Stuck Frozen Car Doors



Question:
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:
Well something seems to be buggering up the weather. Been here for last 52 years and winters seem to be (and confirmed by the federal weather office) getting less severe all the time. We used to get at least one major snowstorm before Christmas. Now here we are, this year for example, with very little snow and heading for mid January. Most winters it has been worth using the studded tyres because temperatures hover above and below freezing. Two days ago it was over 40 degrees Fahrenheit and we are located almost 48 degrees North! It is also noticeable that many ski resorts have been complaining about lack of snow and/or temperatures not sufficiently cold to 'make' snow, quite frequently during at least the last ten years. And while the snow clearing is way better these days than say 60 years ago and the utility poles were shorter then, we do not get the snow drifts that old-timers talked about and which caused parents then to warn children not to touch or go near the power wires!





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