Cleaning the car with your own two bare hands.
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I guess most people nowadays either get the local Saudis to completely clean their car without any evidence / incriminating marks down at Sainsburys for £7 or else you get a professional to do a proper job for £107, however I still like to get my two buckets out ( fnaar) and feel the intense satisfaction, and occasional semi erection of moist auto eroticism; with micro fibre cloth and various bottled spells and potions from Halffords.
Call me old fashioned, or a northern tight git aged 50. So I had a bash today in tricky conditions. The sun was out and there was a NW wind of about 7 knots with ambient temperatures of 9-10C. Not ideal
Look how the trees reflect off the bonnet, also the same on the windscreen. The boot reflects the autumn glory of the people over the roads mature trees. At this distance you cannot even see the mould on the top of the canvas roof which also is a lovely shade of fungus green. The wheel spray makes my iron disks go a lovely shade of brown too, then amplified by not driving it for a week unlike proper MX5 owner who actually drive their car more than cleaning it.
I digress. Chuffed with my efforts. I'm actually quiet tired now, all that bending down etc. No sex for Mrs Gandahar again tonight !
Show us you best cleaning efforts.
You, your Shammy and you.
PS Don't worry about my registration not being blotted out. It's washed so much and driven so little the whole thing is rusted up, I have a cast iron alibi for when this car ram raids the Oxfam shop in Knightsbridge
Call me old fashioned, or a northern tight git aged 50. So I had a bash today in tricky conditions. The sun was out and there was a NW wind of about 7 knots with ambient temperatures of 9-10C. Not ideal
Look how the trees reflect off the bonnet, also the same on the windscreen. The boot reflects the autumn glory of the people over the roads mature trees. At this distance you cannot even see the mould on the top of the canvas roof which also is a lovely shade of fungus green. The wheel spray makes my iron disks go a lovely shade of brown too, then amplified by not driving it for a week unlike proper MX5 owner who actually drive their car more than cleaning it.
I digress. Chuffed with my efforts. I'm actually quiet tired now, all that bending down etc. No sex for Mrs Gandahar again tonight !
Show us you best cleaning efforts.
You, your Shammy and you.
PS Don't worry about my registration not being blotted out. It's washed so much and driven so little the whole thing is rusted up, I have a cast iron alibi for when this car ram raids the Oxfam shop in Knightsbridge
Composite Guru said:
Looking good there.
Same here, I do love a good cleaning session and then standing back and admiring your work.
The only cars I ever got the local car wash to wash was my lease cars. I always do my own.
lovely car, and looks like it would be a dream to clean, such a rewarding colour when washed I should imagineSame here, I do love a good cleaning session and then standing back and admiring your work.
The only cars I ever got the local car wash to wash was my lease cars. I always do my own.
Edited by Composite Guru on Wednesday 24th October 16:10
Swampy1982 said:
Composite Guru said:
Looking good there.
Same here, I do love a good cleaning session and then standing back and admiring your work.
The only cars I ever got the local car wash to wash was my lease cars. I always do my own.
lovely car, and looks like it would be a dream to clean, such a rewarding colour when washed I should imagineSame here, I do love a good cleaning session and then standing back and admiring your work.
The only cars I ever got the local car wash to wash was my lease cars. I always do my own.
Edited by Composite Guru on Wednesday 24th October 16:10
)e30m3Mark said:
Local jetwash (£1 per 3 minutes), air dry on the 2 miles home and a rare (I'm too lazy) polish using DoDo Juice orange crush. This is applied using an old Fruit of the Loom t-shirt that I'm too fat for.
Was you and your car on Petrolicious recently by any chance - Amazing machine 
This is about as good as my efforts get :
No thanks, even in summer I would rather visit the local automatic wash...
In winter I can't think or much worse than getting all cold and wet when a tenner will do the job much better than I could be bothered to!
My favourite bit is when the big scratchy brush goes over my carbon fibre roof and it sounds like thunder.
My second favourite bit is the big soft octopus arms that dry me on the way out.
In winter I can't think or much worse than getting all cold and wet when a tenner will do the job much better than I could be bothered to!
My favourite bit is when the big scratchy brush goes over my carbon fibre roof and it sounds like thunder.
My second favourite bit is the big soft octopus arms that dry me on the way out.
Gandahar said:
I guess most people nowadays either get the local Saudis to completely clean their car without any evidence / incriminating marks down at Sainsburys for £7 or else you get a professional to do a proper job for £107, however I still like to get my two buckets out ( fnaar) and feel the intense satisfaction, and occasional semi erection of moist auto eroticism; with micro fibre cloth and various bottled spells and potions from Halffords.
Call me old fashioned, or a northern tight git aged 50. So I had a bash today in tricky conditions. The sun was out and there was a NW wind of about 7 knots with ambient temperatures of 9-10C. Not ideal
Look how the trees reflect off the bonnet, also the same on the windscreen. The boot reflects the autumn glory of the people over the roads mature trees. At this distance you cannot even see the mould on the top of the canvas roof which also is a lovely shade of fungus green. The wheel spray makes my iron disks go a lovely shade of brown too, then amplified by not driving it for a week unlike proper MX5 owner who actually drive their car more than cleaning it.
I digress. Chuffed with my efforts. I'm actually quiet tired now, all that bending down etc. No sex for Mrs Gandahar again tonight !
Show us you best cleaning efforts.
You, your Shammy and you.
PS Don't worry about my registration not being blotted out. It's washed so much and driven so little the whole thing is rusted up, I have a cast iron alibi for when this car ram raids the Oxfam shop in Knightsbridge
LOL, funny post. Your car looks spotless.Call me old fashioned, or a northern tight git aged 50. So I had a bash today in tricky conditions. The sun was out and there was a NW wind of about 7 knots with ambient temperatures of 9-10C. Not ideal
Look how the trees reflect off the bonnet, also the same on the windscreen. The boot reflects the autumn glory of the people over the roads mature trees. At this distance you cannot even see the mould on the top of the canvas roof which also is a lovely shade of fungus green. The wheel spray makes my iron disks go a lovely shade of brown too, then amplified by not driving it for a week unlike proper MX5 owner who actually drive their car more than cleaning it.
I digress. Chuffed with my efforts. I'm actually quiet tired now, all that bending down etc. No sex for Mrs Gandahar again tonight !
Show us you best cleaning efforts.
You, your Shammy and you.
PS Don't worry about my registration not being blotted out. It's washed so much and driven so little the whole thing is rusted up, I have a cast iron alibi for when this car ram raids the Oxfam shop in Knightsbridge
I,m the same, spend two days per week on my toys they never get really dirty though. waxed after every wash weather needed or not.
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