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Icicle Audi's Window Cracked In Daring Rescue Attempt
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Jaya Saxena
Published Jan 24, 2011
Modified Jan 24, 2011
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As owner Pete said earlier today, mild force just wasn't working to free the icicle Audi from its six-inch frozen casing. It looks like a couple of guys took a second shot at breaking the car out, and somebody (Pete? the DEP?) wound up breaking the back window in the process. You couldn't just wait for rain? It looks like they were at least able to chisel the ice off around the wheels, but our tipster guesses, "I doubt that the owner of that Audi is still in high spirits."
The car has now been moved and fully removed of ice. And EV Grieve asks about the whereabouts of the Seventh Street frozen car: the car that was frozen before it was cool.
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