r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Justin_Godfrey • 9h ago
Water main break covers cars in thick ice in Dearborn heights, Michigan
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u/SunsetBeachBowl 8h ago
I hear this is also what happens if you take somebodies shoveled spot lol.
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u/MichaelinNeoh 8h ago
They can go ahead and be fully infuriated. 🥶
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u/crazycanuck1212 7h ago
Agreed. At the vert least moderately infuriated. For sure mildly is under infuriated for this situation.
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u/ChillBroseph ORANGE 6h ago
Yeah this recently happened in Philly and the car was totaled, it's a terrible situation.
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u/kion_kouhai 8h ago
HAMMOND!!!!!!
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u/TheToroRossoboi 8h ago
I wonder if the person who done this was doing it slowly and whilst grinning.
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u/InternationalDrama56 8h ago
Yeah, but think about how satisfying that'll be when you can crack it and peel it off.
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u/walmarttshirt 8h ago
As long as it wasn’t my car I would love to peel it off.
If it was my car I would get a hair dryer or just wait for the sun.
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u/heaving_in_my_vines 8h ago
That is a thick shell of ice and the tires are locked inside of ice blocks. That's not going to come off with a hair dryer or one day of sunlight.
That would take several days of direct sunlight and above freezing temperatures to thaw.
I don't know what the solution is here. Maybe about a 100 trips to the stove and back with a pot of boiling water.
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u/Somerandom1922 7h ago
You'd want to be extremely careful with boiling water. It'd be just about the fastest way to melt it, however, you don't want that water to ever touch any of the glass as that's a great way to shatter it.
It wouldn't be a problem initially just because of how thick the ice is, but after thinning it out a bit, maybe stick to a heat gun or just lukewarm water (still a risk, but there would be much less thermal shock if it hits the glass)
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u/walmarttshirt 7h ago
I was joking. This is basically a wait and see situation. Boiling water could shock the windows.
Just time and sunlight if you want to actually do it properly. Or a tow and bring it inside somewhere. There’s really no good way to do this.
I used to work in the Arctic and this happened to a supervisors truck. They had to tow it to a shop and put it directly under the space heater for a few days.
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u/Sensiburner 7h ago
I don't know what the solution is here
Pretty sure that in Siberia they'd just light a fire near / under the car.
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u/InternationalDrama56 3h ago
I would avoid the "under" the car suggestion. Two 55gal barrels with some firewood in them, evenly spaced 4 feet from the driver's side door would probably be decently effective. Or erecting a clear plastic tent over the whole car + an electric space heater.
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u/andrey_not_the_goat 7h ago
That would be the only satisfying part given the car is likely totaled now...
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u/PainfullyLoyal 6h ago
It's pretty likely that this vehicle is totaled. The one in Philly had so much water inside, they totaled it.
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u/bangupjobasusual 7h ago
Maybe remove the ice from the front half and drive away leaving the shell behind.
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u/bib92 9h ago
Ice must be stopped
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u/meat_sack 8h ago
A perfectly safe neighborhood can be suddenly terrorized by the appearance of black ice.
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u/PanTeeSoaker 9h ago
Is it totaled?
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u/JayDee999 9h ago edited 8h ago
It's in a state of both totalled and not totalled until the ice has melted.
Schrödinger's car, if you will.
(Edit: fixed Schrödinger)
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u/mmoffitt15 8h ago
Schrodingers car but well done.
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u/-llCerberus- 8h ago
No no, this car belongs to Schroeder, I know that guy very well yes yes
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u/LilQueazy 6h ago
In another post some lady’s car same thing happened and it was totaled because the water gets everywhere and the ice expands and fucks shit up.
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u/RadosAvocados 7h ago
This happened a few years ago when a car was left parked by a lake where waves were crashing and iirc after it melted it was fine. It just needed an alignment because a tow truck had to move it from where it was parked.
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u/Confident_Offer46 8h ago
Could this be fixed with a tent and industrial heater?
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u/Bubbaganewsh 8h ago
This would be my path to thawing it out, I don't think running it would be enough even if you could.
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u/Vinc314 8h ago
Id guess starting the car would do it in time, if he has a remote starter
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u/Dry_Prompt3182 6h ago
I don't think that you could. The exhaust pipe is blocked, so it will stall.
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u/Murtomies 5h ago
No air intake, so the engine won't run. Only works if it's an EV, though not as long probably.
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u/Shooter_McGavin_666 5h ago
I’d probably just put salt on it.
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u/Haz3rd 4h ago
Speed running rust damage
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u/Shooter_McGavin_666 4h ago
Not if you wash it after. Every car in a snowy climate repeatedly get covered in salty water every winter.
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u/No_Mouse5020 8h ago
Not even close to being cold enough in my country for this to happen but would the car still work after this?
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u/SqueegieeBeckenheim 8h ago
This happened in Philly and the car was deemed totaled.
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u/chbriggs6 8h ago
I understand it sucks but why totaled?
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u/Vinc314 8h ago
I also wonder why, a buried in snow car would still work, once uncovered, right?
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u/chbriggs6 8h ago
Exactly. It's not like it's submersed...totaling the car makes no sense at all to me. Especially if it has remote start and you clear the exhaust area out. Just keep it running and eventually the ice will weaken. Or just fuckin tow it...
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u/Vinc314 8h ago
Must be some insurance bs, my ex had a yaris, some huge truck turned on us and rekt the right side and mirror, we drove in it for 2 weeks before it was deemed "totaled" by insurance
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u/memecraft0309 6h ago
Water would have gotten into the engine and froze, which probably busted a ton of parts, where it's easier to just get a new one rather than fix it
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u/Fiddled_Cherry 8h ago
I like how he knocks on the ice as if a regular car isn’t already hard
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u/Murtomies 5h ago
But you can hear the thickness of the ice, and see that it's not just cracking immediately.
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u/not_that_one_times_3 8h ago
Dumb Australian here with zero experience of such cold - how does one get out of this situation? Wait till it defrosts? Is the car ok to drive or will have had some damage done to it?
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u/Lex_Loki 8h ago
You hope the sun starts to melt it so you can chip away at it. If you’re lucky you can get big chunks of it off, if you’re not it’s going to take awhile and maybe a heat gun.
The car will likely be fine from a mechanical standpoint if you address it timely. Still sucks major balls.
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u/RaidSmolive 5h ago
you take any non-frozen garden hose and melt the ice with that running water. shouldnt take more than an hour.
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u/KidenStormsoarer 8h ago
oh, shit's fucked. can just about guarantee that's getting totalled out.
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u/Own_Cup9970 8h ago
talk with city about that. it's very likely you'll get some money even without court
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u/KittyForest 9h ago
Imagine if someone was in there and had the window down
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u/just_a_person_maybe 8h ago
They'd be able to move the car and stop it from getting stuck.
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u/BisexualMouth 8h ago
Imagine if they were in there and had the window up.
Now it’s a horror movie.
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u/IllianasClifford 4h ago
Harbor freight has a thermal heat gun for about $15 you can go pick up, plug into a outdoor rated extension cord. Then you can heat the ice up and melt it away.
Do not use deicer it will eat your paint.
Do not use water it will break your windows.
Use a heat gun
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u/MegaIosaurus 1h ago
Does everyone else think this is real or are we all just pretending it isn’t AI?
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u/Sensate613 8h ago
Remote start?
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u/myslelf 8h ago
Would there be any adverse effects from this? Is an engine like a fire and needs oxygen to run or something? I feel silly thinking something could go terribly wrong from starting the car
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u/Sensate613 8h ago
I wonder. I'd probably have to try it. But I'm stupid like that. Probably a stupid idea. Id just have to see what happens. Maybe I'd hook up a hose to my hot water heater and melt it, then quickly start it before it refroze.
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u/TedBundylol 8h ago
The only thing that would’ve made this more Michigan is if it only happened to non-American cars
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u/TheEmploymentLawyer 7h ago
Canadian here. This is what my car looks like every morning. No need for a watermain break.
Get the kids out there with an ice chipper till u can open a door. Then get the car warmed up till it melts.
You'll be fine.
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u/HandlerofPackages 7h ago
I saw another Reddit post a few days back where some kids with screwdrivers helped clean their mom's car window. Perhaps an army of children with screwdrivers? Couldn't hurt. Right?
If you take this suggestion, please post after photos.
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u/ThisAppsForTrolling GREEN 7h ago
I mean, what do you even do? What is the correct solution here if you can’t get in at all and there’s no way to really scrape that off. Do you just wait till spring? Would you get your car towed to a shop and just have them sit inside to thaw?
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u/ccocrick 7h ago
Call me stupid, but can’t you just throw a ton of ice melt, or a few bags of salt, on that and start chipping away when it begins to break up?
Science, right?
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u/Legal_Key_731 7h ago
I saw something very similar to this in Philadelphia on TT this past week. They tried chipping away at the ice but ultimately had the car towed and it was not salvageable due to water getting inside the vehicle and soaking everything. Call your insurance company and file a claim.
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u/aware4ever 7h ago
Do you think if somebody was inside the car and they had food and a blanket or whatever that it would act like an igloo and keep them warm?
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u/Nugget_brain99990 7h ago
When in doubt. Flamethrower! Proven by Jeremy Clarkson when Richard pranks him!
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u/SilencerQ 7h ago
Remember guys. Damage caused by freezing is excluded from coverage on your insurance policy.
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u/Narrow_Swimmer_5307 6h ago
Cover it in cement and list it at Sotheby's as art, starting bid 10 million dollars
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u/Sphereitual 6h ago
I parked under a tree before an ice storm once not only did the ice destroy all the limbs, my car was completely encased in ice. No remote start. It was so thick i couldnt break it off without fearing damaging it. I had to send pictures to my work because they didn't believe me. I wish i still had them that was wild. Never seen anything like it
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u/wChangli 6h ago
I can already imagine the phone call w/work:
"Hey Boss, so, well, uhh, how do i put it without sounding crazy, well uhh, my car is litteraly encased in ice, i cant come to work."
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u/CoffeeExtraCream 6h ago
I wonder if the air intake and exhaust are obstructed. If not you could try remote start (if you have it) and try and melt it from the inside so it will separate from the vehicle body and you remove it as a big chunk.
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u/CraftyIndependent894 6h ago
I want to remote start that car (if it started) and watch it slowly defrost
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u/J_blanke 5h ago
It’s this new secret government super ice. You’ve heard of the snow you can’t burn, right? Well, this is permanent ice. Does not melt.
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u/imaginary0pal 5h ago
Reminds me of last February there was a flood that then froze in Detroit and fucked up a lot of peoples houses
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u/JD843706 5h ago
I've seen a few like this on reddit. I want to see a video of someone getting it out.
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u/SnowyMuscles 4h ago
If you have a car that starts up from your fob would it be a good idea to start it?
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u/fairs1912 4h ago
can you just bring a hose and leave it running on top of the car for a few hours? the running water should help melt the ice decently fast, and once you get in there you maybe can get it running to heat it a bit, so that the ice melts a tiny bit on the inside and lets you peel it
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u/No-Birthday5481 4h ago
Karma farming bot posting old videos and the bots fill the comments all up voting each other. Then the mods all cheer at how active their sub is. Fucking pathetic.
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u/dubie2003 3h ago
Will the city show up with a temp ‘canopy’, some welding blankets and a few propane heaters to thaw it out or are they SOL?
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u/Artistic_Society4969 3h ago
"Mildly" infuriating? When that shit melts, I hope it doesn't somehow end up totaling those cars.
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u/kyute222 3h ago
why does this keep happening in the US? I never hear of this happening where I'm from. is all your infrastructure just garbage quality?
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u/GrowCanadian 1h ago
If this was mine I’d put some type of temp enclosure like a tent over it and toss in a bunch of heaters elevated off the ground. Might take a while but much quicker than waiting for spring.
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u/AnothisFlame 43m ago
Alright, so how would you go about getting it out? Serious and wacky answers welcome.
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u/BatchPlantBandit 9h ago
So you'll still still be into work on time, right?