--- Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca> wrote:
>
> While driving home tonight from a good game of badminton at the Y, had a
> strange thing happen- the windshield fogged up. Both sides, right across,
> to the point where I couldn't see through it! Luckily it's a small car
> and I am a tall guy- stuck my head out sideways (40 MPH sure gets fast)
> and drove on (much slower)
>
> I had just turned on the heater blower to warm up my hands a bit. I was
> also changing altitude. However, this hasn't happened to me before, in
> any of my other cars- although then again, I haven't had a convertible
> before!
>
> Then, as quickly as it had fogged up, it cleared. (The heater was still
> on). I didn't notice any fog outside the car, although we are
> experiencing some odd weather (thunderstorms, fog).
>
> Can anyone explain? No moisure appeared to have vented from the engine-
> the overflow tank was dry, no hoses split, engine looked fine (when I got
> home) Did I just release a long-incarcerated slice of Coventry from
> somewhere within the bowels of the car?
Hi Malcolm,
this is something I see fairly often here in Arkansas, and although I don't
know the exact mechanics involved, it's a humidity/dewpoint thing - like
condensation on the outside of an ice tea glass ...
Raymond Lucas Hatfield
'65 TR4-A IRS
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