Winter Hack: The Right Way to Defog a Windshield (Without Ruining It)

Winter driving is dangerous enough when you can actually see where you’re going. Add a foggy or frosted windshield and you’ve got a hazard waiting to happen.

Here’s what’s really going on: your body heat and breath warm the air inside the car, while the windshield stays freezing cold. That warm, moist air hits the glass, cools down, and turns into condensation that clings to the inside of the windshield. Outside, frost and ice can build up on the glass too.

Most people do the exact wrong thing: they wipe the inside of the glass with their hand or sleeve. It feels like a quick fix… but it’s not.

Wiping leaves streaks, smears, and oily marks that catch headlights and streetlights later, messing with your visibility and distracting your eyes even after the fog is gone.

There’s a better way — and your car is already built to do it for you.

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