A broken water main in Michigan plus freezing temperatures turned some cars into giant ice cubes

A broken water main in Dearborn Heights, Michigan and freezing temperatures turned some locals’ cars into giant ice cubes.

Cold weather is hard enough on cars, but adding water into the mix is a recipe for disaster.

For residents of Monroe Street, they were left frozen out of their cars when a main broke and sprayed water all over their cars.

This led to heavy layers of thick ice, which nobody wants to deal with in the morning.

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The Michigan cars that became ice cubes

With temperatures in the northern state below freezing point, it’s to be expected that cars would pick up a little bit of the frost.

But usually that’d be a easily remedied issue – often undone with an ice scraper.

However, there’s no chance an ice scraper would have gotten the job done here.

If w had to draw the comparison, we’d ask you to imagine the White Witch’s castle in Narnia.

It’s that icey.

So, how were these cars rescued from their chilling fate?

Crews that were called in had to use a forklift to remove them and take them to a garage where the ice could be chipped off.

Reporter Shawn Lay, who presented the story for Click On Detroit, was on the scene as vehicles were lifted off the ground by machinery.

He spoke to Paul Vanderplow, the director of public safety for Dearbon Heights.

Vanderplow, who branded the vehicles ‘car-sicles’, stressed that this wasn’t an one-off situation and there was every chance it could happen again.

It was recommended that drivers try to start up their cars through remote start.

However, if a car was completely frozen over, calling out the city would be your best bet.

Sometimes you just have to hold your hands up and admit that you need help.

That’s what this Jeep Wrangler driver discovered very quickly when he took his car for a spin on the beach in California – and subsequently got stuck.

Cars and cold weather – not a good combination

As reported by CarScoops, this isn’t the first time that chilly weather had left cars trapped.

A little south of Michigan, in Chicago, a broken water main also caused some trouble.

However, in this case, the water simply flowed along the ground and encased the car by its wheels.

Still annoying, but not quite ‘car-sicle’ levels.

However you slice it, cars and plunging temperatures are very rarely a match made in Heaven.

Even electric vehicles aren’t exempt from the perils, with some Tesla owners left unable to move their cars from a icy parking lot in Chicago.

This is because the cars’ batteries died in the sub-zero temperatures.

And on top of that, there were claims that the superchargers were either not working or taking longer than usual.

A YouTuber also recently discovered an abandoned Tesla up in the snowy mountains of Utah.

And alongside it was the rescue vehicle that had been sent to retrieve it.

Whether it be wind, water, fire or earth, there’s no telling how nature can screw over your car.