Best car heater....to clear windscreen
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From: nickc on 6 Jan 2010 10:03 My Astra 1.7cdti '04 takes over about 2 miles to get any real heat.......and 8 (?) miles to clear the screen. My Mrs Skoda Fabia 1.4 tdi '03 about the same. My old Citroen XZ 1.9d was better than either the newer cars for heat / screen clear . I seem to remember test driving a Daihatsu years ago and being surprised how quick the heater came up......pretty sure it was from cold. Any thoughts? Cheers __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4748 (20100106) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
From: Mrcheerful on 6 Jan 2010 10:25 nickc wrote: > My Astra 1.7cdti '04 takes over about 2 miles to get any real > heat.......and 8 (?) miles to clear the screen. > My Mrs Skoda Fabia 1.4 tdi '03 about the same. > > My old Citroen XZ 1.9d was better than either the newer cars for heat > / screen clear . > > I seem to remember test driving a Daihatsu years ago and being > surprised how quick the heater came up......pretty sure it was from cold. > > Any thoughts? > > Cheers > ford with heated front screen, or buy a webasto pre heating kit for your car: then you can set the timer and come out to a fully warmed up and ready to go car, either a self contained unit or one that plugs into the mains. one of the advantages to the webasto option is there is less engine wear and more fuel economy due to the warmed up engine.
From: Gordon H on 6 Jan 2010 10:26 In message <dsOdnRjO17uhO9nWnZ2dnUVZ8sWdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, nickc <nick.costin1(a)btinternet.com> writes > My Astra 1.7cdti '04 takes over about 2 miles to get any real >heat.......and 8 (?) miles to clear the screen. >My Mrs Skoda Fabia 1.4 tdi '03 about the same. > >My old Citroen XZ 1.9d was better than either the newer cars for heat / >screen clear . > >I seem to remember test driving a Daihatsu years ago and being surprised how >quick the heater came up......pretty sure it was from cold. > >Any thoughts? >Cheers > My Mondeo MK 3 (Zetec) has a magic button on the heating control panel which switches the air conditioning on, the fan to maximum, and the heat (if any is available) to maximum. It clears the screen within seconds, even from cold. The heated windscreen also does the same job pretty quickly. There are perhaps other models which have similar features... :) -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply
From: Zimmy on 6 Jan 2010 11:29 "Gordon H" <Gordon_News(a)g3snx.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:zkPumiVAvKRLFwaF(a)g3snx.demon.co.uk... > In message <dsOdnRjO17uhO9nWnZ2dnUVZ8sWdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, nickc > <nick.costin1(a)btinternet.com> writes >> My Astra 1.7cdti '04 takes over about 2 miles to get any real >>heat.......and 8 (?) miles to clear the screen. >>My Mrs Skoda Fabia 1.4 tdi '03 about the same. >> >>My old Citroen XZ 1.9d was better than either the newer cars for heat / >>screen clear . >> >>I seem to remember test driving a Daihatsu years ago and being surprised >>how >>quick the heater came up......pretty sure it was from cold. >> >>Any thoughts? >>Cheers >> > My Mondeo MK 3 (Zetec) has a magic button on the heating control panel > which switches the air conditioning on, the fan to maximum, and the heat > (if any is available) to maximum. > > It clears the screen within seconds, even from cold. > The heated windscreen also does the same job pretty quickly. > > There are perhaps other models which have similar features... > :) Fords definitely win here with the heated windscreen, the one thing we Ford drivers can be smug about. Mine automatically switches on if the temp is 4C or lower on start up. Z
From: Tony (UncleFista) on 6 Jan 2010 11:49
+ACI-nickc+ACI- +ADw-nick.costin1+AEA-btinternet.com+AD4- wrote in message news:dsOdnRjO17uhO9nWnZ2dnUVZ8sWdnZ2d+AEA-bt.com... +AD4- My Astra 1.7cdti '04 takes over about 2 miles to get any real +AD4- heat.......and 8 (?) miles to clear the screen. +AD4- My Mrs Skoda Fabia 1.4 tdi '03 about the same. +AD4- +AD4- My old Citroen XZ 1.9d was better than either the newer cars for heat / +AD4- screen clear . +AD4- +AD4- I seem to remember test driving a Daihatsu years ago and being surprised +AD4- how quick the heater came up......pretty sure it was from cold. +AD4- +AD4- Any thoughts? It's possible to buy small 12v screen demisters, a bit like hairdryers, to clear kitcar windscreens (with no heater). Available from kit car bits suppliers, dunno whether they're any good though :) Like this+ADs- http://www.cbsonline.co.uk/electric-demist-heater--demst-309-p.asp -- Tony Bond / UncleFista www.bradford7.co.uk Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra. Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath. At night the ice-weasels come... |