Comment on 4 leaky tires on the same rental, overfilled to compensate
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I had to rent a car from Enterprise during a mild snowstorm.
I picked it up the night before and brought it home (work paid for the rental, I didn’t want to put miles on my car).
They had filled up the wiper fluid with water, so my wipers wouldn’t work. Frozen solid.
Swung by the rental agency on the way to my trip to complain and swap out the car.
Next car was fine for like 30 minutes but then it stopped working again. Frozen solid.
hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
You need wiper fluid rated for the temperatures you are likely to experience
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Yes. Water is most definitely not rated for sub-freezing temps.
Though the stronger stuff helps clear ice off your windshield faster…especially on those mornings when you’ve got that smooth sheet of ice that doesn’t want to be scraped.
EonNShadow@pawb.social 1 hour ago
I… People actually put water in the wiper fluid tank?
I feel like I’m too “I live in a ‘cold-ish’ place” to understand this but
Is this a thing in warmer climates?
hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I really just mean temperature rating. There’s different properties sure, but even the regular winter stuff freezes over if you live somewhere cold enough. You really need the right concoction for the right climate.