I do, but the wipers on my old Civic were cunning designed to start piling up the snow again on on the driver’s side of the windscreen, from the top down :rolleyes:
Thankfully I have a garage so most of the time my car isn’t getting totally piled on, but in the event I do have to leave it out when I’m parked somewhere I clean it off. Having a very small car helps - I had trouble reaching the roof when I drove a full-sized van. But my MINI is easily cleaned off.
College students are the worst for not cleaning off their cars. When I go to class I see the cars that only have a little spot for the driver to see out of slowly creeping down the streets - scary. I give them plenty of room.
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I’ve never heard of the windshield wiper thing. When y’all say “up”, do you mean extended out, so they’re essentially in midair, or “up” on the windshield, more vertical than horizontal?
Don’t they get bent from the weight of the snow?
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It means out in the midair. A good number of folks do it here; I don’t know about preventing them freezing to the windshield, but it does prevent having to dig around in the snow with your hand to pull them out later.
I do clean off almost all of the snow on my car. The residual stuff on the front windshield gets removed with washer fluid.
I grab the broom on my way out the door and use that to brush off all the snow. I start the car first and broom the car. I go back inside and let the defrosters take care of any ice on the front and back windows.
When I take the Jeep I do the same but in my defense I am short and can not get all the snow off the top but I try to get the most of it off.
I always clear the snow off the hood. There is nothing worse than driving down the road with snow flying off the hood and front grill onto the winsheild.