Car frozen solid in New York

fakearms123

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0125/newyork.html#article

A leaky pipe beneath a Manhattan street encased a parked car in ice and caused the pavement to sink in over the weekend.

Kathryn Brown of CBS 2 asked passers-by what they thought of the situation. Joe Marucci of the East Village said 'That's what sank the Titanic.'

Chester Johnson of Bed-Stuy's answer was more laconic: 'This right here is ridiculous.'

'I've never seen anything like that, it's like an ice sculpture,' a woman said.

Some just couldn't believe their eyes. 'It really does look bizarre. I thought it was fake,' said Lorraine D'Agastino.

Pete, the owner of the car took the situation in stride. 'It could be worse like if that was me or a family member covered in ice that wouldn't be good; so it's all relative.'

Pete said he parked his car on the street on Friday night and sometime over the weekend a leaky pipe caused a sinkhole in the pavement forcing water to bubble up and freeze over.

It takes a lot to stop New Yorkers in their tracks, but person after person paused in the bitter cold to take pictures.

After trying to crack the ice off with a hammer and screw driver, Pete found it was no match for the layer of ice which is as hard and thick as concrete.

Using a backhoe, city workers were able to break up the ice around the car, but the tires remained frozen to the pavement.

Pete was finally able to get into the car to run the engine and warm it up but the heat inside the vehicle combined with the ice outside caused the rear window to shatter.

'Definitely looks like it was encased in some kind of ice cave for hundreds of thousands of years,' said Melissa Schubnell of the East Village.

That's one iced up car!! :eek:

Guill

Cool...

PCPhoto

that story was sooooo 2 days ago !! (what took you so long)

Kimono-Girl

oh wow, and i thought it was cold here....


/stops complaining and is grateful for 1 degree of heat.

FatherLen

PCPhoto wrote: »

that story was sooooo 2 days ago !! (what took you so long)

you could have posted it.

and on a side note: that is deadly.

Lumen

Pete, the owner of the car took the situation in stride. 'It could be worse like if that was me or a family member covered in ice that wouldn't be good; so it's all relative

I see what you did there Pete.

immature ejaculation

did he ever hear of de-icer?

jimthemental

Cool story bro

immature ejaculation

did he ever hear of de-icer?

FatherLen

immature ejaculation wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

immature ejaculation wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

did he ever hear of de-icer?

problemchimp

FatherLen wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

Did he ever hear of de-icer?
I blame Fianna Fail!!!!!!!!!

jimthemental

immature ejaculation wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

immature ejaculation wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

FatherLen wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

Did he ever hear of de-icer?

Kimono-Girl

immature ejaculation wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

immature ejaculation wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

FatherLen wrote: »

did he ever hear of de-icer?

problemchimp wrote: »

Did he ever hear of de-icer?

jimthemental wrote: »

Did he ever hear of de-icer?

Did he ever hear of de-icer?

antodeco

Lumen wrote: »

Icy what you did there Pete.

FYP

Korvanica

thats COOL

antodeco

Korvanica wrote: »

thats COOL

FY...oh wait!

Gary4279

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

Did he ever hear of de-icer?

Whats that?

4zn76tysfajdxp

Gary4279 wrote: »

Whats that?

Didn't you ever hear of de-icer?

Dravokivich

Karlee Melodic Podiatrist wrote: »

Didn't you ever hear of de-icer?

More of a boiling kettle kinda guy meself...

biko

Happens in Switzerland but more ott
http://www.photosfan.com/ice-storm/

ejmaztec

Only in America, typical.

Kimono-Girl

Dravokivich wrote: »

More of a boiling kettle kinda guy meself...

Pete was finally able to get into the car to run the engine and warm it up but the heat inside the vehicle combined with the ice outside caused the rear window to shatter.

happens with boiling water too, you are supposed to use warm water....


or de-icer!

pickarooney

Originally Posted by immature ejaculation
did he ever hear of de-icer?

come again

antodeco

pickarooney wrote: »

come again

did he ever hear of de-icer?

Run_to_da_hills

He should have lit a fire under it to melt the ice.

Dravokivich

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

happens with boiling water too, you are supposed to use warm water....


or de-icer!

i know yeah.. but sure... i prob couldnt unlock a car door let alone drive :-P

ejmaztec

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

He should have lit a fire under it to melt the ice.

That's just silly, the thawing ice would put the fire out. They should drop Napalm bombs on it, or fly a couple of Boeings into it.

Lirange

Ja, die eiser.

immature ejaculation

or a blow torch!!!

Lord Derpington

Taking a hammer and screwdriver to de-ice an Audi A3, brave men

AnonoBoy

Karlee Melodic Podiatrist wrote: »

Didn't you ever hear of de-icer?

Who hasn't?

FatherLen

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Who hasn't?

that is one of the stupidest things ever.







i love it.

Nichololas

ejmaztec wrote: »

That's just silly, the thawing ice would put the fire out. They should drop Napalm bombs on it, or fly a couple of Boeings into it.

Or a hair dryer on an extension cord. You know, if they're out of napalm at Walmarts.

sideswipe

Love the comment by the Irish bystander-
"Tis like lava" WTF it's like the opposite of Lava surely?

AnonoBoy

sideswipe wrote: »

Love the comment by the Irish bystander-
"Tis like lava" WTF it's like the opposite of Lava surely?

It looks nothing like aval.

Heisenberg.

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tfitzgerald

Thanks all this thread has bought a smile to my face bur I must sign off now I have to buy some deicer

jimthemental

Salty warm water would do the job, and damage the paintwork....I hate Audi's anyway though. Audi's, BMW, Mercedez and any type of estate car are almost exclusively driven by bell ends.

STIG83

Thats unreal!! never saw anything like that!!

fedor.2.

jimthemental wrote: »

Salty warm water would do the job, and damage the paintwork....I hate Audi's anyway though. Audi's, BMW, Mercedez and any type of estate car are almost exclusively driven by bell ends.

Thats just not true:rolleyes:

antodeco

sideswipe wrote: »

Love the comment by the Irish bystander-
"Tis like lava" WTF it's like the opposite of Lava surely?

Im surprised they didnt get him to say:

"Ah sure, a birra whiskey would have that gone in no time"

or

"If he wouldve rubbed the car with potatoes first, itd never have happened"

admiralofthefleet

im sure they are blamling terrorists

rainbowdrop

jimthemental wrote: »

Salty warm water would do the job, and damage the paintwork....I hate Audi's anyway though. Audi's, BMW, Mercedez and any type of estate car are almost exclusively driven by bell ends.

Oi!!! I drive an Audi and I'm a lovely person, so I am........*





*according to my Mammy
:cool:

cerebus

I will see your Audi in NYC and raise you a dog in BC. There are some very disturbing people in the world.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/01/27/2011-01-27_animal_cruelty_officials_probe_bizarre_case_of_dead_dog_found_frozen_inside_bloc.html

(Be warned - dog lovers will probably find the picture pretty upsetting)

gsxr1

cerebus wrote: »

I will see your Audi in NYC and raise you a dog in BC. There are some very disturbing people in the world.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/01/27/2011-01-27_animal_cruelty_officials_probe_bizarre_case_of_dead_dog_found_frozen_inside_bloc.html

(Be warned - dog lovers will probably find the picture pretty upsetting)

I have a few dead animals frozen in my kitchen . In the form of beef burgers and chicken nuggets.

How is it cruel to freeze a already dead dog.

OK it is a bit weird.