Does anyone have this problem?
Wash road salt and grime from car at a coin-op place. Dry with towel and drive away. Next morning, hear loud-ish "whooshing" noise because the window(s) will no longer roll down! On the convertable especially, the little "auto up and down" the window does when you open the door is the only thing that makes a good door seal, and if it's frozen then the window literally gaps about 1/4" at the upper corner when closing the door.
It must be freezing because if I blast the heat for like 20 minutes the door will eventually thaw and the window will pop open when I use the switch.
I've had half a dozen cars that I washed at a coin-op place in the dead of winter and I've NEVER had my window freeze shut like this. It's weird how some things (namely almost anything involving the windows or glass) on the MINI seem to be mis-matched to the rest of the car... It's the only element of the entire vehicle that consistently aggravates me.
Given the quality of the rest of the car, when this happens or when I read about people's door speakers blowing out or corroding because water drips through the window seal, I feel a strange sadness...
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