On 3/11/2014 9:04 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 3/10/2014 3:14 PM, nestork wrote:

So, if you live in a climate where snow collects into massive
stallagtites behind each of your car's wheels, use a hatchet or
something to cut those things off before you park your car.

All you have to do is kick them. But you want your tenants to knock them
off their cars before they turn into the parking stall. You don't think
they'd stop in the street to do that, do you? No, at best they'll stop in
the parking lot, kick them off, then park. Either way, you'll get snow
chunks accumulating in your parking lot, because it's winter time.

Then, when
you next put your car in reverse to pull out of your parking stall,
there won't be those blocks of ice behind your wheels to prevent your
car from moving.

All they have to do is turn their wheels before backing up so as to not
back right up and over the ice turds.

Really? Would you care to explain how turning the wheel causes the rear
wheels to not back up over ice turds that are directly behind the rear
wheels?

Besides, the OP mentioned "parking stalls". How much can you turn while
backing out of a parking stall?


Most cars nowadays are front wheel drive, so most resistance comes
from what's blocking the front wheels. Turn the front wheels a bit and
the car can move much more easily. It then only has the hump behind
one or both rear wheels to climb over, and it can now do so.
You don't need to turn the wheels much, nor do you need to maintain
the angle of turn beyond a foot of progress. Once you're past the
lump, just straighten the wheels and keep moving.

I've only been dealing with this for the past month. We got several
heavy snows, and the ice turd accumulation has been relentless. I had
some drop off in my garage that I wasn't aware of until they'd frozen
into place. So I had to slightly maneuver around them the same way I
had to maneuver around the ones in the parking stalls at work.