As temperatures across the UK plummet overnight and the weather worsens, the chances of drivers waking up to find their cars covered in ice rise.
On some of the coldest mornings, cars can be so frozen up that not only will they be covered in white, but their doors will be frozen shut.
What’s more, defrosting your beloved motor can take a painfully long time as you wait for the car to warm up and melt the ice.
One expert suggests an unbelievable way to avoid this frozen morning misery.
Speaking to the Mail, Kwik Fit’s Roger Griggs suggests that one tip for drivers would be to park near a building.
He says: “Assuming you don’t have a garage – if you do, the car should be in it, if possible – then park as close to the house as you can.”
Griggs explains that “the heat from the home could help prevent ice forming”. However, the expert does not say this effect could be more pronounced if someone had a poorly insulated house.
Griggs has other tips for drivers who want to make defrosting their car easier.
He says: “If you can’t park close to buildings, try to point your car to the east so the windscreen will be the first part of the car the sun hits.”
Griggs also suggests that owners who don’t have a car cover could use a blanket or cardboard to cover their windscreen.
What’s more, he recommends using de-icer preemptively to prevent the build-up of frost as the temperature plummets.
One side effect of the chilly temperatures will be an increase in people using their heating, which can be expensive during this cost of living crisis – something that is hitting drivers particularly hard.
According to a new survey, hundreds of drivers in the UK are experiencing increased stress due to the cost of living crisis.
In recent years, owning a car has become more expensive as fuel, roadside recovery, and car insurance have skyrocketed.
Speaking about how builders have been affected, the National Federation of Builders’ Richard Beresford said: “The cost of living crisis has hit construction workers hard, especially impacting their mental health and wellbeing.
“Factors including fuel prices, vehicle repair costs, late payments, and higher prices for goods and materials – which are fifty per cent higher than they were before the pandemic – all contribute to increased stress levels.”
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