Windshield washer fluid...a controlled substance | Thread profile

quote: Originally posted by OLYELLA Tequila works well. Olyella, this sounds good but won't my tongue stick to the windshield when I try to lick the salt?

quote: Originally posted by jimmyjohn Use what yo want does the state have some one who comes around with a straw to test it??????? LOL No. Like I already posted, they have road blocks and sniffer dogs. LOL California is not the only state with VOC restrictions that prevent selling proper windshield washer fluid except in the winter. A friend took his California maintained and serviced Chevy Pickup to Utah last year in the middle of winter....

Methanol is far more corrosive than isoprophyl alcohol. HEET [in the red bottle is pure isoprophyl alcohol], add a bottle to a gallon of water [TWO bottles for temps below 0'degrees F.]

So I must ask: When you come back down from the mountains, do you have to remove the offending washer fluid or risk arrest from the washer fluid nazi's? CA is just plain crazy !

quote: Originally posted by OLYELLA Tequila works well. That's about all it's good for, anyway. Up here in Canada, we normally use the "winter" washer fluid year 'round without any ill effects.

Use what yo want does the state have some one who comes around with a straw to test it???????

Re: Windshield washer fluid...a controlled substance quote: Originally posted by Esc Well, it turns out that what is sold in most places as ordinary windshield washer fluid is, in California, a controlled substance. Hay man, what are you in for? Possession of 16 oz of windshield washer fluid.

Well you just proved what I have known for a long time...California is @$$-backwards. And every thinks that Southerners are @$$-backwards, but Californians take the cake. If you travel to mountainous areas from Southern CA and it starts freezing and you have a full tank of washer fluid, how will you be able to SAFELY see your way to a parts store to buy the correct washer fluid. THAT IS STUPIDITY!!!!!!! My suggestion to you Esc, take a trip...

Re: Windshield washer fluid...a controlled substance quote: Originally posted by Esc Windshield washer fluid...a controlled substance Have you been sniffing windshield washer fluid again?

I know here in Australia I don't have to worry about winters so cold they freeze my radiator or washer fluids, however I can tell you that plain water with a few drops of dishwashing liquid works a treat.