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Old 11-03-2008, 08:01 PM   #7 (permalink)
Peter7307
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Originally Posted by aspera View Post
Since you guys brought up heating the surface of a car, I've always wondered why some of that waste heat from the radiator wasn't put to good use keeping ice from building up in my front wheel wells in winter.
Many years ago I owned a locally built version of the Mini (before BMW built their variant) which had the radiator exhaust venting into the front wheel well.
Never had a problem with snow or ice build up on that car !

Pete.
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