cars slip and slide as they hit the ice and struggle to get up the hill.
Then there's the neighbour over the road whose solution to an icy garden path is... surprise, surprise... warm water. They too now have a sheet of shiny ice that goes from their front door, down the path, out the gate and across the pavement. No doubt when they come out today they'll simply throw more water at it.
I can't wait for the fun and games that will ensue once we get some snow and people can no longer see the ice on the pavement.
Edited by Oakey on Thursday 2nd December 12:02
Oh we have some right clever types here. They have packed a shovel into their cars in case they get stuck. Very good thought i, until you seehow they are trying to get their cars moving out of about a foot of snow. Care to take a guess???
Yep, first gear, and bounce it off the rev limiter, and they wonder why they dont move very far
Yep, first gear, and bounce it off the rev limiter, and they wonder why they dont move very far
Jonny671 said:
Ours are out there with spades and grit, granted most people around here are 50+
Given all the scare stories from the last time it snowed about liability if you clear the snow from your path and someone slips, you'd think they'd have the common sense to think "This large trail of thick ice leading to my house could cause me some problems if someone slips and breaks a leg"
d. Turns out it has done me a big favour, as i dont have to go out in all this unless absolutely necessary, so i just watch all the neighbours trying to get outMy garden path, and the pavement outside my house, have each been gritted by me. I use warm water to clear the car's windows, but it drains along the kerb into a drain, so no worries there. I've also gritted the area around where I park my car on the street.
I'm just about the only neighbour in my street to have bothered to clear the pavement outside my house.
I'm just about the only neighbour in my street to have bothered to clear the pavement outside my house.
BoRED S2upid said:
911motorsport said:
The lady next door de-ices her windsreen with a pan of boiling water
Boiling! eek shes not going to have much of a windscreen. Warm water yes doesn't need to be lots though but not boiling. 
This is straight from the pan, freshly boiled. It's only a matter of time before 'Gavin, 27, Technician with Autoglass' gets a call.
Warm water is the best way to clear ice from a car. I pity all the people I see using scrapers. As soon as I've deiced the car, I'll throw down a bit of grit to prevent the water from freezing.
If its especially cold in the morning I'll just put a heater in the car for ten minutes and deice it that way.
If its especially cold in the morning I'll just put a heater in the car for ten minutes and deice it that way.
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