When NOT to wash the car

[T5R+]

By the time you get around to the start point - the water has frozen on the panels.

[trickywoo]

The first sign of trouble in my experience is having to defrost the hose first.

[sawman]

trickywoo said:

The first sign of trouble in my experience is having to defrost the hose first.

Ha, slightly off topic but that reminds me of when i made an ice rink in the back yard of our canadian house. The outside tap was frozen, so I ran the hose to flood the designated area from the hot tap in the basement, but the water kept freezing before it got to the end!

[chris_c201]

Or when the snow foam hits the car like snow.... made it interesting jet washing it off!

[talksthetalk]

Every time you need your car washing, find your teenage children doing something wrong (this should not take long) and make them wash it as a punishment.

[McSam]

That really is too cold!

I bloody hate trying to dry the thing properly when it's really cold, though. Like when your effort causes condensation on the bodywork

[Fartgalen]

trickywoo said:

The first sign of trouble in my experience is having to defrost the hose first.

Mine's sitting in the sun defrosting now

[B.J.W]

I avoid washing my car on any day that ends in a 'y'

[DaveEssex]

chris_c201 said:

jet washing it off!

Little known fact that jet washing can move the clearcoat - clearcoat is not bonded to the paint like paint is to the body and high-pressure jet-washing is know to cause problems.

[Gilhooligan]

I washed my car the other day at around 1 o'clock as the weather had improved and everything was thawing out. Then went to do a back shift at work finishing at 9. As we all clocked out and go to jump in our cars I notice, as everyone is driving off, that all the locks on my car are frozen! Spent 10 minutes prodding the locks before I managed to free it up.

[billzeebub]

Gilhooligan said:

I washed my car the other day at around 1 o'clock as the weather had improved and everything was thawing out. Then went to do a back shift at work finishing at 9. As we all clocked out and go to jump in our cars I notice, as everyone is driving off, that all the locks on my car are frozen! Spent 10 minutes prodding the locks before I managed to free it up.

the beauty of remote central locking!..I attempted to wash my Corrado the other day and in between bucket refills the water (and soap) froze on the car, not ideal. I had to resort to the pressure washer in the end, although I really don't like this method of washing my cars. I am hating the amount of salt on the roads well into march. Kind of restricts me to driving the RR and Forester (which never get washed, ever!)

[iva cosworth]

I wanted to wash the Fiat this weekend but my experience of it so far is that the fancy

door handles freeze up if they get damp in this temperature so.......ahm oot