Fun is trying to clear your rental car of snow and ice after you’ve left most of your ice and snow clearing tools in the trunk of your own car, which is at the body shop.
Here’s how you do it:
Clear what snow you can off the vehicle using a shovel. Run the heat/defrost at maximum until the ice is melting, then use a towel (or the wipers) to clear off what ice you can. Move the car to a sunny spot in the parking lot. The sunlight will heat the interior of the car and hopefully help prevent the ice from reforming.
I have a full complement of ice/snow removal gear in my car, which did me no good as the doors – not the locks – were frozen shut. I figured if I tried to pry open the door while standing on ice, I’d probably end up under the car, so I stayed home.
Comment by jain — December 6, 2007 @ 3:19 pm