As temperatures across the UK begin to plummet overnight and the weather continues to worsen, the chances of drivers waking up to find their cars covered in ice rises.
On some of the coldest mornings, some 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, the process of defrosting your beloved motor can take an agonisingly long time as you wait for the car warm up and melt the ice.
One expert has suggested there could be an unbelievable way to avoid this frozen morning misery.
Speaking to the Mail, Kwik Fit’s Roger Griggs suggested that one tip for drivers would be to park near a building.
He said: “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.”
Mr Griggs explained that “the heat from the home could help prevent ice forming”. However, the expert did not say this effect could be more pronounced if someone had a poorly insulated house.
Mr Griggs had other tips for drivers who wanted to make defrosting their car easier.
He said: “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.”
Mr Griggs also said that if some owners didn’t have a car cover they could cover their windscreen “with a blanket or cardboard”.
What’s more, he suggested that de-icer could be used pre-emptively to prevent the build-up of frost as the temperature plummets.
One side effect of the chilly temperatures will be that more people will stick on their heating, a potentially expensive act during a cost of living crisis – one hitting drivers particularly hard.
According to a new survey, hundreds of drivers in the UK are suffering from increased stress because of 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 had 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.”
