Got any stories like mine to tell?

Was lightly snowing then tuned to freezing rain, back to snow again , then drops down to 17 degrees.
By the time I got off work, the poor Park Ave resembled a snowy icicle, & I could not get any of the doors open, as they were well past frozen solid!
If I pulled any harder on the plastic door handles they were going to snap!
I managed to get the trunk open, where I located a long handle screwdriver to pry the door, & what a crack it was... once it opened!
I got the car started & left the blower on high, for 30 minutes, just to melt the Park Ave Popsicle!

Sometimes, if you throw your hip into the door, it breaks the ice on the molding. Then you can open the door.

Hrmmm.... I haven't worried about snapping door handles in a very long time...

Of course, I haven't frozen doors shut in a long time either I suppose...

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Even tho I like the Pk Ave the door handles design was PP for winter.
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So pull up & then pull out, where things start to deform in metal skin. Just can't get enough pull outwards on these handles, without damage.
Door hip check I tried, but the top interior door seals got wet and froze.
I am just glad I got the door open!

Make your hand into a fist and pound it on the table for emphasis. That'* the kind of fist and pounding I use on my doors when they freeze like that. Use this magic fist to pound your way from the top-front of the window frame and work your way to the bottom-rear of the door. This gets some of the ice to fracture so you can get the door started. Works nearly every time.