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Thread ID: 111082 2010-07-13 03:20:00 Anybody experienced flash-freezing of windsceen ice? Billy T (70) PC World Chat
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1118442 2010-07-13 11:39:00 Yeap, happens to me on the odd occasion when heading to/from the gym at some ungodly hour of the morning! xyz823 (13649)
1118443 2010-07-13 21:04:00 Happened to me all of last winter - this year I have carport!

Seriously - found the best way was to run the car for a while and heat up the windscreen.
Couldn't use the window washers as the tank used to freeze solid!
ManUFan (7602)
1118444 2010-07-13 23:37:00 Yes BillyT, it happened to me over the weekend as well here in NP. I did not run into anybody but a clear windscreen turned opaque within a second, without using water or anything. I stopped alongside the road and waited until the car heater softened the flash frozen layer to mush and wiped it off.

sarel
sarel (2490)
1118445 2010-07-13 23:46:00 Thanks for all the confirmations, and apparently it was the coldest night in Auckland for many years, so I guess she was just unlucky. I wouldn't mind betting that all the Insurance Companies have a spate of claims from that time period for similar reasons. Black ice is virtually unknown in Auckland too, but I reckon it will have been lurking on a few shady corners to catch early church goers or late returning party animals and rugby celebrants.

We had a rather frightening hiccup yesterday when the Insurance Company said our premium hadn't been paid. Fortunately for us it had, but hadn't been updated on their system for some reason. I had visions of selling said daughter to white slave traders to pay for the exotic european vehicle she hit (ain't it always the way, why not an old dunger?) but she lives to frighten a few more innocent drivers in years to come.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
1118446 2010-07-14 03:35:00 Billy, you said she lived just above sea level. Maybe when she drove into the dip she went just below sea level. Did you taste the ice for salt? :) Richard (739)
1118447 2010-07-14 03:49:00 We had a rather frightening hiccup yesterday when the Insurance Company said our premium hadn't been paid. Fortunately for us it had, but hadn't been updated on their system for some reason. I had visions of selling said daughter to white slave traders to pay for the exotic european vehicle she hit



Doesn't she have direct debit or automatic payment? That way they can't claim any such thing.
pctek (84)
1118448 2010-07-14 03:50:00 Billy, you said she lived just above sea level. Maybe when she drove into the dip she went just below sea level. Did you taste the ice for salt? :)

Like this? :D
johcar (6283)
1118449 2010-07-14 03:54:00 Like this? :D

:lol::lol:
wratterus (105)
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