Mincey

Some belters in this one. Why oh why oh why do people keep doing this? Never mind, it gives me something to chuckle at. Perhaps Audi should change their slogan to "Vorsprung durch Technik, aber nicht Wasser"?

This is helping to purge all traces of Wizzard, Slade, McCartney, John/Sheeran, Lennon etc.

Now that it's the 27th, can we start moaning again? Is the Christmas Moan Truce over?

The three minute mark. Sit down, get some popcorn and enjoy Scheissewagen Death par excellence! Sadly, a Toyota Avensis was harmed badly during the production of this video.

Brilliant! Typical of Italian females too.

As proudly displayed on Betsy*: (* that'll annoy someone)

And @royoftheroverswould be out of a job 😄

The front screen defrost - do you mean this?

You didn't have to sit through two hours of it last night!

Oh yes I can!

I was dragged along to a pantomime last night. Can I moan about that please?

I am still misjudging Betsy's umm.. length when parking. She's a big girl!

I'd love to get her into the garage, but it's a 1970's design and I don't think I'd get her in. If I could, I wouldn't be able to get out!

Buys a lottery ticket.... https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1966086

That's not good news about rubber. Thanks for the heads-up on that and the link to the cheaper stuff.

Have any of you ever thought "hmm, that de-icer stuff is rather pricey, isn't it?" Well by lucky coincidence that is exactly the same thought which I had recently. Could I make my own de-icer for less than Sainsburys charge? This was a question which needed answering, make no mistake. I found a recipe on the Internet. Two parts rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol or surgical spirit I believe) to one part water. So simple - would it work? My interest was well and truly piqued. I headed to my favourite online store and ordered some stuff: - Some rubbing alcohol (one litre): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B087M5397Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 - Some spray bottles (two off): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08DHYZW93/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Total cost so far for 1.5 litres of home-made de-icer (excluding water costs): £16.00 (includes a spare bottle - more on this later). All I needed now was for the temperature to drop. Today, the temperature dropped. If only I had a willing glamourous assistant. Enter stage left, Betsy: She looks rather cold, doesn't she? All together now "Yes Mincey, she does!". Armed with the £3.00 spray bottle filled to the 500ml mark with my concoction, I gingerly aimed a few squirts at the frost on Betsy's windscreen. Would it crack? Would it melt? Would any overspray tarnish or remove her Azure Blue coat? You're nervous - how do you think I was feeling? I felt compelled to record it on video for posterity: 2021-12-22 09.36.34.mp4 As you can see in the video, it works rather well indeed. I was impressed, as was the postman who happened to be delivering letters at the time. "I'm impressed!" he said. Here's the almost finished windscreen. It was cold and as I had proved that my home-brewed alternative worked, I felt it a waste of a valuable commodity to continue and clear the rest of the glass: I think you will all agree that this was an experiment worth performing. Sainsbury's charge £3.50 for 500ml of de-icer. From this first batch, I can make 1.5 litres for £13.00 as opposed to £10.50 for the equivalent from Sainsburys. Once this batch has gone, my next batch will be 16p a bottle cheaper as I will not need to buy a bottle, and I will have the added satisfaction of knowing what has gone into it. I do hope I've done my sums right however. If you're all good, I may share my recipe for home made glass cleaner, which is in the second bottle, over the Christmas break. I'll bet you're already excited at the prospect of this, aren't you? "Yes Mincey, we are!"

I'm not convinced about that.

Not as far as I am aware! Raw Liver Mustard would definitely get a miss from me, and I'm not too sure about the sound of Herring Mayonnaise either....

Good call! Edit: I thought this was the answer but even with eco in the top left and climate in the bottom left, it still does not let me choose the large main window to put anything in. The cursor will just not go in there. I think it's time to speak to the dealer!

This is lush!

The manual definitely states it can be done: It shows exactly what I want in the graphic! Next time I go out I'll make a note of the software version.

Sadly that setting is not on. I guess it's just something I'll have to live with.

I will take a look - thanks both of you 🙂

I'll have another go later and try that. I'm not going to let this beat me....

....and if I may go one step further: websites which do not tell you when you're trying to log in with an email address which has not been registered with the site. Ok it's my fault for flitting between two email addresses, but if I were designing the site, I'd let people know. It is shodding coding. Absolutely shoddy. Shambolic in fact.