Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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By putting my lovely car through a machine car wash.
It was filthy though & I had no other means of washing it 
Better than no wash at all.......right?
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Half Pint
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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scratch heaven
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K3 VMU
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Registered: 28th Jul 06
Location: Portlethen, Aberdeen,ken
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c`mon col, surely your local supermarket has a jet wash?
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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i would have left it dirty lol
but if thinking of getting rid it shouldn't matter too much
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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my dad knows someone who had a brand spanking new expensive car, took it through a car wash, scratched it all, snapped the mirrors off, broke the rear window...
I used one once and I will never use one again, you just can't trust them lol
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Leighton
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Registered: 21st Feb 01
Location: Liverpool
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Was there not a thing of fifth gear the other year about it and out of jet wash, hand car wash and the automated one the automated one was the bets out of them.
hand car wash lost out because they used them squidgy things and they scratched the paint
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
i would have left it dirty lol
snap! jet wash just using the lance is a last resort for me, machine wash doesn't come in to it
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Well it was covered in concrete dust from sitting outside the house (middle of a building site!) so I thought i'd best get that off & as ive no hose plumbed in I just went to the car wash.
1st time ive been in one in years.....I was half expecting the wing mirrors to get ripped off!! 
Looks clean now at least & there's no concrete residue any more.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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Id have gone morrisons jet wash, ours is class, always use it in winter
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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I'm shocked to be honest Kolon 
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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polish it with an old t-shirt
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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I wont do it again
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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terrible.
i haven't bothered cleaning mine. figured it's best not cleaning it at all rather than using a boso car wash or automated one.
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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sort your misus out, least she could do is wash your car while your hard at sea playing with your seamen! 
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Leighton
Was there not a thing of fifth gear the other year about it and out of jet wash, hand car wash and the automated one the automated one was the bets out of them.
hand car wash lost out because they used them squidgy things and they scratched the paint
Aye it was by FAR the best option out of washing it with a jet wash, letting someone else wash it and the automated one.
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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Fuck using the Jetwash or handwashing it at 0c or lower, infact fuck washing it at all 
You need your Golf back Colin, brilliant 'I dont care' motoring
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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Fuking hell mate don't you have an all american car wash near you???
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
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You should try having a White car, bastard thing needs cleaning every week.. Trouble is it's dark when I get up and dark when I finish during the week thn come weekend I cba doing it in the cold
roll on spring!
Trouble is come summer it's the same problem but with fly guts 
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
By putting my lovely car through a machine car wash.
It was filthy though & I had no other means of washing it
Better than no wash at all.......right?
Oh Colin... 
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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SVM 286
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The dirt and muck seals and protects the paint from the ravages of winter weather.
Just leave it dirty for nine or ten months of the year and give it proper tlc when the weather's good. 
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SVM 286
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When I bought my MG I spent a whole day at work using all the benefits of the place including my in floor ramp to do a very carefull and thorough clean. I then used an Autoglym pdi kit, plus I put three coats of wax on her and buffed her by hand.
That was in the september. I didn't touch her again till the following May as the weather was so awfull all autumn and winter.
She ended up dark, matt brownish-grey everywhere and the wheels were almost black, but came up like a spangly new emerald with remarkably little input.
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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I saw you today colin about 2.15pm passing Benny Ts.
I was in the 3663 truck waving like a madman lol
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Jez_B
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Registered: 8th Nov 06
Location: Towcester, Northants
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Cant believe you would car wash an M3... especially with CONCRETE dust on it.... swirl marks.
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
my dad knows someone who had a brand spanking new expensive car, took it through a car wash, scratched it all, snapped the mirrors off, broke the rear window...
I used one once and I will never use one again, you just can't trust them lol
Car wash or car crusher? Find that hard to believe tbh.
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