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From: Steve Firth on 5 Jun 2010 13:17 I went up to the big city today to buy some gardening tool. On the way a big squishy insect thing flew into the windscreen and left yellow gunk everywhere. I squirted it off, eventually, but the washer fluid was run down to the dregs and then the trip computer started to whine about being low on washer water. Since it's a PITA and chimes whenever the car is started (and continues for several miles) I decided to get some screenwash. There's a Halfrauds next to the garden centre. So I popped in there. They have only one sort of screenwash, their own brand pre-mixed at �2.99 for five litres. That's one fill on my car. I did a double-take �2.99? HFM? Anyway there's also a supermarket nearby so I bought five litres of mineral water for �0.82 and got two litres of screenwash for �0.50. Presumably Halfrauds are following PC World's pricing policies. I must go into the pre-mixed screenwash market. There's obviously a lot of money to be made.
From: Halmyre on 5 Jun 2010 13:58 In article <1jjml6h.17urt9g18h7zeoN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve%@malloc.co.uk says... > I went up to the big city today to buy some gardening tool. On the way a > big squishy insect thing flew into the windscreen and left yellow gunk > everywhere. I squirted it off, eventually, but the washer fluid was run > down to the dregs and then the trip computer started to whine about > being low on washer water. Since it's a PITA and chimes whenever the car > is started (and continues for several miles) I decided to get some > screenwash. > > There's a Halfrauds next to the garden centre. So I popped in there. > They have only one sort of screenwash, their own brand pre-mixed at > £2.99 for five litres. That's one fill on my car. I did a double-take > £2.99? HFM? > > Anyway there's also a supermarket nearby so I bought five litres of > mineral water for £0.82 and got two litres of screenwash for £0.50. > Presumably Halfrauds are following PC World's pricing policies. > > I must go into the pre-mixed screenwash market. There's obviously a lot > of money to be made. > Mineral water? Evian, one hopes? -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: Steve Firth on 5 Jun 2010 16:04 Halmyre <no.spam(a)this.address> wrote: > Mineral water? Evian, one hopes? Unbranded Morrisons generic water stuff. I don't usually do Morrisons. It seems to be full of poor people in decrepit state of health. Or is that just Basingstoke?
From: Roger Mills on 6 Jun 2010 04:57 On 06/06/2010 09:01, bod wrote: > Mike P wrote: >> On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:11:36 +0100, Mr Pounder spouted forth: >> > > Most screenwash additives clog up the filters in the washer pumps with > goo, over time. You're better off just using filtered water and no > additives, IMO. > > Bod I still use dilute Stergene in my washer bottle - when I can get it. Many years ago, when I worked for a motor manufacturer, our chemistry lab did some experiments on different substances for washing windscreens and found Stergene to be far more effective than any of the propriatory products. If you mix it gently, it doesn't froth unduly. In the winter, I also add some of Halfords concentrated screen wash to keep the nozzles from freezing. This is about a fiver a gallon, and lasts quite a long time. [If just used as a screen wash when freezing is not likely to be a problem (which I don't do because I use Stergene) it can be greatly diluted - I forget what it says on the container, but something like 20 to 1. At any rate, it's not overly expensive.] -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked.
From: Steve Firth on 6 Jun 2010 04:46
brass monkey <a(a)b.com> wrote: > Well done, you gripe at �3 but you don't use Morrisons because it's full of > poor people? Correct. If screenwash is priced at a higher price than mineral water then it's clearly over-priced. Only poor people throw money away, although mostly they seemt ot throw it away on ugly clothes with the advertising labels on the outside and hideous footwear. No doubt this description fits you. |