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?👀

i dry the sheet in the downstairs loo

I left my car last night parked outside my work (supermarket) with a towel over the windscreen so that I could get in and drive away after my shift finished late at night. Some bastards had thought it was funny to take the towel off and throw it into a nearby bin. So my car was frozen after all.

Ha ha. I laughed until I stopped.

Oops! The water shouldn’t be too hot - the temperature change will crack the glass.

But warm tap water is fine.

I once used a cover but it was more trouble than it was worth. Stuck to the glass and metal.

I used to - little mittens on the wing-mirrors and a big cover on the windscreen because it's so much easier (especially as I'm short)

Now, I don't have to, because I've got a hybrid I can time-table to warm itself up ready for when we leave. It's wonderful.

Big sheets of silver foil insulated bubble wrap.

But, as I keep my car in the garage I've donated them to 18yo ds - who does use them.

My car windscreens freeze inside as well as outside ☹️

We put ours in the garage. 🚗

Pre heat mine from the app. Electric car.

other car is in the garage old school I know

No, I just go and turn the car on for 10 mins while I finish getting ready. Nice and toasty and defrosted when I get in!

mine too!

Best thing for de-icing IMO is the gadget we’ve got, bought ages ago - a sort of warmly padded mitten with a handle inside, and a scraper on the end. Does it all v quickly with no cold hands, no chemicals and no electricity or heat
from inside the car.

No, I have an engine warmer, so when we start the car we get warm air almost immediately, we can also remote start the heating etc as well, so by the time I need to leave its defrosted.

Most electric and some hybrid cars let you do it.

I'm surprised to hear people talk about scraping. I just empty a kettle or two of water over it, it's very quick. Not boiling water!

It's a Volvo XC90

Same here.

I also still see people who decide to risk their windscreen by pouring boiling water over it.

Not to mention that it then leaves a puddle which will freeze and be a hazard.

DS pours tepid water on his if he hasn't put the covers on.
A big watering can is useful for this as you can better direct the flow.
Our drive is gravelled though, so the water just soaks away and doesn't cause an ice patch on the ground.

Mine too. I've got an old convertible. It gets really bad in there when the weather is like this.

I did when I worked shifts but don't use the car so much now. No one else in the street does. They much prefer to provide a succession of idling engines from 4am.

No never. I just leave the engine running.

It's been so cold here that between pouring the water and replacing the kettle, the screen has refrozen! It's also been freezing as I drive along, giving me a lovely film of ice which I think have to stop and remove.

I couldn't understand why the de-icer hadn't cleared the windscreen. The thick ice was on the inside!

I use a windscreen cover, don't know why people don't?

OH has had a heated windscreen on his vehicle for the past 20+yrs, works great.

I was getting ice on the inside too but bought some microwaveable dehumidifiers to put on the dashboard and haven't had any since. Have a foil cover that covers the mirrors too as well.