It’s one of those useful items drivers always keep on hand for cold, wintry and snowy weather. And this week drivers up and down the UK are bound to have been reaching for the antifreeze and de-icer sprays as temperatures plunged and snow, ice and frost hit several parts of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Weather experts at the Met Officeissued a host of weather warnings this week with drivers in areas such as parts of North Yorkshire being urged to stay at home as heavy snow flurries caused chaos on roads.

Drivers who can’t avoid using their car and travelling in colder weather, such as those who need to get to work and can’t work from home, will no doubt have been using antifreeze this week to keep engines from seizing up in the cold, snowy conditions.

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