jack frost

[mar1b0ro]

go to get in my car this evening after leaving it at the train station all day, press the button on wing mirror to enter the car and find that the window will not lower due to it being frozen shut. same happens on passenger side so i stand round for 15 minutes locking and unlocking the car to try and get in. pretty uncool. Had a can of de-icer but unfortunately it was inside the car. i love these TVRS. Is there a magic way in when the windows refuse to budge?

[p webb]

I dont really use mine much in the winter but could you keep a can of de-ic er in the boot, at least you might be able to get at it when the windows are stuck, as long as the rear badge dont freeze up.

[VYT]

mar1b0ro said:

go to get in my car this evening after leaving it at the train station all day, press the button on wing mirror to enter the car and find that the window will not lower due to it being frozen shut. same happens on passenger side so i stand round for 15 minutes locking and unlocking the car to try and get in. pretty uncool. Had a can of de-icer but unfortunately it was inside the car. i love these TVRS. Is there a magic way in when the windows refuse to budge?

Get some silicone oil or teflon oil and wipe over the rubber seals, that helps prevent the window from icing.

[david smith]

boot theory no good - my boot button freezes - windows havnt yet !
(tempting fate!)

happy winter motoring!

DAS

[gbbird]

I don't think this is just common to Cerbies (although it is excacerbated by the door/wondow mechanism on our blackpool pride and joys). It happens to my Mazda all the time. Lukewarm water is the key, but i understand they do not provide taps in most car parks nowadays , so we are all a bit buggered really! Could try breathing on it

[dean_ratpac]

p webb said:

I dont really use mine much in the winter but could you keep a can of de-ic er in the boot, at least you might be able to get at it when the windows are stuck, as long as the rear badge dont freeze up.

boot badge freezes on mine before the doors - use secret method if that bad

[jon h]

My Saab doors froze up this week. A sharp tug was necessary to get in (clearly not a option on a Cerbera). Not very good for a car designed in Sweden, I thought...


Jon H

[purpleheadedcerb]

I think I'll just leave a small can behind the front number plate and park the car nose in. You would have to be very sad to nick it. My boot lock yielded (just) at the petrol station last night which was lucky because I was down to the last litre.

[NJW 77]

purpleheadedcerb said:

I which was lucky because I was down to the last litre.

You're brave, after running out of petrol once when the guage was showing I still had juice in the car, I try not to let the guage get below a 1/4 tank now

[c18ere]

gbbird said:

I don't think this is just common to Cerbies (although it is excacerbated by the door/wondow mechanism on our blackpool pride and joys). It happens to my Mazda all the time. Lukewarm water is the key, but i understand they do not provide taps in most car parks nowadays , so we are all a bit buggered really! Could try breathing on it

you could allways use your personal sprinkler system lads,be quite a sight though to see the females cerbsters getting in

[purpleheadedcerb]

NJW 77 said:

purpleheadedcerb said: I which was lucky because I was down to the last litre. You're brave, after running out of petrol once when the guage was showing I still had juice in the car, I try not to let the guage get below a 1/4 tank now

My wife had the car the day before and mysteriously neglected to fill it up. I had a train to catch so had to leave it until I returned. It took 59 litres to fill and the needle was right on the empty line. Pretty sure the tank is 60 litres??

[Tam Lin]

jon h said:

My Saab doors froze up this week. A sharp tug was necessary to get in (clearly not a option on a Cerbera). Not very good for a car designed in Sweden, I thought... Jon H

Yeah, but in Sweden, every car park place pretty much has a power socket to plug an on-board heater into. No matter what you coated your door with, in Kiruna you'd still get back to something that looks like it's been dipped in liquid Nitrogen...

[davetherave1970]

Is it cold????