Comments on: Tool of the Week: Snow and Ice Scraper http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-snow-and-ice-scraper/ Everything but the same old cars Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:38:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Turbobrick http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-snow-and-ice-scraper/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Turbobrick Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:39:03 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2830#comment-1028 I friend of mine gave me one of the flat plastic cheapies as a joke when I moved to Florida. It has been worth it's weight in gold over the years, as I have been able to just clear my windshield with ease as opposed to the rest of the neighborhood. The flat scraper is still my preferred style too, as you have one side with the ice breaker blade, another side with the sharp metal blade for fine work, the squeegee for slush and the two grooves for removing chunks of ice from your wiper blades. I friend of mine gave me one of the flat plastic cheapies as a joke when I moved to Florida. It has been worth it’s weight in gold over the years, as I have been able to just clear my windshield with ease as opposed to the rest of the neighborhood. The flat scraper is still my preferred style too, as you have one side with the ice breaker blade, another side with the sharp metal blade for fine work, the squeegee for slush and the two grooves for removing chunks of ice from your wiper blades.

]]> By: D.ThrottleMonkey http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-snow-and-ice-scraper/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 D.ThrottleMonkey Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:53:58 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2830#comment-1010 I always found that all winter I would need a scraper and I never have one. But I would have one in my car all summer. Cassette tape boxes or an ATM cards where always an option. I miss having to unplug my car every morning. When I first moved to SF my truck still had the block heater cord hanging out front. Baffled the locals. As does the notion of racing on the lakes. I always found that all winter I would need a scraper and I never have one. But I would have one in my car all summer. Cassette tape boxes or an ATM cards where always an option. I miss having to unplug my car every morning. When I first moved to SF my truck still had the block heater cord hanging out front. Baffled the locals. As does the notion of racing on the lakes.

]]> By: jim http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-snow-and-ice-scraper/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 jim Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:32:33 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2830#comment-1008 -4 degrees this morning, Mike! With some lovely windchill. I'm a gonna go scrape now...Gotta replace a lightbulb, tired of driving around with the highbeams. Thanks for the humorous straight dope on scrapers! -4 degrees this morning, Mike! With some lovely windchill. I’m a gonna go scrape now…Gotta replace a lightbulb, tired of driving around with the highbeams. Thanks for the humorous straight dope on scrapers!

]]> By: Chucky Shamrok http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-snow-and-ice-scraper/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 Chucky Shamrok Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:35:48 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2830#comment-1006 Justice, it is a truly awful way to start the day. Running late, throw clothes on and stumble out to your car, only to find that you have to spend the next 5 minutes cleaning ice off all your windows. And do other drivers a favor, don't be a douche and clear the snow from your roof. Justice, it is a truly awful way to start the day. Running late, throw clothes on and stumble out to your car, only to find that you have to spend the next 5 minutes cleaning ice off all your windows.

And do other drivers a favor, don’t be a douche and clear the snow from your roof.

]]> By: justice gustine http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-snow-and-ice-scraper/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 justice gustine Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:19:58 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2830#comment-1005 Dude, wha? Like, ice? It totally covers the windows of you cars? Radical! //never seen it //live in California Dude, wha?

Like, ice? It totally covers the windows of you cars? Radical!

//never seen it

//live in California

]]> By: Brian Driggs http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-snow-and-ice-scraper/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 Brian Driggs Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:51:34 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2830#comment-1004 LOL. I remember coming across my ice scraper while unpacking shortly after my move to Phoenix. One of the aforementioned, seventies-style plexiglass models, complete with faded red handle boasting contact information for the neighborhood Allstate agent, I still don't know why I had packed it. Perhaps it was habit. In any case, I remember smirking like some sort of demonic miscreant as I doused it in charcoal lighter fluid and flicked my bic. As it blistered and began to melt around the edges, I felt no remorse. My heart was as cold and barren as all those mornings I spent trying to get the angle just right in order to chip away the frozen mess before I left for work. Only now does it strike me as ironic that it met with a melty fate at my hands. Had I just left it in the glovebox, odds are good it would not have fared any better. LOL. I remember coming across my ice scraper while unpacking shortly after my move to Phoenix. One of the aforementioned, seventies-style plexiglass models, complete with faded red handle boasting contact information for the neighborhood Allstate agent, I still don’t know why I had packed it. Perhaps it was habit.

In any case, I remember smirking like some sort of demonic miscreant as I doused it in charcoal lighter fluid and flicked my bic. As it blistered and began to melt around the edges, I felt no remorse. My heart was as cold and barren as all those mornings I spent trying to get the angle just right in order to chip away the frozen mess before I left for work. Only now does it strike me as ironic that it met with a melty fate at my hands. Had I just left it in the glovebox, odds are good it would not have fared any better.

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