How does Oppo scrape their windshield?

"smobgirl" (smobgirl) 01/11/2020 at 12:00 • Filed to: None

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This morning I was sitting in traffic behind a Civic with one working brake light and the slowest reflexes in human history. Obviously I was already judging pretty hard, and then I realized they scraped the frost off their rear window vertically.

On a scale of one to track sushi, how wrong was that decision?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:10

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Also sushi is great!

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:12

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I keep my car in the garage.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:15

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scrape windshields?

*pours anti freeze on windshield*

#crapcanlife

Urambo Tauro > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:21

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Depends on the curvature of the glass and the ergonomics of reach. I usually find myself scraping the front and rear glass horizontally, and the side windows vertically.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/11/2020 at 12:22

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WD-40. It’s like magic juice that you can use in every situation.

T he trick was to douse the windshield in WD-40...

.... And then light it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7638673/Mechanic-ices-windscreen-replacing-washer-fluid-petrol-setting-fire.html

dogisbadob > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:26

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I usually don’t need to scrape. I let the defrosters do most of the wort then just brush it off :o)

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:27

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I scrape them all horizontally, but now that my truck lives in the garage again full time I don’t really scrape them at all anymore. 

AestheticsInMotion > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:28

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I do it with a bucket of warm water 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 01/11/2020 at 12:28

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lol genius.. wd-40 is amazing stuff

last thing i used it for was removing sticker residue

Cé hé sin > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:32

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Mercifully, I haven’t had to do so for years! I have a spray though.

If you buy a Skoda you get a scraper as standard.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:42

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Horizontally for sure. 

McMike > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:43

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I scrape the wiper area.

I’m kinda spoiled though, I don’t have a hood and can stand right in front of it.

Counter point:  I can’t extend my wiper arms before an ice storm because someone will walk into them. 

Fuckkinja > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:45

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I keep a Garth Brooks cassette tape for scraping my windshield. It works great and it’s small enough to fit in a door pocket. 

WilliamsSW > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/11/2020 at 12:54

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Yeah but track sushi?

WilliamsSW > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 12:56

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Whatever direction suits the curve of the glass best. Vertical on the sides and horizontal on the windshield, rear windows vary a bit. Generally cars are horizontal but a lot of SUVs and hatches work best vertical. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > WilliamsSW 01/11/2020 at 12:59

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Ohhhh I missed that qualifier... Worst thing ever.

MrDakka > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 01/11/2020 at 13:01

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smobgirl > dogisbadob 01/11/2020 at 13:06

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This is fair. I wanted to leave faster than that was going to happen in 16F weather this morning, so I had to scrape the front.

Maxima Speed > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 13:28

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Windshield and rear window horizontally, door windows vertically because the Solara has framless win dows and its easier to avoid hitting the window seals if I scrape vertically. I love frameless doors but im extra nervous about  the door seals getting damaged because of that.

Thomas Donohue > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 13:39

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Depends on the vehicle. On my truck, the back window gets scraped vertically because I’m standing right in the middle of it.

For a car not even sure how you’d scrape it vertically when your leaning over the snow on the side reaching over.

Then again, maybe they stood behind the trunk because the CVCC is so small?

facw > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 13:42

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I do front and back horizontally with the scraper (though I may brush vertically).

ranwhenparked > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 14:07

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I haven’t had to scrape at all this year (knock on wood). So far, all the frost has happened overnight, and my garage is heated.

But, when it does happen, I spray with deicer and brush off, after putting the defroster on full blast. Scrape horizontally to finish off, if needed.

benjrblant > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 14:11

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If it’s thick, I’ll flip the scraper over to the toothed side and cut some nice cross-hatching into the ice. This makes it easier to scrape off with the smooth/straight side. I make it a point to clear the whole windscreen, front and rear.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 14:42

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I will pour tap water over the window sometimes, though I haven’t experienced 16 degrees in many, many moons.

But to your question, my daughters malign me for overthinking things and even I  would not have thought anything of vertical scrapage. My suggestion would be to let this one slide.

fhrblig > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 14:43

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I have a huge cargo van with a stubby front end, so I have to do it vertically or I miss a big part of the windshield.

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 15:49

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Horizontally.......

With a 1/1 mix of orange juice concentrate and gasoline

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > McMike 01/11/2020 at 16:44

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What do you drive!? Some kind of cab-over-engine Jeep?

XJDano > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 17:10

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For the front of the equinox side to side, then try and scoop the remainder out, the A-pillar is 2-3” above the windshield. Bad design. I’ll wipe the back down, and scrape vertically. I scraped the ice from the back of my metro once and the plastic scraper blade grudges right through the paint as there is a bit of a vertical extension of the roofline that the hatch is built in. Equinox has sort of same. 

SmugAardvark > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/11/2020 at 18:30

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Worse than g as station sushi?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > SmugAardvark 01/11/2020 at 18:36

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That exists?!?!

SmugAardvark > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/11/2020 at 18:40

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It does. It shouldn’t, but it does.

There’s an Exxon near me that has it. I’ve yet to be brave enough to risk my gastrointestinal well- being.

SmugAardvark > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 18:43

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I don’t know the right way, but I know the wrong way.

Step one: Wake up late for work.

Step two: Yell at the windshield for being icy.

Step three: Scrape for about 30 seconds, making minimal progress.

Step four: Ride your motorcycle to work.

Step five: Freeze to your core.

shop-teacher > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 19:38

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Both, actually. I scrape the driver’s side of my truck’s windshield with m y extendo scraper horizontally, which gets about 2/3 of the windshield. On the passenger side, because the antenna is in the way, I’ve found it easier to do the rest vertically reaching around the antenna.

Dusty Ventures > Bryan doesn't drive a 1M 01/11/2020 at 20:39

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3 cars, 2 garage bays, and 1 burned out garage door opener mandating manual door operation means at least one car (and usually two) are getting the scraper.

Dusty Ventures > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 20:40

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Scraping is for suckers. Clear the rear with the defroster and the front with anti-ice washer fluid.

smobgirl > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/11/2020 at 23:10

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I’m more just puzzled how someone who is obviously exceptionally lazy managed to find the hardest way possible to remove ice from the rear window of a sedan.

Also I wouldn’t have noticed but they left so many clumps of ice at the top of the windshield that I spent several minutes in awe at the size of (what I thought was) bird crap. Then I realized it was ice. Then I was confused and also way too invested.

smobgirl > SmugAardvark 01/11/2020 at 23:11

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I was forbidden from eating  the track sushi. 

smobgirl > shop-teacher 01/11/2020 at 23:12

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See this is logical. It is not even remotely logical to scrape a rear sedan window from the bottom. Or am I missing something?

smobgirl > Maxima Speed 01/11/2020 at 23:13

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This makes total sense.

smobgirl > benjrblant 01/11/2020 at 23:14

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I even scrape my lights if they’re frosted, so we’ve both probably put too much thought into this. 

smobgirl > Dusty Ventures 01/11/2020 at 23:16

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I mean I guess if I had anti-ice washer fluid I could also clear the rear with that before the defroster was done, but the car is going to need to warm up for a bit anyway and I’d rather have something to do!

shop-teacher > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 23:22

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It may have more to do with where this person parks. If it’s in a narrow spot, and the trunk of the sedan is short, as they tend to be these days, it might actually be easier to scrape it vertically.

Of course it's also possible they're just batcrap crazy!

pip bip - choose Corrour > smobgirl 01/11/2020 at 23:45

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i tip a bucket of  warm/hot tap water over the roof and let it trickle down over the glass, never cracked a screen yet

SmugAardvark > smobgirl 01/12/2020 at 02:35

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Probably for the best..

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > smobgirl 01/12/2020 at 10:20

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Start up car, rear defroster, scrap vertical and horizontal for both windshield and side. Washer fluid to take any missed spots. 

Dusty Ventures > smobgirl 01/12/2020 at 12:20

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I was half joking. If it’s just a thin layer of frost I’ll use the fluid front and rear, it’s actually way faster than the scraper. Probably shortens the life of the wiper blades, but they’re almost a year old and just barely starting to show lines so it can’t be too bad I guess. For proper ice or snow I’ll start the car, turn the rear defroster on, then start scraping the front (horizontally of course, I’m not a sociopath). I’ll then do the driver side, and if snow the roof, and by the time I get to the back the defroster will usually have it soft enough that I can wipe it all off with the rubber squeegee on my scraper.

McMike > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 01/12/2020 at 18:21

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Daily driver is a Vanagon.

i86hotdogs > smobgirl 01/13/2020 at 11:57

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Windshield is horizontal, front door windows are vertical, don’t have to scrape the rear doors or rear windows if you don’ t have windows!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > McMike 01/13/2020 at 17:20

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Okay. That makes more sense.

Also kudos on such a (relic?) classic daily. 

McMike > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 01/13/2020 at 18:54

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It’s the newest car I have.  :)