Had a concerning moment with my ride last week.
It was last week in Toronto where it rained all day and then the temperature dropped to -10 over a few hours, so there was a thin layer of ice spatter everywhere on the exterior.
Without thinking, hopped in the Treg to fire it up and defrost/warm up like I usually do when it's crappy out.
As the lights all fired up and the beast came to life, I heard a horrific crunching whiney noise and realized that the crust of ice was on the area where the side mirrors rotate, and causing it to bind. It didn't make the full rotation and got stuck about half way. I immediately powered down and they folded back, then scraped the ice off the surface with my hands before turning it back on (it was fine).
I have since disabled the auto-fold feature when I lock the car (even though its one of my favourite features) for fear of breaking the mechanism... with all of the fancy features on those side mirrors I'm sure that they cost over $1000 to replace.
Just something to note for the folks that don't have the luxury of indoor parking.
It was last week in Toronto where it rained all day and then the temperature dropped to -10 over a few hours, so there was a thin layer of ice spatter everywhere on the exterior.
Without thinking, hopped in the Treg to fire it up and defrost/warm up like I usually do when it's crappy out.
As the lights all fired up and the beast came to life, I heard a horrific crunching whiney noise and realized that the crust of ice was on the area where the side mirrors rotate, and causing it to bind. It didn't make the full rotation and got stuck about half way. I immediately powered down and they folded back, then scraped the ice off the surface with my hands before turning it back on (it was fine).
I have since disabled the auto-fold feature when I lock the car (even though its one of my favourite features) for fear of breaking the mechanism... with all of the fancy features on those side mirrors I'm sure that they cost over $1000 to replace.
Just something to note for the folks that don't have the luxury of indoor parking.