How to keep Tiv clean during Le Mans

[mr lock pick]

Ok, go easy on me with the obvious.

I will be hopefully taking the Sag over for a drive to The Classic and as this will be my first time ever taking the car on such a long journey, I would be intrested in listening to the best methods in keeping car clean whilst away from our usual cleaning set ups that we have at home.

Please note she has only just undergone a fresh paint job, and I have been advised that the paint will take a few weeks to go off 100%. So with this in mind how to I tackle all the bugs etc that are likely to stick to the car like st to a blanket!!!

Any advice is welcome.

Cheers

[ShiDevil]

mr lock pick said:

Ok, go easy on me with the obvious.

I will be hopefully taking the Sag over for a drive to The Classic and as this will be my first time ever taking the car on such a long journey, I would be intrested in listening to the best methods in keeping car clean whilst away from our usual cleaning set ups that we have at home.

Please note she has only just undergone a fresh paint job, and I have been advised that the paint will take a few weeks to go off 100%. So with this in mind how to I tackle all the bugs etc that are likely to stick to the car like st to a blanket!!!

Any advice is welcome.

Cheers

Hi, you talk to me at the campsite :P I'm taking some gear with me, a collapsing bucket, sheepskin mitts, shampoo, detailing sprays, microfibres etc. There are also taps on site. Don't park the car under a tree :P You will get a light layer of dust on it, when it gets windy :P You can't be any more anal than me in terms of cleaning or knowing when not to clean

In terms of prepping, make sure you have the items I have mentioned, plus get a good coat of wax on the car. This shouldn't affect the paintwork, but check anyway. Wheel protection is good too. This will protect the paintwork and wheels, particularly from bugs or brake dust or at least give some degree. When you get to the Chateau, and if your car is dusty, two options, my fav is a bucket of water over the car and a detailing spray to finish. The water, or campsite hosepipe takes the initial crap off, and the detail the rest/brings the shine up or detail straight away, dependent on the grime level Or, do the hose, bucket, shampoo, rinse, dry, detail :P

That should be a good starter for 10

[Quinny]

Chris...... Get one of these.....cut 4 holes in it for the wheels, and don't go to fast.....should be ok..... And don't forget the garibaldis

[mr lock pick]

Thanks for the tips Steve.

Andy you do make me laugh matey. Will catch up soon and you can tell me about your TRIP. Cant ever imagine putting a bag over my girl matey, she is too beautiful. I have had my fair share of dogs over the years.;)

[chapperssx]

Guys if you can make room for one of these http://www.nomad-direct.co.uk/index.php/products/n... on a trip like LM will come in very handy and work very well !!

[T66ORA]

Top tip, don`t do any burnouts and some tw@t will soak your car for you,then wipe with a chammy, simples

[sascha]

for the best & easiest way take the "nenette"

few minutes use and the sag shines newer than new, i use it since ever.

please here: http://nenette.fr/home/1-nenette-3182619560001.htm...

[Barry Sheene]

sascha said:

for the best & easiest way take the "nenette"

few minutes use and the sag shines newer than new, i use it since ever.

please here: http://nenette.fr/home/1-nenette-3182619560001.htm...

Warning: Do not let google translate translate the page to English, ahem

"The only real.

Order 6 bhes , the 6th is free!
The Fanny ® is a fringe cotton impregnated with a liquid polish, the Nénétol ® . It captures and removes dust, gloss body and the dashboard of the car, quickly and efficiently. It only takes a few minutes without getting your hands dirty, to give the body all its brilliance.
's Fanny ® is also tool ideal for motorcycles or scooters dust . And at home, furniture and various surfaces. The Fanny ® should be used on a very dry surface. Avoid contact with absorbent surfaces (paper, fabric, ...). It is recommended to put the Fanny ® in its sheath after use.

's Fanny ® can be stored and used for a long time if you take care when very dirty or very dry, the retreatment."

Oh my....

Edited by Barry Sheene on Tuesday 24th June 13:27

[frenchie TVR]

The way I see it, is that it’s only a car…

Cars are meant to be outside, driven and enjoyed… this being in rain and sunshine and if it’s dirty and dusty, so let it be it and enjoy driving it dusty and dirty (within limit)…

My point of view is that people who drive the car for 30 minutes and spend 1 hour to clean it and clean it as soon as they arrive somewhere are sad… each on their own, but my point of view is drive to Le Mans, give it a good crack, show a few flame spitting 911 of quickly a “car made of plastic with a chassis that rusts on demand, with electric that do not work and brake done all the time” can catch up with them (did 250 km/h in mine 2 years ago quite a few times), obviously do not get caught, park at Le Mans, do not was the car and spend the times you would washing the car having a drinks or 10, talking with your friends, watching some racing…. On day 4 on the way back, stop a nice restaurant, have a meal, stop at some places buy some booze and load up the TVR and when you get back, wash the car… that’s the spirit of it (in my opinion)… I bet I’m going to make friends here ;-)

TVRs are driver’s cars, they are meant to be driven!

Saying so, I do not have a car that has just had a respray and mine is covered in stone chips… on the other hand, you are right, insects stick to the car like st, but they can be cleaned off, what you really need to worry about it are stone chips and to be honest, there is nothing much that can be done about it, except keeping the car in the garage….?

Hum, this makes me think of people who have cars so clean / so expensive that they are scared to use them….

Happy driving!

There is a good chance that my TVR will be the dirtiest one a Le Mans Classic (it was when I did “TVR at Goodwood” and at Le Mans Classic after we did a BBQ a few meters away from the car, it was pretty dirty too), but it won’t bower me!

Frenchie

[bsdnazz]

Apart from its annual service my Chim only gets the nasties (bird st etc) cleaned off it.

Under the current outer layer of French dust from Le Mans is that last of the saharan dust that blew over a couple of months ago.

Each to their own...

[ShiDevil]

Some of us love to drive our cars and clean our cars and pay the excessive French prices for beer

[bsdnazz]

ShiDevil said:

Some of us love to drive our cars and clean our cars and pay the excessive French prices for beer

We took down 36 pints of fine English ale for the four of us and only bought a few Kronenbergs locally.

[ShiDevil]

bsdnazz said:

We took down 36 pints of fine English ale for the four of us and only bought a few Kronenbergs locally.

Yeah, I think we might be doing the same, stubbies ftw We have a bar at our Chateau Campsite, so will mix and match. We tend to go to the French Supermarket if we run out and by the usual 24 pack of stubby bottles

[Stuntboy51]

I have been using Autoglym fast glass and a microfibre cloth to give mine a dry wash so to speak. It dissolves bugs and with a bit of autoglym super resin polish straight after it shines like a goodun... And no I don't work for autoglym... :-)

[Andy JB]

It'll develop a Le Mans patina - wear it with pride - the best laid plans won't work - just enjoy the weekend the scars are all part of it

[Longers]

There's a large multi bay car wash on the roundabout at the entrance to the Beausejour campsite

Edited by Longers on Friday 27th June 13:46

[ellroy]

If it's really hit and dusty, as per around 2002, fizzy water is the way forward.

Lifts the dust clear off the body work.