Feature: Bring It On! 2009 Acura RDX and 2009 Kia Sportage, Part 3 - CanadianDriver
By Paul Williams
At the time of this writing, it is minus 27 degrees Celsius on a clear January day in Ottawa (minus 15 on the old Fahrenheit scale). The Acura RDX has been a real trooper so far this winter, but right now it’s in the driveway, exposed to the elements, and frozen through-and-through.
Surprisingly (or not, I suppose), the driver’s door won’t open. Hmmm. The rear door is okay, though, and being a limber fellow, I gain entry through it, and clamber over the centre console into the front seat, which greets me like a lump of ice; hard and just as cold. The key turns as if it’s embedded in molasses, and the battery slowly cranks the engine. It fires willingly on the second crank, and settles into a fast idle.
On the radio, many people are reporting stuck doors, it turns out, and that their power windows are frozen (usually learning this at the Tim Horton’s drive-through), but the RDX windows are fine, and after a short drive, so is the door.
