Chris
France
Today, the windows on my car were frozen. I filled up a bucket of hot water, and threw it on the windows. The windows cracked. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Sous_Chef
United States
Cracked
Today, my roommate came in, slamming the front door. I guess he doesn't know that you can't throw hot water on frozen windows. He came up all pissed and called his insurance because he'd cracked the windshield. We have the same car, in the same exact color. Turns out he threw the water on mine. FML
FMLimsomad
United States
Today, I looked outside and I saw that my new car had been snowed on. Sadly the snow had frozen onto the car, so I spent the entire day getting it off. I came inside. By 8pm, my car had snow all over it again, and this time I left the window open. FML
ouch
United States
Today, the roads were OK, so I cleaned the ice and snow off my car so I could go out. I rolled my window down a little bit while I was driving to clear the snow off the base of the window. A chunk of ice flew off my hood, in through the window, and hit my eye. I then hit a snowbank. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, we had our first rainstorm in weeks. Thirty seconds before it started, my window broke in the "down" position from overuse, since last week the air conditioning in my car gave out. Now I have a hot, wet car. FML
sasha625
Today, I was running late for work. My windshield had completely frozen over. I didn’t have anything to dissolve the ice..except some coffee I had made 30 minutes earlier. I decided to dump my coffee on my windshield. Instead of dissolving the ice, the creamer froze on entire windshield. FML
Crystal Crackles
Today, I used my rear windsheild wiper and it shattered a large hole in the glass where the rotating part is. No one can repair the window until tomorrow afternoon. It's snowing. FML
snowman
United States
Today, right before a huge snowstorm hit our area, I broke up with my girlfriend. In her fury, she decided to grab my car keys and roll down all four windows in my car. I now have 2 feet of half melted snow in my backseat. FML
Chris Altenbach
United States
Today, I got off from work and noticed that the weather finally warmed up after the recent snowstorm. I hopped into my car and rolled down the windows. When I opened the sun roof, a foot of snow came falling into my car. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I couldn't get into my car. In an attempt to get in, I broke a window. As I climbed in, the actual owner of the car walked up. Mine was across the street. FML
KMilly
United States
Today, I rolled down the windows in my car. When I tried to roll up the passenger side window, it was stuck. Rain was coming so I freaked out and brought it to the dealership to get it fixed. The man pushed the child safety lock button and the entire garage erupted in laughter. FML
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kingbig 0
haha idiot.
ALQ_fml 13
#8 - It's the sudden temperature change that caused the cracks, not the heat. Glass is made in extremely hot temperatures, so withstanding any heat that the OP could have caused is not an issue. OP, when you suddenly and drastically change the temperature of the glass, cracking is inevitable. This is why it's also a good idea to rinse glasses with hot water before putting boiling liquids in them.
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Vitamin_C 0
Winter virgin much?
smiley131 0
anyone with half a brain coult tell your a dumbass
girlygirl666 0
Now, if you only had half a brain....
nvrfllnluv 0
you're
Basiil 0
i live in a country with summer the whole year. Even i wont do that. dumbass!
BlueTwist89 0
Wow that sucks. And windshields are expensive to replace. Hopefully, you learned your lesson and it won't happen again><. FYL for damaging your car, but YDI for being so careless or ignorant.
BlueTwist89 0
Lololol @ #39(fudrick). (:(:
bobtheduck1990 0
You dumbass......use cold water next time. When cold glass expands too rapidly it cracks.
hellokimmiee 5
are you stupid?
crazyeddie21 0
here's another reason not 2 do it. hot water freezes faster than cold water. if u don't believe me take a cup of hot water and cold water. put them in the frige and see which one freezes fastest
youthink_fml 0
Don't believe everything an idiot tells you. That hot water has to become cold water before it freezes. It's common sense, something you obviously don't have. And "frige" is not a word. And nothing freezes in a "frige". And OP, you're an idiot too.
cals 0
if you hadn't said that, I would have. haha. what's the world coming to, people thawing out their cars with hot water and trying to freeze things in their refrigerators?
bytesmythe 0
The parent is correct. Hot water (in some circumstances!) does freeze faster than cooler water. It's called the Mpemba effect. Read more about it: http://www.obscure.org/physics-faq/General/hot_water.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect
muboshgu 0
Next time, try google.
Ur_LiFe_SuX_Ass 0
dumbass.