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I’ve owned my car two and a half months short of nine years.
Recently, I couldn’t get the little door covering the gas filler open. This happened twice.
The first time, it was cold and following a rainy night. I thought the door was frozen shut so I ran it through the car wash to unfreeze it
It worked!
The next time, a couple days ago when we had subzero weather, I thought the little door was frozen again when I couldn’t open when I needed to gas up. Since both times my gasoline was down to a low point, a panic set in when I found both car washes closed because of the cold!
When I got home and parked my car, my neighbor listened to my tale of woe and said, “It’s open now!” I asked him to leave it open and I drove to the station around the corner and gassed up.
I drove home and parked. Out of curiosity, since it still was below zero, I tried opening the little door. It opened right up!
“I wonder,” I thought, “if the x%$#@ thing locks when I lock the doors.”
I locked the doors. It wouldn’t open up. I unlocked the doors. It did open!
There you go. I managed to learn something new about my almost nine-year-old car!