Winter Weather Car Tip

Want to save yourself some time in the morning? Try this trick that a friend of mine from Michigan passed along.

Get a large garbage bag, at least a 30-gallon one. I like to cut it open along the 2 side seams and fold it out along the bottom seam (leave the bottom seam intact). Now, go start your car's windshield wipers, and turn off the car when they're in the "full up" position, so they stay that way.
Now, lift the wipers out of the way (away from the windshield), take your garbage-bag-plastic-sheet and spread it out across your windshield. Once it's flat and spread out as far as you can make it, put the wipers back where they belong to hold it down.
If you have any bag hanging over the sides of the windshield, open your front doors, and tuck the bag in. Shut the door to hold the bag.

Now you won't have to scrape that 3/4" of ice off your windshield tomorrow! It's great for keeping off snow, frost and (of current interest throughout the Midwest) freezing rain and sleet.

Small plastic grocery bags and a twist-tie or two may do a fair job at keeping the ice off the side mirrors, as well. I've tried drawstring garbage bags on that, so far, with a 50% success rate (one stayed on, one blew off). I'm trying the grocery-bag-twist-tie thing next.

Stay safe, dry and warm!