Well, it's a whopping 3 degrees F, so with coffee in hand, I'm going to venture out with my wife's hairdryer and with luck convince the gas flap to open. That'll be one problem, less...
Perhaps, the hairdryer will make nice with the trunk lock too.
As if not, will have to fall back to the MacGyver technique... Though, Dad's in NV and my only other helper is 8+ months pregnant, and not too motivated to "play trunk monitor" in the cold, while I play with the MacGyver stick.
"Never give up, never surrender", as Dad would say. Though he'd also say, "they can kill you, but they'll not eat you", which always stumped me....
cheers,
Gordon