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comipinko

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1. 1 Part white vinegar, 4 parts water.
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 03:33 PM
Dec 2011

If yopu need "anti freeze" then just use the blue stuff, it's just ethanol and water.

beac

(9,992 posts)
3. Of course, white vinegar! I'm using it all over the house already.
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 04:17 PM
Dec 2011

I think others must be too b/c the price keeps going up, up, up.

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dmr

(28,645 posts)
11. I put a watered down vinegar in my car
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:10 PM
Dec 2011

way back in the 80s when I lived in Miami. Each time I cleaned my windows it smelled like a horrible tossed salad.

The vinegar smell lingers in hot weather. Sitting in traffic was not fun.

My mom used vinegar to clean, so I thought I was being smart & economical. I guess it depends on what your definition of what smart is.


It was so embarrassing that I paid my little nephew to sit in my car & push that little button until the tank drained out.

beac

(9,992 posts)
12. LOL.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 02:48 PM
Dec 2011

I'm picturing your nephew carrying out his mission while the neighbor's think "What a naughty little boy!" or maybe "Suddenly, I'm craving a salad..."


It's looking like I'm stuck with the icky blue stuff for now. Apparently a green fluid exists, but it's only sold in Canada at the moment.

msedano

(731 posts)
2. add ammonia, too
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 03:54 PM
Dec 2011

also, you can wad up old newspaper and use these as wipes on glass. works wonders.

mvs

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beac

(9,992 posts)
8. "Excuse me, ma'am, have you been drinking?"
Thu Dec 8, 2011, 03:31 PM
Dec 2011

"No, but my car is on its third martini."

Wouldn't little olives stuck on the ends of the wipers be cute?

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Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
13. This and all the comments have me thinking that I stumbled into the Lounge.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 07:15 PM
Dec 2011

You guys are hilarious. Although I do think that you have a point.

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)
14. Someone once called into Car Talk with this exact question.
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 06:24 AM
Dec 2011

You've got to use the blue stuff in freezing weather.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
15. From May to September, I just use water with a little Dawn in it.
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 04:24 PM
Dec 2011

A teaspoon of Dawn per gallon of water.

Of course, as mentioned above, that is OUT for the remainder of the year here, then I have to go back to the methanol stuff.

beac

(9,992 posts)
16. I like the idea of half a year off the "blue"*--
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 02:24 PM
Dec 2011

thanks for the tip! :hi"


* with our weather, I think I could start in April and switch back in early October.

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