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    When buying an old second-hand car always insist on getting one with
    a heated rear window.
    That way, in winter, you can warm your hands while you're pushing it.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodgera View Post
    When buying an old second-hand car always insist on getting one with
    a heated rear window.
    That way, in winter, you can warm your hands while you're pushing it.



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    Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me,
    I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled
    a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.

    Reminds me of my first car, a Ford Prefect. It was the most
    economical car on the road - I had to push it everywhere I went.

    Allan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodgera View Post
    When buying an old second-hand car always insist on getting one with
    a heated rear window.
    That way, in winter, you can warm your hands while you're pushing it.



    ----------- Today's saying or thought -------------------------

    Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me,
    I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've travelled
    a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.
    Lada Nivas from Russia always had a heated rear window, so the owners hands wouldn't stick to it when pushing. DAMHIKT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rodgera View Post
    When buying an old second-hand car always insist on getting one with
    a heated rear window.
    That way, in winter, you can warm your hands while you're pushing it.
    sorry but I don't get this ...
    if the car wont start, cause the battery is flat, where's the power coming from to heat the rear window?
    regards from Alberta, Canada

    ian

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    sorry but I don't get this ...
    if the car wont start, cause the battery is flat, where's the power coming from to heat the rear window?
    It might not be a fat battery, possibly shot starter motor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore View Post
    It might not be a fat battery, possibly shot starter motor.
    If it was my dad it would be out of fuel

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    Gee, I thought it would have been all of the hot exhaled breath warming those little heater bars.
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    Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    sorry but I don't get this ...
    if the car wont start, cause the battery is flat, where's the power coming from to heat the rear window?
    Actually, the heating strips draw much less current than the starter motor. Whilst the battery may be flat for the starter motor the heating strips would work.

    (Yes, I am an engineer. )

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    Quote Originally Posted by rrich View Post
    Actually, the heating strips draw much less current than the starter motor. Whilst the battery may be flat for the starter motor the heating strips would work.

    (Yes, I am an engineer. )
    But not for long.

    Emergency flashers will also kill a battery. BTDT.

    And I'm an engineer too.

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    Aren't all American engineers named Casey and drive trains, sorry, locomotives?

    (From another engineer)
    Last edited by CAG; 13th July 2015 at 08:20 PM. Reason: Locos, not trains

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    Quote Originally Posted by CAG View Post
    Aren't all American engineers named Casey and drive trains, sorry, locomotives?

    (From another engineer)
    LOL.

    You may know of Jay Leno a retired late night talk show host. At his live performances he has a shtick where he asks the people in the front row what their occupation is. If you say "Engineer", his comeback is "Steam or Electric?"

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