No ice on my car tomorrow!

[hoosierdoc]

I park my car outside due to strange driveway configuration. With the ice coming down, I need it to be ready to go in the morning.

i poured 10# of ice-melt salt on my car, concentrating on the metal panels that felt the coldest to me. Fortune favors the prepared

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Better idea: Giant net filled with hummingbirds, slip over car. The air from the wings prevents ice from forming.

 

[Joe G]

Just get giant buckets of boiling hot water and pour it on the ice-covered window tomorrow morning.

No more ice.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Bird poop is rough on paint. So is taking cold metal and heating it instantly. Don't want to warp anything.

 

[dave29]

Just get giant buckets of boiling hot water and pour it on the ice-covered window tomorrow morning.

No more ice.

No more window either.

 

[HoughMade]

Move north. No ice on my truck tomorrow, but a few inches of snow.

Funny thing- I lived in a house with a 1 stall garage for 15 years- wife's car got the inside slot. So this fall, I bought a house with a rather large 2 stall garage...wife's car is on the right....my truck s outside. Now my tractor get's it's own full sized stall.

 

[hoosierdoc]

We have a three-car garage. Her car takes the double bay with some junk filling the gaps. The single bay has other junk. It's a side entry and I'd have to stick the minivan in. If I were organized I could probably make it work.

 

[Cynical]

Bird poop is rough on paint. So is taking cold metal and heating it instantly. Don't want to warp anything.[/QUOTEGood thinking, I was gonna suggest building a fire underneath the car but that could be a problem with causing things to warp. I'm not a long range thinker though. You would think global warming would solved all of these problems by now.

 

[Arm America]

Remote start is a nice feature.

 

[Meena]

Remote start is a life saver since the wife's car and my boat get the garage. Wife keeps saying to move by boat out and I laugh!

 

[jetmechG550]

No lie, had a co-worker use a shovel to scrape ice off his E-350 Mercedes. I almost cried when he got to work.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I have been meaning to get a remote start for years. It probably is time. Good idea.

 

[Joe G]

No more window either.

2 birds, one stone.

 

[HoughMade]

Remote start- fine idea....but my truck is parked 50 feet from the house....which I do not find excessive, so on exceedingly cold days, single digits, and snowy days, I just walk out, start it, and then come in for breakfast.

....but I am a confirmed fan of cold weather and snow. I LOVE it!!!

 

[LEaSH]

Hair blow-dryer on an extension cord. turn it on high and hang it on rear view mirror pointed DOWN (not at the windscreen).

Redd Green would probable recommend copious amounts of duct tape, also.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Remote start is key in ice so you leave it on max heat and defrost. No banging on doors to get them open.

 

[Informed Decision]

Suggestion for next time... Might check with a local uniform company about maybe purchasing a couple of their old floor mats. Put them over the windows before the ice hits & then in the morning just pull them off & you have a clear window. Give them a shake to break off the ice & roll them up & reuse when you get to you're next location if bad weather is expected to continue .

 

[MrsGungho]

organize yourself and get that vehicle in the garage

 

[Sylvain]

Remove the windshield and take it inside the house.

 

[LEaSH]

Remove the windshield and take it inside the house.

Best one yet.