It is 27 degrees F outside and the rain started out slow. Each drop coating my car with a layer of ice until my car was encrusted with ice so hard I could barely scrape it off. Monday mornings are not my favorite and facing ice or piles of snow is never any fun. I was walking in six inches of snow, which management did not clear, and cracking up the ice to get it off. First pass on windshield was not good enough. I sprayed it with de-icer but that was fruitless. I sat staring at it with my wipers ...wishing I had some coffee as I mindless stared at the ice and wishing it would break up. Not such luck..this ice I see once in a while here...it is impossible stuff. I opened my car door and opened the back door once again to fetch my ice scraper.
This time I cut slices in the ice and used more brut force to break up the remaining ice. I got most of it off--enough to drive. The electric de-icer on the back window was working great, thank God. The side windows were ok.
By the time I got to work my windshield was clean. However, our security man was out in front of the building warning us the sidewalk was a sheet of ice. It too was coated with about 1/4 inch of nastiness.
This is the winter I so loath. . .by noon with the rain and temperature rising my car will no longer be a popsical, but the memory of it will remain.
That could be a real hazard. You should have your car checked to see if any engine or fuel lines froze up. I had an experience in Minnesota when my car engine froze to death. It was a very unpleasant experience.
Posted by: Ivo Beutler | July 22, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Ivo is right. Have it checked by your local mechanic and see if the fuel or other lines fouled up. That could be a real dangerous threat, especially if you're driving at high speeds. It's better to be safe than sorry so have it checked, just in case.
Posted by: Leisa Dreps | September 01, 2011 at 02:20 PM
Your car will be in real danger if you do not take it to the car shop immediately. You can still protect your car from hail, even if you don't have a car. Just cover it with heavy blankets secured to the car by bungee cords.
Posted by: Angelica Emmanuel | September 29, 2011 at 08:52 AM
Well, my brother Emerson got into the same predicament as yours. I just can't be too grateful that he's safe and sound after he called saying that he got frostbite on one leg already. The engine petered out, and he was far away from the nearest mechanic shop. Car all covered in snow, I came to the rescue in a tow truck.
Posted by: Rita McCall | February 14, 2012 at 05:55 PM