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With all the extremely sub-zero temperatures lately, it's been impossible to clean the car.
I was able to clean her on the 18th when the temperature outside "soared" to 4°C
But, for the last week with highs of -5°C, this is what she looks like




So you can see the difference between normal and now:

I feel your pain, mate. My Coupe is less than clean (just arrived back in Aberdeen from my folks house in Thurso) - it's dark outside; I shudder to think how much dirt and salt and grit is plastered all over. I've never actually washed that car since I bought it

I'll go out and do that on New Year's Day, if it's not raining/snowing.

I tried to get mine washed in an auto machine but it was broke, and i cant do it at home because the waters froze, and any that isnt has some bleachy stuff used for cleaning the yard that also stops it freezing but is disasterous around metal.

Try having a white car. Pressure hosed it down, drove 10 miles home and it was filthy again just as bad as before.

white is a bad colour for cleaning, my suzuki was american teeth white when i got it but being an off roader it was brown in a minuite, and i havent washed it in ages and although its got no mud on it now the white is now a tobacco yellow colour.

NollingtonHards wrote:Try having a white car. Pressure hosed it down, drove 10 miles home and it was filthy again just as bad as before.

White 406s look cool One of the few cars that looks good in white.

Old mercs look good in white.

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Come back when you can no longer read the numberplate.......THAT'S when it's dirty


I vosched mine over xmas and my super-welly patented bucket grit-guard caught, what can only be described as, SAND in the bottom of the water (rock salt is mixed with sand).

my car recently got a full wash:

£15 it cost, but now thanks to lorrys, my dog jumping up, and the roads its dirty again. But thankfully i got an mot wash to remove all the salty shite under the car.