Why do people drive with their windows open in the winter?

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Lifer
Jun 27, 2004
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If your car fogs up on the inside all the time, you need to clean the windows on the inside. It really does make a huge difference. It won't completely stop them from fogging up but it should make it less severe and less frequent.
 

crownjules

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If your car fogs up on the inside all the time, you need to clean the windows on the inside. It really does make a huge difference. It won't completely stop them from fogging up but it should make it less severe and less frequent.

Yep. You can even see a thin film develop on the surface of your windows over time when they're not fogged.
 

PingSpike

Lifer
Feb 25, 2004
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The fog thing. Maybe that cleaning thing works but you'd have to actually do it which if I'm honest...is probably not going to happen. My wife's old shitbox was particularly bad, even raining during the summer it would fog all up.

I also crack the windows when I've sucked up the exhaust of the car/truck in front of me and the whole cabin appears to now be filled with noxious fumes.
 

0roo0roo

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Sep 21, 2002
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if you think about it it is a bit like the experience of an outside patio heater
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sometimes used at restaurants
 

moshquerade

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Do they just want some fresh air rolling across their face? I don't get it. In Boston on 15 degree days I often see people with their window open a crack or sometimes all the way down.
smokers.

or else their fart really did stink.