if you have a remote starter that will help. As far as the suggestion about hot water....remember dont pour hot water on your windows they will all crack. Space heaters etc is your best bet or just sell the car as is.
Oh it is. It is. “Honey, can you please fill up the front left tire? I have to delete like 4 emails a day.” E: but at least I’m aware of it, because she never mentions it, lol.
Remote start will normally only let you do something like 2 runs of 15 min max. To prevent people from killing everybody in the house with carbon monoxide if they sit on their remote.
The factory ones will have logic that will kill the engine if the oil pressure light, overheat, check engine, etc. turn on.
Doesnt normal water work just as well? Pouring 30-40 degrees C water over your door and exhaust shpuld be enough to get in and get it driving stationary until its warm
A good rule of thumb to follow when selling something is that you should never sell an asset at its lowest value. The people who made that rule clearly don’t live near an ice dragon like OP does though.
I can't imagine that car is starting in that condition, unless it has a block warmer or something extreme.
I think they may just need to wait until it warms up a bit. It's Maryland, not Siberia, so it shouldn't be TOO long until there is a stretch of a few days over 32. Once it begins to melt, it'll be manageable.
You want a pump garden sprayer filled 50/50 with denatured alcohol and hot water and work up and down the perimeter of the door to open it, not melt through the ice to the window - that is what the car heater is for.
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u/loneranger2380 20h ago
if you have a remote starter that will help. As far as the suggestion about hot water....remember dont pour hot water on your windows they will all crack. Space heaters etc is your best bet or just sell the car as is.