MINI COOPER :: North American Motoring

mini_dreams · #1 02-09-2007, 09:57 AM

Grover is frozen!

<just kidding> fortunately it is melting a bit. i hate to think what this does to the paint.

CR&PW&JB · #2 02-09-2007, 10:13 AM

OG can verify this but... I don't believe the paint will be damaged in any way, as long as you don't try to remove the ice. Let nature take care of it and you'll be fine. Just scrape the windows.

If you can't get into the doors because they're frozen shut, a little cool water or lukewarm water (not hot, you don't want to break the glass) down the door seams will do the trick.

I know what it's like to not have a garage... so I can relate to your situation (although I can't relate to having a beloved MINI and no garage).

MiniMaybee · #3 02-09-2007, 10:24 AM

Never take your MINI out when there might be below freezing temps, where water has the possibility of coming within 100 yards of the windows or body joints. According to kenchan - this will break your car!

I wish I had a garage for my MINI, but alas the Expedition gets it.

On the upside, the water was beading pretty well when it froze!

WannaMini_ · #4 02-09-2007, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Chili Red & Pepper White

I don't believe the paint will be damaged in any way, as long as you don't try to remove the ice.

**Detailers Paradise** · #5 02-09-2007, 10:37 AM

That's actually a really cool photo! Frozen beads!

And I second what Chili Red and Pepper White said. The ice won't damage your paint- only if you scrape it. I know you know better than that, so I'm not worried.

-Heather

CR&PW&JB · #6 02-09-2007, 10:47 AM

By the way, I appreciate your sense of humor in the thread title, m_d. Slick is some pretty amazing stuff, but removing ice is not one of it's attributes. However, this would be a good opportunity for us to compile a list of it's many uses. Besides the obvious (amazing shine and slippery touch on autos), you can use Slick to....

1. Shine up your pet armadillo.
2. Make your mailbox the envy of your neighborhood.
3. Spit shine your boots.

Anyone else ??

WannaMini_ · #7 02-09-2007, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Chili Red & Pepper White

1. Shine up your pet armadillo.
2. Make your mailbox the envy of your neighborhood.
3. Spit shine your boots.
Anyone else ??

Give my hair that healthy shine I have always wanted...

MiniMaybee · #8 02-09-2007, 11:08 AM

Just a spoon full helps the medicine go down

mini_dreams · #9 02-09-2007, 12:02 PM

don't worry, i wouldn't do anything crazy... fortunately it's not that cold here today... so most of it has melted. good thing since it's time to go out for lunch!

kenchan · #10 02-09-2007, 12:17 PM

i usually tell my wife im going to put my car in the microwave.

jwardell · #11 02-09-2007, 01:22 PM

I recommend a liberal coating of sodium chloride to remove that. God knows my mini is completely coated in it right now and bone dry. No need to apply with a microfiber applicator.

mini_dreams · #12 02-09-2007, 02:49 PM

all melted.

it could be worse. here's a picture from the NYT:

"Five straight days of lake-effect squalls have dumped nearly 100 inches of snow in Oswego, N.Y."

mcdbrendan · #13 02-09-2007, 02:51 PM

damn, that guy has got his work cut out for him...

thulchatt · #14 02-09-2007, 03:08 PM

mini dreams,
Where are you in Tennessee?
I'm in Chattanooga and it has been cold, for Tennessee, but without any precip.

mini_dreams · #15 02-09-2007, 03:12 PM

i'm just outside Memphis. Actually it hasn't been too cold... well, kind of the bone-chilling cold, but not like whipping winds or anything. there was a little icy rain this morning, but not much.

CR&PW&JB · #16 02-09-2007, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mini_dreams

i'm just outside Memphis. Actually it hasn't been too cold... well, kind of the bone-chilling cold, but not like whipping winds or anything. there was a little icy rain this morning, but not much.

The US Air Force sent me to Blytheville, Arkansas for three years, just up I-55 from where you are. I know you get some K I L L E R ice storms through there ! I had almost an inch of ice on my 86 Ford T-bird Turbo Coupe once. Took me four hours to get into the car. Good times. :impatient

shoeboy · #17 02-09-2007, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by thulchatt

it has been cold, for Tennessee

No kidding!! Low tonight is 19! I know it's nothing for some, but down here that's COLD!

mini_dreams · #18 02-09-2007, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Chili Red & Pepper White

The US Air Force sent me to Blytheville, Arkansas for three years, just up I-55 from where you are. I know you get some K I L L E R ice storms through there ! I had almost an inch of ice on my 86 Ford T-bird Turbo Coupe once. Took me four hours to get into the car. Good times. :impatient

yeah, i grew up here and have been away for about 17 years and having been back for a little while now, i'm remembering how this area gets a lot of stormy weather. it seems to be right in the part of the country where a lot precipitation seems to hit. they had an ice storm several years ago (i wasn't here) that knocked out power for a lot of people for a long time. there are also lots of tornado warnings, but they seem to do more damage in arkansas and mississippi.

**OctaneGuy** · #19 02-09-2007, 03:58 PM

WOW, I normally I don' t like to requote an entire post but those pix are coool! Brrrrrrrrrrr.

At first I thought you had some really strange water beading going on. Amazing.

Did you Hydro it before the freeze???

Quote:

Originally Posted by mini_dreams

Grover is frozen!

<just kidding> fortunately it is melting a bit. i hate to think what this does to the paint.

kenchan · #20 02-09-2007, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mcdbrendan

damn, that guy has got his work cut out for him...

the roof will collapse next. (no joke)

mini_dreams · #21 02-09-2007, 05:12 PM

^ thanks OctaneGuy!

yeah, i thought it was pretty cool looking, so wanted to share.

the last time thing I did to the car was a wash and then finished off with Hydro on Jan. 26. it was then covered with about an inch of snow on Friday, Feb. 2, so it's been pretty dirty since then.

does this seem like a result of Hydro?

mini_dreams · #22 02-09-2007, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mcdbrendan

damn, that guy has got his work cut out for him...

i would have given up and gone out for a drink!

kenchan · #23 02-09-2007, 05:14 PM

^^ not sure. we see this from time to time in chicago in the fall and spring... and looks like that on most cars.

DrkSlvrS · #24 02-09-2007, 05:20 PM

You can't have that type of weather in Memphis ... FedEx built their hub there because the weather is always nice...

mini_dreams · #25 02-09-2007, 05:23 PM

yeah, right... but it didn't work.

lots of my college friends worked there nights loading planes. they paid well, but i'm glad i never did it. talk about a cold