The big frreeeeeze.

[gingerprince]

Okay, it's now officially cold. This morning my door-pop-handle was frozen solid, wouldn't budge. I had to give it a good squirt of de-icer and leave it a few minutes before I could get in and warm the car up!

Is this a common Griff trait? Looks to me like the hendle is VERY close to the body and it only takes a tiny amount of ice to "weld" the two together.

Also, I used squirty screen de-icer (sorts the windscreen out without using a scraper!) Am I okay using this stuff, or should I use specific lock-deicer. I've not looked at the ingredients of either but just wondering if the lock (metal) deicer has different stuff than the screen (glass) deicer to stop it siezing stuff up?

[Podie]

I'd clean up the paintwork pronto... sure it wont do it much good.

I use a Leven hoodcover on the Chim, and not had a problem yet...

[tvr4ever]

Use a siliconbased lubricant, you would have to go to the arctic to freeze it shut again.

Fred