I went home that very night and did a search for a windshield cover that would fit our SUV. Since we park it on our driveway, it is constantly exposed to whatever weather hits. Unfortunately, in our area, we are more likely to get ice or at best, a wintry mix. It is a very cold job to scrap a windshield.
We have plastic scrapers in all of our vehicles in case we are caught out
when the weather moves in. However, this windshield snow cover is easy
to carry in the car and cover the windshield on a work day if ice or snow
are predicted.
Driving on ice is dangerous enough. We don't need to exhaust ourselves scrapping the windshield before we get behind the wheel to drive home.
I do recommend keeping a large plastic trash bag in the car for temporary
containment of the wet windshield cover for the drive home, after it has
been used. That will protect the vehicle carpeting. The cover
does come with a storage bag, but I would only put a dry cover in the
storage bag.
Windshield Snow Cover
Windshield Snow Cover, FOVAL Car Windshield Cover for Ice and Snow Frost with Side Mirror Protector, Safe Luminous Strip, 4-LayerCheck PriceI found there are many choices for windshield covers. I opted for an
inexpensive one with great reviews. With our icy winters, I expected
to need to replace it after a few years of use. Thus far, replacing it
has not been necessary.
The Foval cover is waterproof, snow-proof, frost-proof and won't scratch your windshield or paint. The cover does extend over the windshield wipers and covers the exterior door mirrors. Having the protective bottom layer is just as important as being waterproof.
It only takes few minutes to put the cover over the windshield and "tie" it down. We attach the bottom straps to the wheels (as shown in the manufacturer image on the right), but we literally tie the back straps to our luggage carrier on top of the SUV instead of attaching them to the back wheels. That is what works best for our SUV which sits up higher than the vehicle in the photo on the right.
As you can see in the images below, our SUV has folding side mirrors. Instead of inserting the mirrors into the mirror pockets, we fold our mirrors in and simply cover them with the cover. If we used the windshield cover on one of our cars, it would be necessary to cover the mirrors with the cover mirror pockets so it is wonderful to have them as part of the cover.
This definitely beats trying to tape cardboard over the windshield!
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