[knickstorm]

i keep hearing it's bad for your car

but i've never had a problem.......freaking door handle wont open, well i pour some warm water and wahlah....it opens.......someone who saw me doing it said it was a bad idea cause the water can instantly re-freeze, but i'm think, this water's like 70 degrees, it's not going to refreeze within the 2 seconds i try to open the door right after i pour it........

also i heard pouring hot water on your glasses gives it a tendency to shatter?? it's not like i pour the hot water and then take a hammer to it.

[ghost]

STOP
If it's the absolute only way then ok

BUT!!!

The drastic temp. change on what you pour water on will end up cracking them even without said hammer

Glass, for example, is one of the several parts on the car that I highly suggest not using that method on

The same thing happens on hot days and you put cold water on it.


I'd recommend getting de-icer in the small cans

[N Dey Say]

if you ever watched pokemon, team rocket somehow always traps ash in a cage and he uses his pokemons fire and then instanttly cold water to crack the metal cage.

and also when i cook i put a hot pan in cold water, it sometimes warps the metal.

[Clix]

De-icer in a can is the way to go. Warm water sounds like a good idea till you do it. During the winter time you'll hear about alot of people who crack their windshields from hot water.

[rx-666]

only car i ever had that the doors would freeze shut was my old fc i dd. hot water didnt even work i tried once. it only happened once or twice, out here we rarely get ice storms and snow melts in one shot pretty much. what i was able to do was get one of the other doors open and climb in, its easier to force open from the insidr plus you can get the heat going if it wont open still. for the windshield its retarded, if you dont hyave an ice scraper a few minutes witg the defroster blasting will take care of it.
i have had that de icer stuff it sucks on windshields unless you use a lot, maybe works better for doors.

[f0reveralways]

LOL. i used to do that! haha. my friends would always tell me how bad it was too.

it was with a really old rather infelicitous car though so i didn't care. and i only did it because i was usually in a rush to get to class. waiting for the old beast to defrost the windows safely would take like 20 minutes. so yeah, i didn't really have that much time.

i only did the warm/hot water on the front window, though. then i roll the windows down and drive like that. lol. i've never had to use it on a door handle though.. haha

[OBSCURITY xxx]

thermal shock will make the glass shatter because of the huge difference in temperature change from cold to hot ._.

[PoppinBC]

It's better to go out and use some muscle with an ice scraper. Hot water can really mess up your car if it's super cold. Go out, turn your car on, get the heater going on max, then step out, and start scrapin =/.

Might be a bit of a pain and take an extra couple minutes, but at least your windows won't shatter.

[boost]

i dont poor it on the handles/body but i do poor warm water on the windshield.

[EscR4Fantasy]

isnt it better with cold water ?

[MPowerKai]

The change in temperature will most likely not damage the car. The only thing that might be affected is if there was a crack in your glass, then the crack will most likely expand anyway because when you drive your car your heat is on but the outside temperature is still cold.

The real reason you should not do it is because your door froze shut because water is getting in somewhere and if you pour water on it you may be able to open it in that instant but there is a good chance that more water got in and it will refreeze while you are driving. If you are going to go this route do not use water, use rubbing alcohol. It takes negative 200 degrees to freeze rubbing alcohol.

[ahndee]

I always used warm water until my friend told me it's bad for the car so i just suck it up and scrape the ice off...kinda sucks

[BloodLust]

I'm not even old enough to DRIVE, and i know the answer to this:
If you use regular water, would it just freeze up..?
Use De-icer stuff.

[Krn_Track_Star]

yes its bad for your car especially your paint because the temp is rapidly changing wut i would do is crab cold water and do it. not warm water.

plus let your car warm up and the heat from the engine should start melting the snow on your hood.

[i<3ramen]

if i ever used water to get ice or whatever off i normally just use cool or luke-warm water but never hot

[ROCKiT]

if you ever watched pokemon, team rocket somehow always traps ash in a cage and he uses his pokemons fire and then instanttly cold water to crack the metal cage.

and also when i cook i put a hot pan in cold water, it sometimes warps the metal.

LOL!!!! you really do learn from pokemon. and yes it is bad. don't do it. you're suppose to just pour water on it. not warm water or hot.

[aubrei]

this is weird but
i was at work and got off at 1:30am
the night cleaners came in while i went to my car
key wont budge, it doesnt even go in completely
i ask one of them to help me out

you know what he did?

he gave my car's keyhole a blow job
...................

blew in about 6-7 times with hot breath air
and the key went in and turned

try that if you're ever stuck with no other options.