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Everything just feels harder in the cold.
Opening and closing the front door becomes a chore as you contend with heavy wind gusts. Walking to the car becomes a fight as you ward off falling ice pellets. Making the car drivable becomes a nightmare as you scrape off all the ice and snow from your windshield .Getting into the car becomes a battle as you try to unlock it while wearing thick gloves. Starting the car becomes a challenge as you attempt to turn the key with a hand that is shaking and shivering.
Making matters even worse is that once you finally have the car started, you realize it will take a while for it to warm up and in the meantime you are colder inside it than you were outside.
While we can’t solve all your cold-weather problems, we can at least provide some tips on how to stay warm in the car during winter. After all, every warm moment counts when freezing, right?
Here are five tips:
This one might seem like a no-brainer, but a jaunt across any neighborhood in America will show you how few people follow this basic principle. Sure it might be a pain to create enough space in your garage to use it for its intended purpose of housing your car, but the work will be well worth it once freezing temperatures hit.
Though it involves going out into the cold twice, this tip will still pay off in the long run. Unless your car is a long walk from your home, you’ll likely be waiting longer for your car to heat up than it will take for you to walk over and turn it on. Consider it the lesser of two evils. That feeling of entering a toasty unlocked car that is immediately ready to roll is worth having to walk to the car twice.
At first it may be tough to remember bringing a blanket with you during your daily walk to the car, but once you’ve done it a couple times it will quickly become a habit. Depending on the type of material your car seats are made of, they can potentially get extremely cold. Covering the seat with a nice warm blanket can go a long way towards helping you stay warm in the car during winter.
Driving gloves aren’t often sturdy enough to provide much protection during especially frigid days and snow gloves are impractical to wear while driving. Switching between gloves is a major hassle and the steering wheels on most cars get so cold that taking gloves off entirely is not really an option. The solution? A heated steering wheel cover. Sears is one of several stores selling this product.
A quick way to make your entire ride miserable is to drag in snow and ice from your footwear onto the floor mats. That moisture just collects there and breeds cold air. Thankfully there’s a company called WeatherTech that’s determined to solving that problem. They have a variety of weather-resistant floor mats designed specifically to thwart cold snaps. Other brands also sell similar products if you prefer to shop elsewhere.
