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This morning I had this problem.
Sometimes you wipe it off with a rag or whatever, and it comes back.
This is a hazardous PITA! Any suggestions?
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)Sometimes there's a little clear spot at the bottom center of the windshield. If you rest an elbow on the center console, and lean way over, you can see the road. It's a little like driving using a periscope, but what the heck.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)Or, more likely, I'll hit the "snooze" button one more time. And then gripe about the condition of my windshield.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Put the alarm clock where you have to get out of bed to shut it off.
Especially since mine sounded like a nuclear meltdown alert.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)It will suck the wet out of anything.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)They don't cost anymore than a roll of kitchen paper towels, but they're much thicker and absorb a shitload more water. If you hang them over the "woo-woo" handle (if your vehicle has one) they'll dry out and can be used again.
wysimdnwyg
(2,232 posts)But what in the hell is a "woo-woo handle"?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)They're usually on the ceiling or near it on the window frame. I call them that because when you're going over rough roads you can grab them to hang on and yell WOO WOO!
kentauros
(29,414 posts)Something for passengers to hang onto when I take corners without braking
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)Or are mine "woo hoo" handles?
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)It's whatever you yell while going through rough terrain or around a corner too fast. I use both.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)And, I tend to drive a little more cautiously than when I'm alone. At least then, I'm the only one killed
MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)as in passengers grabbing them & exclaiming "Oh Jesus!" whenever the driver does something stupid (like cornering without braking)
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)in my truck those are the "Oh Shit!" handles...because that's what my wife hollers when circumstances arise that makes her need to grab one...
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)but that doesn't stop her from damn near pushing her foot through the floor trying to make it work.
LoveMyCali
(2,015 posts)"Holy Shit!" handles in my car.
wysimdnwyg
(2,232 posts)To put it in perspective, when he and his wife go on car trips, she takes a pillow in which to hide her face.
madmom
(9,681 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Say goodnight Rufus.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Yeah, I can see that.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)Less chance of water vapor condensing on you than there is on your car windows, but you can carry a rag to wipe yourself down just in case. You'll make some money and start each day off with some very healthy exercise.
Glad I could help!
snooper2
(30,151 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)Why isn't anybody else thinking of this?
Swede
(33,242 posts)They've been in cars for about a hundred years.
marzipanni
(6,011 posts)On days when the sun is shining leave a window or two open a sliver so that the air heats up inside the car and dries.
These little inexpensive 'rechargeable' dehumidifiers sounds good-
http://evadry.reachlocal.com/?scid=1277528&kw=8183758&pub_cr_id=7189349689
Kali
(55,008 posts)inside or out? windshield wipers or defroster
i_sometimes
(201 posts)I once smeared ketchup from one side to the other. It smelled good but staring through that red paste, no.
VenusRising
(11,252 posts)It made me think of the looks I got when my husband was teaching me to drive a standard. He said, "Go!" and then started to take a drink of tomato juice. Needless to say, the car bucked, and he was wearing the tomato juice. We got a few strange looks from passersby as if he was bleeding profusely. It sure was a sight with the stark red juice against a white shirt!
Thanks for reminding me of that.
i_sometimes
(201 posts)I got my daughter the other day with chocolate milk like that, on the way to school no less.
Worse. Father. Ever.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)If your system allows that - it will clear it right up. The AC dries up the moisture.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)and it's raining the windshield can fog up in the middle of the day.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)The windshield washer will clear up the frost, then you have a few seconds of visibility before very interesting and entertaining crystalline patterns grow across the windshield. So you hit the washer again. Pray that you don't run out of windshield washer fluid before the car warms up.
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)then keep the wipers going until I start to hear them drag across the windshield.
ddeclue
(16,733 posts)raccoon
(31,110 posts)FSogol
(45,485 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I find that that has helped to reduce morning condensation dramatically.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)irisblue
(32,974 posts)just don't throw it at the kid in the next car to get his attention ( as sister mary black&decker of the cross of god used do to me and my sister)
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Problem solved.