Winter is approaching, and soon drivers will nervously press the buttons of the key fob in order to find their iron horse among hundreds of similar snowballs in the parking lot. In offices, directors' desks will be full of explanatory notes about the delay caused by the frozen car doors.
How to dig out your car quickly and without losses?
The easiest option is to buy a garage. Well, for those who, for whatever reason, cannot or does not want to afford such acquisitions, there are a couple of tips. From classics of the genre to modern technologies.
The first and most common option is to arm yourself with a brush, scraper and immerse yourself in the monotonous work of clearing snow. You should start from the roof, because if you leave a snow cap on it, while driving, it will certainly begin to melt and slide onto the windshield. After that, you can already open the car door and start the car in order to warm up the interior and glass. While the car is warming up, you should do the rest of it, brush the snow from the hood, doors, rear window, trunk. After that, a scraper goes into battle, necessary to speed up the process of defrosting the glasses. Do not use a scraper to try to clean the headlights, as well as the car body - you may damage their surface! Only use the scraper to clean the glass - the brush will do the rest.
Why does a driver need alcohol in a car?
Reasonable question! In the winter season, alcohol, or non-freezing, pumped into a can, will help out the car enthusiast if he is in an incredible hurry, and he does not have time to mechanically clean the car. You will also need it if the door is frozen, the glass is frozen and does not open, or the ice is snug in the lock hole of the door.
On the shelves of specialized stores, you can find special liquids, also placed in spray cans, for quick cleaning of snow from the body of cars. Such mixtures do not adversely affect the paint and the general condition of the body. However, they should not be abused. They are very simple to use - spray on the icy surface and, after a couple of minutes, brush off the thawed snow with a brush.
How to prevent car icing?
You can protect the windshield from ice. One has only to place any material on it at night, fix it in the cabin and slam the doors. But even this option is not one hundred percent - if a sudden change in temperature suddenly occurs at night, there is a danger that the rag will become an integral part of the windshield, i.e. will simply freeze to it.
To ensure that the car doors open well after a night temperature change, leave the parked car and turn off the engine, leave the door ajar for five minutes. This will help to avoid troubles related to snow and ice, and will not force you to break open the doors of your own car in the morning.
