Today, my driver's-side door was so frozen that the locking mechanism wouldn't move. My passenger-side door's lock worked, but the door itself wouldn't budge. The door handle on the other hand, budged quite well. It budged right off its hinges. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I locked my keys in my car at a gas station. A man stopped to help me with a wire hanger. After about 20 min in the freezing weather, he was getting close to unlocking it when I looked over at the passenger door to see that it was unlocked. All the doors were unlocked but the driver's side. FML
Today, I locked my keys in my car. After looking for the spare key for hours, we called our insurance company, who then sent a "locksmith" with a wedge and a bar to open my car. All he did was break the driver and passenger doorhandles. My stuff is still inside. FML
Today, my dad's car door was frozen shut. As he was in a hurry, he asked me to force it open. When I did so, the door slammed into his back. hard. Now he can barely walk, even with a walker, but he needs to walk in order for it to improve, or else he may become wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life. FML
Today, after numerous attempts, my car door still wouldn't unlock. After going ballistic on the lock, the key broke off inside. I then realized it wasn't my car. FML
Today, I shut my finger in the car door. The door locked. Then I dropped the keys on the ground and couldn't reach them. FML
Today, someone broke into my car by smashing the driver's side window. I'd be less irritated if they had just used the door handle; the lock has been broken for years. FML
Today, after a snowstorm, I went to start my car early in the morning for work. The door was frozen solid, so I had to jimmy it open with a screwdriver. Then, as I started to drive off, my foot slipped off the clutch and the car stalled out. The battery was too weak to start it again. FML
Today, after an argument with my girlfriend, I tried to be dramatic by slamming my car door shut as hard as I could. Something broke and now it won't open. Now I have to climb through the passenger's side just to drive my car to work. FML
Today, I called a locksmith to unlock my car. He got it unlocked, but broke the handle so the door wouldn’t open. We had to break a window to get in. He still charged me his usual fee. FML
Today, at work, it was so windy that it started taking the door off its hinges. The door now won't close all the way. I can't leave until someone comes to fix it. FML
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Michael903 18
I think you are referring to a lighter (U.S. term). When you said torch, an acetylene welding torch popped into my head...
arrowhead790 6
To thaw the locking mechanism you can use a torch to heat up your key and then put that in the lock
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Comments (60)
awkwardlysmiles 12
Speaking in terms of you're not driving a coupe , did you try the back doors?
darryaz 9
Staying home sounds like a good idea. One year I broke my door handle off in a similar situation.
Juicenub 25
I hope that you learned your lesson. Now stay inside forever like us.
buttcramp 21
I don't get snow where I live. does insurance cover this kind of thing? you could file a claim for weather damage?
MLPcuzYOLO 5
If the person stands by the car and sings, "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there," someone will materialize from thin air to fix it right away. I saw it on TV and they can't lie on TV.
buttcramp 21
uh, Bonjour
erck3800 12
no, they don't unfortunately... and I have to have the bottom of my door fixed for this same reason :(
worldclassrager 41
Well now you will always assist shotgun...how nice of you!
worldclassrager 41
I read that too fast... Is it really too hard to slide/climb over the console? It's a pain yes but it doesn't take too long...
Katiekhalifa_fml 28
You need to read it a third time. The drivers side wouldn't even unlock, so OP tried the passenger door and the door itself didn't open, but the handle pulled off. OP would have climbed over the console, if the door had opened.
worldclassrager 41
Ah...well then...backseat climbing it is...
Goblin182 27
Get some hot water from your faucet (not boiling that may do some damage) and pour it on your door. That should thaw it out.
Brandi_Faith 34
No no this makes it worse! The water will freeze and then it'll take much longer to get in. Trust me this is only done once, then lesson learned.
byEyecandy 10
time to break out the crowbar, OP
CMCommando 5
Today, my driver's-side door was so frozen that it started singing "Let it go". FML
MLPcuzYOLO 5
#32, You are hilarious!!! So, how would John Travolta pronounce your name?
NiceGuysDoWin 21
"Don't make him angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry."