Do You clean your car off after it snows?

@onlydia (2808)
United States
December 16, 2008 12:41pm CST
Ok it just irrates me when people don't clean off there cars after it snows and it blows all over your car and you cleaned your's off. My son just left I look outside and what do I see. Him in his car with the wipers on and snow all over the car but where the wipes are. He knows better but will he clean it? no just like the rest of the ones that like to blow snow on our nice cleaned off cars so we can see and not bother other people. So do you clean your car off? And if not why is that? Thank you for responding and reading. Happy Holidays
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• United States
18 Dec 08
HI there onlydia its your friend bigman and i sometimes clean off my car when it snow but if im in a hurry i just leave it like for instance if i am late for work then i leave it or if im just being lazy like always as you know i am lol but if i am just going out and about then yes i clean it off as for your son doing it i hear where he comes from as i am only 24 i like to be lazy all the time lol have a great holiday season and a happy new year your friend bigman
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
18 Dec 08
You should alway's clean off your car. As you need to let it warm up so not to ruin your car. I mean really get up early and just take your time. I really do dislike going out 10 to 15 min. early but I do. I can't afford a new car. And I don't want the snow on my van to blow off and maybe kill someone as they can't see. You have a wonerful day and take care of your self. Your friend onlydia
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
16 Dec 08
I clean it as much as humanly possible but since I own a SUV I can't reach the roof! I can reach part of it with my brush but not the top....so as a result..the windows..etc. are done but not the top.
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Yes thank you jillhill. I can't reach the top of my van as well, but I sure do try. By the time I'm sone there is only a sliver left. Hey I'm short and I have a long brush. I hope you have a wonderful day and be safe snow again. Your friend onlydia
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• United States
16 Dec 08
I clean my car off as much as I can. I hate when people don't completely clean their car off and I have to drive behind them and am showered with snow during the entire trip. So I clean as much of it off as I can because I feel like it's common curtesy and it's much safer to do so too. It's easier to see when people don't have snow blowing in their faces.
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Yes me as well, thank you will have to let my son know. Have a good day and be safe.
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@schulzie (4061)
• United States
16 Dec 08
Wow! I never ever thought about that. I don't live where it snows but I can see that this could be a potential disaster. I can totally see that happening. That probably causes a lot of accidents when that happens. Thank goodness I live in Florida where we don't have to deal with that. I just love it when our kids listen to us. I have a teenager too and I know exactly how you feel. Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
I can't wait until he is the one saying didn't I tell you. They alway's say sorry Mom. I told him tonight yeah right. Do it one more time and I take the car until you pay me for it. Show some respect for other drivers. PLEASE. You have a good day. Your friend onlydia
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• Norway
16 Dec 08
Yes I do clean my car after it snows it looks nice that way or atleast I would do it if I had a car
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Thank you for responding. And yes once you get one please keep it clean in the winter. Much safer that way. Have a great day. stay warm
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@Fadolf (545)
• Slovenia
16 Dec 08
I always do that because it is dangerous if you leave a snow on a rooftop... I hate when snow falls of a truck and hits my car. I'm lucky because I never get ice that can also fall off a truck. I think it is against the law to drive a car like that. I'm talking about the law in Croatia. Happy Holidays to you too! ;)
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Yes thank you. That is what I'm saying. I mean really how hard can it be. I do it all the time. Have a good day.
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@balasri (26537)
• India
29 Dec 08
I always like to do that.But I havn't seen snow in my life.It doesn't snow in my part of the world.The south India.But I don't know about the future.May be the goofball warming will pay havoc with the system and it may snow down here too.
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@balasri (26537)
• India
30 Dec 08
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
29 Dec 08
Well, Snow is fun unless you have to go to work or to the store and forever cleaning your car. Yes wouldn't that be something if it snowed there and stopped snowing here. You have a great day.
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@May2008 (179)
• China
17 Dec 08
Haha, this qustion seems too far away from me for I can not afford a car yet. After the snow, I usually sweep the garden and clean the snow on the roof. But nowadays it rarely snows in our city. I think it is probably caused by the warmer and warmer temperature in the globe. May one day I can afford a car! Hol.
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Well, when you can get a car, and it does snow please clean it off. Thank you for responding and have a Merry Christmas.
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@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
16 Dec 08
Yes I do clean my car completely off before I go out to avoid this exact incident I had this morning. I was driving about 40 mph behind your son! LOL No seriously behind someone that didn't and a big sheet of snow and ice come flying back at me. Luckily I was far enough back that it didn't hit me but that makes me so mad when people do it. Don't they know they could cause a major accident when it does decide to come flying off of the vehicle! At the minimum it can hinder their visibility. Don't you just love kids though! LOL
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
I know that happened to me on the way to work as well. I told my son he said sorry Mom wasn't me. I'm like what. He missed the hole thing. Have a great day your friend onlydia
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• United States
4 Jan 09
And again thanks! LOL
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
26 Dec 08
I mostly do. However some days I am lazy and especially if it is light fluffy snow I leave some on. I make sure my windows are clean though. I have to back out of my driveway so I need good vision. This year the snowbanks are six feet high at the end of the driveway so I cannot see traffic coming. Sometimes though if I know if I am going out that day to brush the car off early in the day. That way unless it snowed in the meantime, I can just go out, let it warm for a minute and I am off. That way if I am a few minutes late, I am not tempted to skip the brushing off my car.
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
27 Dec 08
Thank you for cleaning your car and keeping us all safe and sound. Have a nice day. Enjoy. Happy New Year.
@krfanlim (232)
• Malaysia
17 Dec 08
It doesn't snow in my country here. But when the air is really polluted, and if it rains, those raindrops will carry the dirt in the air, and when these rainwater dries on the car, you'll be able to see that it's all those dust collected on your windscreen. And since that pretty much makes it look dirty, yeah, i've got to wash it off.
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Oh yes me to in the summer and spring and fall. When it rains van gets dirty so yes then we wash them. Have a great day.
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• India
17 Dec 08
i dont clean my car because i have workers.they clean my car once a week,we dont have snow fall here so we dont have much problem with that,but i like your neatness.i too start clean our car for every three days.i dont know whats the menaing of wipers
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Thank you for responding and Have a wonderful day. And a Merry Christmas
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• Ecuador
17 Dec 08
Every last bit of it. Otherwise it blow on my front and back windows, other cars and pedestrians. There should be a law!
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
18 Dec 08
There is a law but I don't think the enforce it. I always clean mine as well like I said. My son is now cleaning his off. Will see on Thursday as it is supose to snow again. Have a good day.
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• China
17 Dec 08
I think my car will be beautiful if it has not got snow.Merry christmas to every one!
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Thank you for responding and have a nice day. And Happy Holidays
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• India
17 Dec 08
actually , here no need to clean your car....its not a snowy area,...[:)]
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
thank you for responding as here it is snowy and we have to clean them. Have a great day. Onlydia
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• Canada
17 Dec 08
I always clean the car off before going somewhere. I usually start the car 20-30 min ahead of time so there is not excuse not to clean it off.
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
WOO HOO I just love that. I try and try with my son. And then some people at work oh my. Yes I sit at work for 20 min. And I clean off my van and I can't reach the very top but I get half on both sides. There is a silver that I can't reach. Well, you have a good day and stay warm. Onlydia
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@agrant10 (1476)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Well yes and no. I will clean off the windsheild and back glass and the side glassed. The rest of it I just let it fall off. I guess you can say that I'm just being lazy.
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Well, here don't be lazy anymore.As it can kill someone. I mean really when one can't see off the road or in to the other lane. Ouch. Have a great day and thank you for responding
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@linsond (33)
• China
17 Dec 08
If I have a car,I do will clear it after snow....
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Thank you very much for that. As the snow blows on your car and you can't see. Have a great day. Onlydia
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@Vittyn (1)
• Brazil
17 Dec 08
yes, i do
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
thank you for that. And thank you for responding. Have a great day. Oh and welcome to mylot.
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• United States
17 Dec 08
At one point when my car was new, I would baby it and get everything i possibly could off it in the winter. Snow on the roof, ice on all windows and so on. Earlier in the year we had a bad hail storm that pretty much destroyed all the panels of my car and it was declared totalled. So now I'm one of those guys that lets rain clean the car off and as far as snow and ice, i let the defrosters take car of the front and rear windows and I'm off. As far as the danger of leaving snow and ice on the car to other drivers, never really have that issue here because I live in Texas so nothing really sticks.
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
17 Dec 08
That is just not fair. As I live in MN and it is everywhere. But then I deal with this every year. So one more down and a lot more to come. Have a great day. Thank you for your response. Onlydia
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