John T Carroll wrote: » An acquaintance of mine used never put on his car heater until the temperature gauge was up to normal, I can vouch for this. A friend of his claimed (but I cant vouch for it) that the same guy used to switch off his windscreen wipers when passing under a bridge!!.
John T Carroll wrote: » An acquaintance of mine used never put on his car heater until the temperature gauge was up to normal, I can vouch for this.A friend of his claimed (but I cant vouch for it) that the same guy used to switch off his windscreen wipers when passing under a bridge!!.
Hococop wrote: » The heater part, do you mean he would wait 5-10 minutes after starting the car before he would turn on the heater?
Michael D Not Higgins wrote: » Isn't that how the heater works, from the engine heat? Isn't that just to stop the frozen air being blown into the car?
Hococop wrote: » Yeah that's right, just the way he says it, can't see how its stingy why turn on the heater when you start the car its just cold air
John_D80 wrote: » Brilliant!! True or not, I nearly choked from laughing.
Red Kev wrote: » I do both of these. Leaving the heater off for 3-4 minutes means the engine heats up faster, reducing wear and tear on the engine, most damage to an engine is done when it's cold. When you then switch on the heater it gives out proper hot air quickly, not this lukewarm plssy air for 10 minutes you get otherwise. I flick the wipers off under a bridge as they would otherwise be dragging across a dry windscreen and the noise of dry wipers scraping on a dry windscreen is something I fupping hate.
John T Carroll wrote: » What is NOT true is that he used to turn off the gas when turning the egg in the frying pan.!!
John T Carroll wrote: » You are supposed to have rubber(s) on the wiper "blades", that way they wont make too much noise even if its raining
Dan Jaman wrote: » I avoid dry wiper scraping, because drying dirt on the glass leaves thousands of micro scratches over time.
Dan Jaman wrote: » But I commonly turn the gas off before the egg has finished cooking, as the pan retains sufficient heat to finish the job. Tight or what
Gunslinger92 wrote: » Oh god the wipers thing reminded me of my dad. Even if it's raining moderately heavily he won't put the wipers on to constant, so the windscreen will be impossible to see out of before they wipe again. It drives me cracked. It'd have to be absolutely pissing for him to put them on constant
Red Kev wrote: » I flick the wipers off under a bridge as they would otherwise be dragging across a dry windscreen and the noise of dry wipers scraping on a dry windscreen is something I fupping hate.
John T Carroll wrote: How many swipes of the windscreen does a wiper make when passing under a bridge? You must be travelling very slowly, have you tried using the engine?, it does save a lot of pushing.
RonanP77 wrote: » It depends on the size of the bridge/overpass. I'd turn mine off in a tunnel but not under a small bridge.
pablo128 wrote: » Ah lads. Have none of ye heard of a new fangled contraption called auto wipers?
John T Carroll wrote: » They are out for years, have them on a 2000 VW Bora, mixed feelings about them but they do work but the auto dimming rear view mirror is a gift.
John T Carroll wrote: » They are out for years, have them on a 2000 VW Bora,
pablo128 wrote: » I have both on an 05 Avensis. I don't think I'd be able to have another car without them TBH.
Mr_Spaceman wrote: » Loving this windscreen wiper chat, by the way. Enthralling stuff.
D Trent wrote: » Pair of stingy cun+s
Hollister11 wrote: » One of my "mates" called me stingy because I always bring my lunch to college. I do it because I'd rather save the money, my own food is healthier and I'm a vegetarian so it's harder to get nice food. So, am I stingy ?
