Do you use hot or cold air when you are defrosting your windshields in your vehicle?

Do you use hot or cold air when you are defrosting your windshields in your vehicle?
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I use cold air. Using hot air causes the inside of the windshield to fog up, which is almost as bad. Sometimes I’ll just hang my head out the window and drive that way.
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