Option C- The Garage!

 

Option C- The Garage!
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I choose Option C and D, D-stay home during snow storm.

 

Yea I never pull up the wiper blades. Never had a problem yet. Not excited about all this snow either.

 

Option C for me.

If it's an ice storm it might extend the life of the blades if just snow. I really don't see a reason to lift them.

 

Get a thin blanket or piece of tarp or drop cloth and cover your windshield. You can put the edges of the blanket under the doors, tackle the bottom edge under the hood and use a rope or a few large good magnets to hold the top edge. It will protect the windshield and wipers from ice and snow.
BTW, http://www.weather.com/weather/today/l/75006:4:US

 

I opt for option B. Since my car stays outside, I keep my wiper blades lifted away from the windshield so that they won't freeze to it.

 

I live in Florida, so what do I know, but up looks bad..

 

I live in Florida, so what do I know, but up looks bad..

I live in SoCal, I can't see myself going back and deal with ice and snow 3 months a year.


I grew up in snow & ice country, after I got my degree I moved to SoCal beach town. Here I get ream by high taxes and get beat up by Sacramento politics, but at lease I don't have to deal with the cold.

10:30 update: I just heard a potentially historic snow storm on its way to the Northeast regions, are any of you prepare for this?

 

I currently live in the area supposed to get the heaviest accumulation, just north of Boston, inland. The projection I last saw was 31.1" by the time it's done, falling at up to 4" per hour. All of the roads and public transportation are closed effective at midnight tonight...should be fun!

As an aside, I always leave them down. I see no reason to put them up, it doesn't make any difference to me. I pick them up off the windshield to clean the snow off anyways.

If I had to give you a poll of results though, I work in a company with about a 500-600 car parking lot and looking out the window, I'd estimate about 40% of wipers appear to be raised, and the rest lowered. Either the rest are lazy or agree with me :rofl:

 

Funny, I just had this convo with some people at work today. I pulled into the parking lot this morning and saw some cars with theirs lifted, so I lifted mine and then asked them why they lifted theirs. They all said basically because that's what my parents used to do and told me to do when I was younger. Next time I won't lift mine, I can never get that 30 seconds of my life back...


@Blochead21 @cspaced25 - you guys don't be shy, send some of that snow down to us. I would love to have tomorrow off.

 

You work for the gov't! No wonder you always leave early.

You can have all the snow. My boss is cheap, if we don't show up we don't get paid. Doesn't matter if there's 3" or 3'.

 

2" is all we need...but I would certainly like more so I can have something to take the truck out in.

 

Down...(UP could be damage the arm spring)

 

Seriously???

 

Yea that too, it can technically stretch it out and reduce the amount of tension on it. Its still a spring that wasn't meant to be extended for long periods of time.

 

Oops. I won't be putting mine up ever again.

 

Down - but it depends a bit on the storm.

If you get a moderate amount of snow, up would keep them from freezing to the windshield. Down, you turn on the defroster and chip off the ice and pry them loose.

If you get a situation like Reply #8 , where typically you have rain freezing to the blades, up is bad, b/c they you have to carefully use something like a cigarette lighter or hair dryer off an inverter to melt the ice enough to lower the blades back down.

Bottom line is down works for any condition and up only works for snow but not an ice storm - apart from the spring wear.

 

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Actually it is - I might not know the car was there otherwise !!!

 

I would cover my windshield with something so I don't have to worry about ice.

 

I grew up in California and living in Texas, I still don't get a whole lot of snow education. Last winter, though I had a boss from Alaska tell me to leave the wipers up. We had an ice and a snowstorm last year (unusual), and it seemed to make it easier to clear the windshield and keep the ice from tearing up my blades.