heated front screen

[danny_p]

littel nasty valves going to the heater matrix are the main reson for cold air 

boiling hot kettel ful of water is a bad idea  but warm kettel full of water works quite well,  or you chould just invest in a gas axe     hold it about 5-6ft away from the screen and turn the propane right up,   peopel will look at you really funny tho  but at least it dosen't involve getting cold

[JC]

i dont have this issue ,

go outside,

lift door

start car

drive out,

close door

drive to work

jobs a good un

 

[Dinky]

the de-icer or your actual tool you use to clean it?
I tend to actually get up abit earlier...turn the engine over, with heaters on, just use a scraper and by the time you have done, the engine has warmed up and the car for you inside and everyone is happy

Dinx

considering you're bothered about screenwash damaging your paintwork - staring up a car and leaving it at idle is just as bad for the engine, if not worse.  It needs to be under slight load when first started to get the oil circulated and warmed asap.

It's tempting though, and I still do it occasionally!

Considering I have paid for a respray, then yeah..
So your telling me that you should not let your car stand at idle, you should just start driving it from cold and that is better for your engine?

Dinx

[sidecarphil]

posh t*£t  

[JC]

posh t*£t 

not a nice thing to call dinx 

[Dinky]

posh t*£t 

not a nice thing to call dinx 

hahaha...you have called me worse..and that's just the ones I know about

Dinx

[JC]

and ?

 

 

[euro dave]

Considering I have paid for a respray, then yeah..
So your telling me that you should not let your car stand at idle, you should just start driving it from cold and that is better for your engine?

Dinx

Fair enough

yes, it's better to drive the car off after about 20 seconds or so.  Don't over rev it though.

here's something I found on it:

http://www.thehcf.org/antiidlingprimer.html

[Dinky]

Learn something new everyday...

Dinx

[Thom89]

was there a MK2 with a heated front screen ??

sick of waiting for it to clear using the heater

We use this company for all our race car screens, I would have thought it would be very likely that they have an application for Golfs, could be worth contacting them...  http://www.finind.com/uk/index.html
Tom