Stuck Frozen Car Doors



Question:
Slightly off topic Anyone got any suggestions to keep car doors from freezing stuck. Yes, I know a heated garage would help, but I dont have that. I'm looking for something to put on the door gaskets that will prevent them from freezing to the door frame. One was so badly stuck that the gasket came off part of the door, and I had to re-glue it. I've been late for work 4 times in the past month because of this, and my boss is not happy about it. It's a pickup truck, if both doors are frozen, there is nothing I can do except get a hair dryer and begin unthawing it, which is the last thing I want to do on a cold winter morning. I had this problem on other vehicles in the past, but for soem reason this pickup is worse than others. Probably because it dont have those small roof "gutters" like most other vehicles I have owned. (poor design).

Answer:
Our local weather forecaster says that putting a small piece of cardboard in the door when you close it will keep it from freezing. I haven't had a chance to give it a try and since he wasn't good enough to give a demo on how or where to put it I guess it would be trial and error to see if it works. He did wave around a piece of cardboard, looked like something cut from a cereal box about 5x7 in size.





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