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Originally Posted by cromag
I keep the windshield ice scrapers in the cars -- usually a good idea, but not today. The car doors are frozen shut under a solid layer of ice.
Fortunately, I keep a spare scraper in the garage. I was able to get most of the ice off, leaving only a thin layer. If we get as much sun as the forecast calls for, we should be okay, windshield-wise. But it will be way too cold for the sun to do much good on the driveway.
As to why I didn't finish the windshield scraping? Well, there wasn't enough left of the scraper.
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I keep a can of aerosol de-icer in the house - to spray the car locks & doors when they are iced in. Much easier than the old method of heating your car key with a lighter and opening your lock quickly. Which would probably now destroy modern keys with embedded computer chips.
[Blond joke: a co-worker moved here from Georgia and was iced out of her car one winter. I explained the 'heat your car key with a lighter' trick. Her face lit up as she exclaimed: "What a great idea. I'll put a lighter in my glove compartment today!"]