On Jan 10, 9:28*pm, "SteveB" wrote:
"Jimw" wrote in message

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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).

thanks for replies

Jim

I have absolutely nothing to offer but sympathy. *We've had one of those
hundred year winters here, and about 14" of snow so far. *I don't know how
people cope with frozen car doors and all the other stuff. *It is hard
enough around here just trying not to fall and bust yer keester.

Where in the heck is all this global warming stuff? *If you see it, please
send it to Southern Utah.

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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!