Does anyone cover their car (icy nights)

[PassingStranger]

People talk of scraping and deicing the car on a cold morning but does anyone cover their car windscreen with a sheet or blanket.

We do
I suppose it depends on your parking situation?
Do people still cover their windscreens?👀

My new car has a heated windscreen, saves so much time. I also don't use my car every day, so I'd have to make a special effort to go outside and put a blanket over it.

I tend to run the engine (not worried about theft where we are) and the car is warm for when I get in. But otherwise, just use some de-icer surely?

I have a heated windscreen also but it is not as quick as de-icer.

I have a windscreen cover, which has little gloves for the wing mirrors. It's a plug in hybrid, if it's plugged in, I have an app to warm it up.

Ooh I can't do it manually though, is it a Ford @Scrowy?

*remotely

I cover my front windscreen with a plastic ice cover.

Back heats quickly and use de-icer spray on sides and wing mirrors.

Takes me about 2 minutes which is more than enough time because I leave home at 4.30am 😂

What do you do with the blanket/cover in the morning? Like where does it go to dry?

Depends where you live.

I left the driver door open overnight.... Came to back freezing car in the morning LOL

I've left it unlocked by accident with a laptop in full view... Charlie next door knocked to let me know.

Half a dozen cars are left running idle these past few mornings.

They'd be welcome to mine. The insurance would only pay a few £100 no doubt anyway.

I got one of those (probably regifted!) plastic ice covers in a work secret santa! Was not impressed, rolled my eyes inwardly and smiled through gritted teeth. BUT it's been an absolute lifesaver on frosty mornings. Just spritz the wing mirrors, side and back windows and I'm off!
I started a trend round here too as I counted quite a few screen covers on my road this week (we're all on street parking).

Ooh, I'm a 4.30am leaver too and do exactly the same as you!

I have a Tesla which means one click on the app and the car heats up and defrosts ready for it to be toasty when I get in.

My brother can do the same as @Scrowy

He has an electric BMW SUV (no idea of the model) but I'm sooo jealous!

@fanaticalfairy I leave mine to melt off on top of our paper bin. It hasn't been nicked yet!

We just drop ours on a chair in the dining room - because it's thin, nylon-y plastic, it dries really quickly.

Jug of warm water works fine for me. 👍

Yes, I just chuck an old picnic blanket over the windscreen when I park in the evening. Game changer.

No, I usually make a flask of tea and sit in it for a few mins while it warms up, the ice just melts away then.

My problem is mor e the car freezing shut 😂 I've taken to spraying the internal mechanism with de-icer before I leave it in an evening.

My car (Renault Zoe) has a button on the remote for defrosting and you can go set it in a timer as well. Which is a good job as the heating is terrible (no engine) so it needs a while to defrost.

I didnt it once with a blanket and the thing was stuck fast with ice and I had to try to rip it off, bits of fluff stuck all over the window and wipers.

Never tried again, didnt work

I just leave it running and scrape it.

yes
yesterday though i hadnt and tried a bag full of warm water, which was good

agree that the inside is a big issue

Jug of warm water works fine for me

I remember the look of horror on my parents' faces when I proudly walked into our kitchen with an empty kettle having just poured the boiling contents all over my new car's windscreen 😂

My EV is currently defrosting itself, but I haven't had a car for years that doesn't have front and rear defrosting "wires"

and i pour warm water on the water jets as they freeze up sometimes