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This morning the Jeep was frozen shut.
I mean, all four doors FROZEN shut. A bigstrong guy living in my apartment building took sympathy on me as I kicked the door in frustration and helped me, but even our combined effort did not prevail.
Eventually I pried open the hatch, crawled through the cab & backseat, and started up the heater. I managed to kick open one of the back doors, get out to scrape sheets of ice off the windows & properly close the hatch... and I nearly couldn't get the back door open again from the outside! Then I clambered back into the front seat, said a brief prayer of thanks for four-wheel drive, and proceeded to have some @$$hat drive on my bumper most of the way in. Excuse me, but a badly-paved, bumpy back road with huge potholes and no curb to speak of isn't the place where I want to be speeding when there are sheets of snow-covered slush on the road. I slowed down to about a crawl while crossing the worst of the potholes and I think he got the hint after that and backed off.
BUT! I made it to work safely. And the driver's side door opens... for now.
I mean, all four doors FROZEN shut. A bigstrong guy living in my apartment building took sympathy on me as I kicked the door in frustration and helped me, but even our combined effort did not prevail.
Eventually I pried open the hatch, crawled through the cab & backseat, and started up the heater. I managed to kick open one of the back doors, get out to scrape sheets of ice off the windows & properly close the hatch... and I nearly couldn't get the back door open again from the outside! Then I clambered back into the front seat, said a brief prayer of thanks for four-wheel drive, and proceeded to have some @$$hat drive on my bumper most of the way in. Excuse me, but a badly-paved, bumpy back road with huge potholes and no curb to speak of isn't the place where I want to be speeding when there are sheets of snow-covered slush on the road. I slowed down to about a crawl while crossing the worst of the potholes and I think he got the hint after that and backed off.
BUT! I made it to work safely. And the driver's side door opens... for now.