Jonathan Joseph - 4/22/2007 5:38 PM

I see lots of commercial trucks in winter with pieces of cardboard stuck in front of the radiators, not a real scientific solution, but maybe it works for them. I assume that that's what my thermostats job is, unless I was in some extreme temperature situation.

sjtymko - 4/23/2007 1:14 AM

Damn!! I want one! This is just what I really do need. I had to resort to the cardboard over the last couple of winters. In the past, when I owned a vehicle that was actually sold here and aftermarket accessories were available, I would go out and buy a "winter front". Basically, this is a piece of black quilted plastic the size of the grill opening with two small velcro flaps on it that open and close. The whole thing is attached on the front of the grill with snaps. If it is warmer, you open the flaps, colder, close the flaps. Not very elegant, very ugly, and inevitably you have the flaps open when you want them closed and vice versa. Then you get a warm spring day, forget to take the thing off, and the truck overheats. In the summer, you use the same snaps to fasten a bug screen. Anyway, the cardboard looks even worse and is not adjustable. This thing is just the ticket!Steve

Dave P - 4/22/2007 7:39 PM

It didn't dangle after you adjusted it. You draped it "elegantly",on and around the "jamb hooks" that you can see on either side,very effective,they were fitted to very early Austin Gypsy's,and the odd "motor car" in the 50's.



Dave

Maxwell Smart - 4/23/2007 2:21 AM  Put the carboard inside the engine bay and behind the grill and it is less obvious - you can even paint it black if it still bothers you. You've only had to do it for the past couple of winters? Edmonton gets pretty damn cold....