So today I decided to wash all that gray ugly salt/sand/dust mixture off of my beloved 240. I couldnt have picked a better day to do so (insert sarcasm) as it was probably 10 degrees with the windchill factor. Regardless I went ahead boots, jacket, gloves and all to the local car wash. Spent 7 dollars and voila all clean! Drove it homo, parked it and about an hour later when I returned I found the doors were frozen shut and about a 1/16th inch layer of ice covered the roof, hood, and trunk. Oh man!!!! I am such an idiot!! I did get the door to open though by firmly pushing it in then gently pulling at the door handle.
Anyone else want to share their embarrassing story with the board?
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Similar to this, I recently purchased a locking gas cap to make my minimum transaction total enough to get an amazing coupon deal to work.
Well, the Stant locking gas cap had a sliding lock cover instead of a pivoting-hinge lock cover for the key to enter. The damned thing wouldn't budge and I had to drive around 100km home... I didn't want to risk it, I was already at the gas station, and the prices were $0.30 cheaper than my town's stations.
I had to take a screwdriver and pry off the damned locking gas cap's cylinder cover, then use the key. As soon as I returned home, Advance Auto Parts saw me returning it.
Never in my life did I expect it to freeze over....
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I keep my gas cap key on the instrument panel "shelf". Last night as I was throwing away some trash from my passenger floor I ended up throwing my gas cap key in to the garbage can. The kind of can with a narrow opening and a tall thin can. Luckily I had a second key sitting there as well so I'm one more key away from prying it off.
Same station I locked my keys in my car at and took 2 hours to get into the car. I wasn't about to dive into the trash after having already made my car recognizable by the evening cashier.
I used to live in N/W Pa.
My last winter there (before graduation) was one of the coldest and snowiest in recent record.
My mother was an ER/O.R. nurse. When weather got particularly ugly one of the Dr.s who had a 4wd Jeep would come and get her.
One morning as I was about to trek to school I was just out the door, when I heard a something between a gun shot, and minor explosion.
Not being dead I looked about and saw our new neighbor, with a look of WTF/dismay/shock on her face,
She had tossed a large pot of hot water on the windshield of her car, trying to deice it
It pretty much exploded/imploded/disassembled across the hood and into the interior, along with a large quantity of snow.
I started to laugh but it was so cold I choked.
I have never seen a windshield shatter in person in person but I have accidentally proven it through experiment. Took a sample of wort (unfermented beer) out of the boiling pot to do and specific gravity test which requires it to be at 70F. Apparently Pyrex cannot take the shock of going into an ice bath at 212F either! Of course a Pyrex measuring cup is not laminated with plastic...
Every fall, when the weather forecast is calling for freezing rain, I go around with a can of silicone spray and coat all the seals on all the drivers doors on our cars. Use a rag to keep the overspray off the windows. Works great until there is enough freezing rain to fill the gap between the body and the door.
I was just going to add the thought of the silicone spray as well, but I see it's already been offered. As unsightly as it is, the ubiquitous blue tarp over the top and windshield will usually speed up the process of getting in to your frozen chariot.
I use silicone oil on every door seal when winter shows up.
And I inject auto transmission fluid in the three door locks. I must afterward put the key in and out 5 to ten times wiping with a cloth to remove any eccess red fluid that would otherwise end up in my pockets.
Works for me. I had also been locked out or my car many years ago.
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someone claiming to be akwagon
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Thu Jan 3 14:40 CST 2013 [RELATED]
how bout having the latches freeze OPEN once you door open
nothing like going around corners with the door opening and inviting anyone on sidewalk to go for ride. :) bungee cords many a time till latches thaw out.
Sounds like it would make for an interesting trip!
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The newer cars without the Rain Gutters are much worse at freezing up. I wash my cars once a week.. Sometimes I may just wash out the wheel wells if the Town went bonkers with the Salting. I wash my cars at home so I guess the trip home might be enough to freeze you into the car. I dry the Foam seal on the doors. On the volvo I leave the door ajar . The dome light goes out so no dead battery.
Between drying the foam and a little Lemon Pledge on the Door seals I don't have an issue.
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Good call on the lemon pledge. I shall try that!
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careful you don't go too hot. you will shatter the window
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Oh, Maybe.. I read it as the water splashed up and froze his doors
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I didn't have an ice scraper. I was smart enough not to throw hot water but I was dump enough to throw "luke" warm water. The water froze up instanly like super glue. So I had to wait until my car warmed up and melt away those thick chunk of ice.
That was a long time ago and when I just moved to NY.
They sure dont! My father has a camry with a broken drivers door handle. We have always looked at junkyards but you can never find door handles for that car!
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Got off work one morning. 25 miles away from the house. Decided needed to run it through the auto car wash. Sunroof was closed but not seated from couple days before. Well I got an unannounced bath and got all my seats cleaned in the process. The rest of the drive home was rather uncomfortable. Poured in like a "waterfall".
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Even in Oklahoma I have been frozen out of a car. It was my girlfriend's (now wife) Tempo. the problem was not the locks but the door seals frozen to the doors. Hair dryer was required.
Car related stupid tricks...parked a 1981 245 under a tree the night of a serious ice storm. I did not want to move it because I had just finished the wiring harness the weekend before and had not replaced the mostly flat battery. I was afraid it would not start again in the morning without a jump and I had to leave for work 3 hours before my wife. The 8" diameter limb that landed squarely on the roof and hood made jump starting no longer an issue. Oddly, no damage to the house or the neighbors house as the limb landed just right.
My 1979 245 parked in the street was fine. My '76 parts car in the garage was fine. The big empty space next to the parts car in my garage was also fine.
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