Miracle £1.30 car cleaning hack has four brilliant benefits this winter – it even removes salt & grit from tricky spots

DRIVERS are only just discovering a cheap household item can be used to help clean their car this winter.

The Met Office has warned of an "Arctic blast" coming to the UK this week which could mean ice and heavy snow in some areas - which will see grit and salt used on road surfaces.

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To help with the clean-up that usually comes when grit is used on the roads, automotive experts at have revealed four brilliant ways car-owners can use white wine vinegar - - to clean away dirt and grime from their motor.

That includes removing a haze or film from their windscreen - usually brought on by a build-up of grime.

This can be solved by simply putting some white wine vinegar into a spray bottle and diluting it slightly with water - before it's sprayed onto the windscreen and wiped away, removing the haze completely.

White wine vinegar can also be used to clean a build-up of salt and grit from your motor's footwells.

Grit used on roads and footpaths can cause your car's carpet to become dirty.

But using a mixture of equal part water to white wine vinegar in a spray bottle and spraying it onto the affected fabric, before dabbing it with something soft like a tea towel can help to remove the stains.

Of course, it can also be used to de-frost an iced-over windscreen ahead of the early morning commute.

The experts advise pouring a mixture of three parts vinegar to one part water onto your windscreen and windows the night before your morning drive - and you should wake up with a frost-free car.

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And finally, white wine vinegar is great for removing strong and unpleasant odours from inside your motor - all it takes it placing a small cup full of vinegar in your parked car (on a flat surface) overnight.

Then, remove the vinegar from your car and air out the vehicle by opening its windows and doors for a few minutes.

The vinegar should have successfully absorbed any odours.

This comes after drivers were left raving over a "magic" de-icing hack that saves them from scraping their frozen windscreen - but some question whether it wastes fuel.

Elsewhere, car-owners are being told of a hidden button that could save their life if their brakes fail.

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