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• I wish... 25 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I wish my car's windscreen was detachable so I could clean the inside properly.
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  Obscure question 5 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  During the winter, particularly when frosty, the inside of my windscreen freezes over immediately I get in. (Car kept on drive, all windows closed.) This...
• VW Golf cabriolet - Heated Seatd 7 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  Hello there, Is is ok to shampoo heated fabric seats?   Thanks.
• MINI Clubman - MOT minor defect 18 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  It's MOT time again and I've just remembered last year although the car passed I had a 'minor defect - repair as soon as possible' due to a small crack in the windscreen outside the line of view. The crack hasn't changed since and I've got limited time and money to get a new windscreen sorted before the MOT deadline.
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - rear windscreen wiper works of its own accord 8 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  The rear screen wiper on my car has a minsd of its own. when I open any door the rear screan wiper opperates. It also works at random times when driving. Often when I park up the wiper works bt stops after a few wipes. It still works on the switch.
• Windscreen ice-preventer? 20 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Mrs AF bought me a spray-bottle of some jollop called 'Magic Ice-Stop' which I spray onto the car's windows the night before a sharp frost. And it works, making the ice next morn much easier to shift. And now I'm out of it and can't find it anywhere. Any ideas, please? Moreover, as I'm er, 'careful' with money I'd rather make-up my own mixture.
• Rear view mirror. 25 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Any suggestions on how to attach the mirror stopping short of screwing the thing to the windscreen? Cheers - Gee
• What's this by the rear-view mirror? 20 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  OK, not a life or death question, but maybe someone has an idea?... In my aforementioned new car at the top of the windscreen, by the rear-view mirror, there is a mirror-shaped (but bigger) clear 'sticker'. Does this serve any purpose? I was in a Merc yesterday and noticed that the graduated tint was designed so that the same shape as my 'sticker' was marked out in black dots on the windscreen too.
• Sorted! 18 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  It?s the same colour as my present car, so I won?t lose it in car parks! So, a result! A ?new? car for the price of a new speedo. head and windscreen, and I?m a happy bunny.. Long live Bangernomics! Peter.
• Vauxhall Insignia (2008 - ) - My day out at Millbrook Proving Ground 2 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Chose a Mondeo petrol for giggles as we'd never driven one before. Very small mirrors, the annoying heated windscreen but a lot more driveable than the Insignia petrol. So, a good day, topped off by some offroading in an Antara SUV - very capable vehicle! Would I buy an Insignia - yes, nice car, but it'd have to be an estate.
• Any - Clear windscreen 20 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  I'm always looking for ways to improve driving safety.  Obviously visibility is significant.  Looking at Halfords site for tyres I came across...
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  Insurance and replacement windscreens 28 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My windscreen has developed a split and needs replacing. I have glass insurance in my policy but I have read in your column that some insurance companies...
• MOT advisories - what do they really mean? 21 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Please help me with this one, I am an expat trying to understand what is now the case in the UK having just fallen out big-time with the owner of a car that I thought I had bought to export to France. When the car was put through the MoT test, or DoE test or whatever it's called now, it passed but with a series of 'advisories' including a crack in the windscreen and wear to front suspension bushes.
• East European cars 7 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  In my part of the country (rural Midlands) we have very large numbers of cars driving around on East European plates - mainly Polish, but also Latvian, Estonian etc etc. On Sunday I saw a very nice BMW on Polish plates - only snag was that the windscreen and front side widows were heavily tinted.
• Domestic heating oil 17 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  Can domestic heating oil be used in diesel engines without wrecking the injector pump etc?
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  How can I find out where my car is leaking water? 19 Mar 2025 (Ask HJ)
  I hope you can help. I had a new windscreen fitted in September last year due to stone damage and in January after the snow my car was completely sodden...
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  Why can't I contact a car's owner to tell him his car has been damaged? 24 Mar 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Two cars had had a collision outside my home. I got their numbers. Unfortunately, an unattended parked car also had its near-side front wing damaged in...
• vauxhall omega - windscreen wsher pump 13 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  how can I test pump is u/s before buying a new one I can hear pump working when I press stalk but no water at nozzles
• Removing frost/ice from the windscreen 20 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  According to Reader's Digest, if you pour warm water onto the screen to defrost it you should have the wipers operating at the same time. This helps to...
• Heated seats 3 Dec 2023 (Forum)
  Just the weather for heated seats. If you have them do you use them or does the novelty wear off?