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The windshields would crack when people poured boiling water on them... 120F is almost 100F shy of boiling; that might be the critical difference. I'm not sure how hot the water can be before it cracks the glass.
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Something for the mythbusters!  And yes, a dying or on it's last legs will cause the wipers to go nuts, had it happen and then baught this... http://www.invertersrus.com/optima34-78.html.
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Originally posted by epattonm:
Second, what about all the automatic car washes? They all use hot water. I've taken my beater thru one when it was ~20F out (it was free with a fill up).
I just don't see the glass shattering due to some hot water. Although, I can't say I've ever done it, so this is based on observation.
~Eric
Well, FWIW, all the automatic car washes around these parts have warning/CYA sings at the entrance warning of cracked windsheilds if its cold/hot enough. Around here it seems that they get hot enough in the summer cold water will crack them. Not sure if the opposite is true in the winter, but I have seen it happen during the summer with cold water.
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So don't use hot water.
On the one or two days a year (more like one or two weeks out of the year) that I have a frosty windshield (sorry about that guys, but I choose to live in southern California) I use a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol to help break up the ice. It works well for me. I have taken the bottle with me when I have traveled to Utah in the winter and it works there too. You do need to brush off the loose stuff first though. People in Utah really looked at me strange when they saw me doing this though, but it works.
A bottle of rubbing alcohol cost is about $1.00. With a little bit of care, it will last for several days, although you could use up an entire bottle in one day if you really wanted to. The alcohol gets the ice slushy real quick so that it is easily removed with the an ice scraper or the wipers.
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