The annual winter dirty car thread (20/21)
Discussion
I presume different councils use different types of salt / grit in winter? When I lived up in North Yorkshire whatever they were using, combined with road dirt, really stuck to the cars in a thick grey layer. At the out of town retail parks in winter there’d always be at least a dozen cars with rear plates completely greyed out and unreadable.
Whereas down south it seems to be a much finer white film that develops on the car which will wash off with a decent downpour.
Whereas down south it seems to be a much finer white film that develops on the car which will wash off with a decent downpour.
uk1988 said:
I presume different councils use different types of salt / grit in winter? When I lived up in North Yorkshire whatever they were using, combined with road dirt, really stuck to the cars in a thick grey layer. At the out of town retail parks in winter there’d always be at least a dozen cars with rear plates completely greyed out and unreadable.
Whereas down south it seems to be a much finer white film that develops on the car which will wash off with a decent downpour.
Where I live it appears to be a saline solution mixed with builders sand, cement powder and lime judging by how it sticks to the car Whereas down south it seems to be a much finer white film that develops on the car which will wash off with a decent downpour.
uk1988 said:
I presume different councils use different types of salt / grit in winter? When I lived up in North Yorkshire whatever they were using, combined with road dirt, really stuck to the cars in a thick grey layer. At the out of town retail parks in winter there’d always be at least a dozen cars with rear plates completely greyed out and unreadable.
Whereas down south it seems to be a much finer white film that develops on the car which will wash off with a decent downpour.
Eeee, when I were 'lad we were so poor, we used t'have different, less adhesive and possible more abrasive salt on t'road, which I'd have t'drive through before getting up at midnight an hour before going to bed....etc etcWhereas down south it seems to be a much finer white film that develops on the car which will wash off with a decent downpour.
I fear I'm out of the running this year...... I'd carefully built up a base layer of grime since last winter and so far this winter a daily commute of 50mile rturn alomng back roads with farmers lifting pototoes, sprouts etc was getting some great dirt was bring it along nicely.... then I made a school boy error; swapped for the day with Mrs M so she could get the Christmas tree, i nearly cried as when I drove down the drive and saw a pristinely clean car!!
She was so please with herself for "I took your car for a valet as it looked so dirty and you're busy"
She was so please with herself for "I took your car for a valet as it looked so dirty and you're busy"
idealstandard said:
400 miles on the clock so far. Disappointed with my Mrs for having the RR washed, had a good weekend towing to and from snetterton and it was properly grimey.
Even though I'm going to do about 1000 miles over the next couple of weeks I couldn't resist cleaning her up. The inside was equally nasty and that's been fixed up properly too. Today's effiort was fairly quick but I stuck a bottle of Super Resin Polish in the boot as I may clean it properly at my folks after Xmas day as there's nothing else to do!
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