A friend of mine and I were discussing this earlier today after I was recalling a few situations in our home city of Winnipeg Manitoba where a vehicle was encased in ice either fully or partially. I believe both situations were due to a water main break of some sort. One time it was a compact car, possibly a Buick Verano encased in ice completely, and another time it was a number of vehicles encased up to the door sills. My buddy was thinking there must be metal warping and other damage. I’m not sure at all. I could see plastic tabs popping and tire damage. Also, how does one free the vehicle? If it’s a harsh long Canadian winter it’s not feasible to leave the vehicle on a street or something so the retrieval process would surely cause some damage. Any experience or knowledge you can share?
HTXgearhead
Just hit remote start and turn the heater on dude. 😂
serpentman
Not much. Just can’t drive it for a bit. If the water was higher could pose an issue but everything there is made to get wet. And it will be as it melts.
throwaway007676
It is cold
richvan
Remote start. Or buy 10 gallons of isopropyl alcohol and consider it an aircraft de-icing
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A friend of mine and I were discussing this earlier today after I was recalling a few situations in our home city of Winnipeg Manitoba where a vehicle was encased in ice either fully or partially. I believe both situations were due to a water main break of some sort. One time it was a compact car, possibly a Buick Verano encased in ice completely, and another time it was a number of vehicles encased up to the door sills.
My buddy was thinking there must be metal warping and other damage. I’m not sure at all. I could see plastic tabs popping and tire damage.
Also, how does one free the vehicle? If it’s a harsh long Canadian winter it’s not feasible to leave the vehicle on a street or something so the retrieval process would surely cause some damage.
Any experience or knowledge you can share?
Just hit remote start and turn the heater on dude. 😂
Not much. Just can’t drive it for a bit. If the water was higher could pose an issue but everything there is made to get wet. And it will be as it melts.
It is cold
Remote start. Or buy 10 gallons of isopropyl alcohol and consider it an aircraft de-icing
Nothing…until spring
Haven’t seen that wrap before
Netflix and chill?
Or you could get serious:
https://youtu.be/BlfWSfZyE1w?si=3mDrJoO40y_T7Czr