When winter is coming we all think about making sure our car´s coolant system is in top shape. Other operating parts of the car need protection also.
Hood hinges, door/trunk latches and rubber door/trunk weather seals need care, too!

If you take a 1/2 inch stiff brush and apply petroleum jelly to the joints of hood hinges,door and trunk latch strikers and receptors you´ll avoid freezing of these mechanisms and therefore will make it almost effortless to open and operate in extreme cold weather. Also rubbing plain old cooking oil on rubber weatherstrips and contact bumpers(doors and trunk) will keep doors and trunk lids from sticking in cold weather.

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