If you drive down south in the winter....
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Post subject: If you drive down south in the winter....  Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:53 pm |
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be advised that the windshield wiper fluid they sell down there may freeze at 32F...
Luckily the tank in my car had a mix of the good stuff, but the leftover still in the bottle froze hard as a rock.
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:08 pm |
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Ha, that happend to my relatives when they came up from North Carolina for Thanksgiving. It actually cracked the tank. 
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:48 pm |
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yea, its called water haha
some shady shops round here do that too
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:20 am |
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Advice from a truck driver that goes all over the country in the winter months............
1. Buy that purple (or orange) stuff that's good to MINUS 32 degrees and fill you washer fluid reservoir BEFORE you leave out on a trip down south. Put an extra jug in the trunk!
2. If it even thinks about snowing while you're there, get the f*** off the roads!!! The idiots down there do not know how (nor can they even attempt to know) drive on snow/ice covered roads! Get a motel room A.S.AP.!!!
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Last edited by Hunter07 on Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:24 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:36 am |
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Hwo about keeping a small bottle of isoproply alcohol in the trunk to add to the blue crap they seel in the south. 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:46 am |
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I carry a jug of the orange stuff by RainX. Works like a charm and also I don't have to buy anything 'extra' to add to the washer fluid.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:42 am |
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It appears to me that the majority of "Quick Oil Change" places in the Twin Cities use windshield washer fluid that is guaranteed to freeze solid at 38°F during the months of November through April. Fill your reservoir BEFORE you get your oil changed.
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