i got my fit saturday october 25th.

figured i wouldnt need to worry about snow until december.

even thought about getting a car cover just for snow.

i'm in new jersey.

its now october 28th and i have 2 inches of snow on my fit.

on the old car i brushed or shoved snow off with a broom. what did i care?

now i care.

what should i use?

 

a garage.

ok ok I cannot contribute a non-smartass answer and I don't know myself either. I would think anything and everything is going to scratch your paint if you're not careful.

 

I also have wondered this. Snow's a coming in Chicago and "a garage" is not an option for me.

 

i use one of the ice scrapers that you get with rental cars, it works, hasnt scratched the paint

 

I live in North Dakota so I figure I'm an expert on this. I'd go to the store and get a combo ice scraper/ brush. The bristles on the brushes are normally soft and don't scratch paint. If there's a lot of snow on my car I usually put on a glove and use my whole are to sweep the snow off.

 

yes, i too have used the arm-sweep method.
i do actually have a scraper w/ a brush. ive heard so many bad things about the fit paint im afraid to rub anything over the car

we get a lot of wet snow here.... which is a pain.
in north dakota you have pure powder.... easier to get off.

 

snowbrum is wat i use.

 

Wow.


I guess if your that worried about your paint you could use a hair dryer.

Rain-x on the glass helps the ice come off easier and a good wax job does the same for the body. Don't try to get ice off the paint. You'll only scratch or dent your car. Get the loose stuff off to keep from making a blizzard when you start driving.

 

lol. these are good suggestions... a garage and a hair dryer.

yeah. i'm paranoid about the paint. hey, ive had the car 3 days. i'm allowed a little bit of craziness.

 

good answer.

ive never had one.

had to google it just to see what it looked like.

im getting one.

 

yep, just dont penetrate the paint with it.

i didnt see any horizontal swirls on the roof when i polished earlier this spring.

 

warm water?

 

Here in Texas if we get snow on our car we aren't going anywhere anyway, so we just let it melt.

 

warm water will re-freeze into ice, and is not effective on 2 feet of snow lol

 

I wouldn't know, I've never had snow where I live before lol

 

 

I have that one above ^

However last December I took a one way road trip and flew home to find my car looking like this in the parking lot:
Being early in the winter season i didn't have my snow tools in the car yet, and had to use a broken off B pillar that I found in the trunk to scrape all that ice off

I never liked that car anyway.

 

I see a finger!

 

Rain-X is great, I treat all the glass and lights. The snow slides off with ease, treated pre winter and again half way through. Bought some Rain-X wipers as well, working great in the rain and as good in winter from what I have heard.

 

Maybe she was shooting the bird at the car she never liked.