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Sat 14 Nov 2009 13:09
Motoring glass - scrape rub scratch - oilrag
Glass.. windscreens, side and rear windows - more expensive year by year.

Exposed there, to the elements - blasted by high speed grit in the outer lane, bombarded with fine sand from the Sahara and scraped... grit resting on parked wiper rubbers - just waiting.
Not Cinderallas glass slipper then - carressed by Prince Charming... (but before or after scraping off the pumpkins residue? and with what?)
Many of us will have seen the diamond ring marks on side windows in years gone by. But now?

There seems to have been a trace of certain trends in specific decades

1) Spraying de- icer
1960`s millions of spray cans dischaging into the atmosphere. De-icer, hairspray, deodorant, whole cars being sprayed with cans and little airless paint guns on the drive.

2) Mid 1980`s Scraping is `in`. Hard plastic scrapers grind grit remorselessly into frosted screens.

3) 1990`s Hot water for some and a few cracked screens, scraping for others - austerity rules. Spray cans are out.

Current day.
Everyone has memories of scratched screens and don`t want to repeat it. Cars sit on drives, the heater defrosts, because we know in our hearts, man made `global warming` is a con. And because to be honest we don`t care. What with the stuff put out by the undersea volcanic activity on the mid atlantic ridge, the factories in China and above all the heating of the airways by TV personalities `gone bad`. Trying to get us to give our money "before we die" to their sponsors, that are paying them tens of thousands.

Well... maybe none of that is true - but what are your impressions of any trends?

Edited by oilrag on 14/11/2009 at 13:12

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Sat 14 Nov 2009 13:18
Motoring glass - scrape rub scratch - bell boy
Spray cans are out.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>not here they arent, i save all more than half full i find in cars
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Sat 14 Nov 2009 13:20
Motoring glass - scrape rub scratch - Old Navy
Don't throw away your can of spray deicer, there will be another ice age or a nuclear winter.

Edited by Old Navy on 14/11/2009 at 13:21

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Sat 14 Nov 2009 13:27
Motoring glass - scrape rub scratch - Old Navy
Missed the edit:-

Or more likely a major volcanic eruption which will invalidate all predictions.
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Sat 14 Nov 2009 13:39
Motoring glass - scrape rub scratch - L'escargot
`global warming` is
a con.


There can't be that much warming if cars are still getting ice on the windscreen!
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