Hello Natasha: why do some drivers carry special bales on the roof

Winter 2021 impressed with the amount of snow and frost already forgotten in the central regions of Russia. Not all car owners were able to cope, forced to become pedestrians. However, Russia has long since learned how to easily and simply resist such weather collisions. How, found out the portal "AvtoVzglyad".

Indeed, even the old-timers and local historians do not remember such snowfalls that the Mother See and its environs experienced this year. The Internet will tell you that the capital saw something similar in the seventies. That is, for ¾ of Moscow drivers such a desperate tandem of frost and precipitation came as a surprise. By no means the most pleasant.

The cars did not start, did not drive, and in a matter of minutes turned into snowdrifts, which, judging by the assurances of meteorologists, will melt closer to July. Added pepper and general struggle of the city authorities with garage cooperatives: fewer and fewer residents of the capital can afford to own an iron box 3x6 meters today. In other words, there is simply nowhere to hide the "iron horse" from the raging bad weather.

However, one should not reinvent the wheel: there is a solution, and it is available to everyone. After all, if desired, it can be made even at home. A clever, original and, most importantly, simple lifehack came from the “norths”, from Yakutsk, where severe frosts and three-meter snowdrifts do not surprise anyone, but the car in the parking lot should be hidden from the weather, because safety directly depends on it. And even more - life.

So the garage should be and, preferably, always with you. And how to equip the car with the snail option with an emphasis on maintaining the temperature of the internal combustion engine? One pre-heater is simply not enough here.

Various inflatable and folding stories, of which there are many at the famous Chinese flea market, will fall like autumn leaves on the asphalt when the thermometer habitually breaks the mark of -30 degrees. The crafts of the “middle empire” are clearly not ready for such a turn, and in fact in Yakutia, where the life hack comes from, it can even be -50 degrees. So the technologies of the Middle Kingdom should be postponed until better times and proven solutions should be applied: “Natasha”.

This is the name of a portable portable garage, which is installed directly on the roof rails and always travels with the car. "Natasha" is made of dense tarpaulin, which is "lined" with padding polyester from the inside and stitched with thick thread. Thanks to the insulation, the car cools down more slowly, the preheater can be activated less often and for a shorter amount of time.

But most importantly, the "snail" always carries his "house" with him: a portable garage is assembled into a tight bale on the roof, which does not sail, does not whistle and is always ready for use. Simply unfasten the mount and spread the fabric around the car. Today, progress has reached the point that you can order tailoring of the "garage" according to the model of the car.

A standard, universal version of a conditionally "factory" version will cost 12 rubles, and a unique model will cost from 000 rubles. By the way, in Yakutia, the number of the car is written on the wall of “Natasha”. Do you know why? To not steal. In Yakutsk, portable garages have long become the norm and a fairly common occurrence. Well, another such winter, and we are waiting for "Natasha" in Moscow. Three times more expensive, but in seasonal colors and quilted "rhombus".