Would you put your OWN car through a car wash?
Discussion
Because they are.
Your car may look very clean after exiting the car wash at your local petrol station. Yet, if you were to look closely you will see the tell tale swirl marks. These are only cosmetic and can be polished out with a good quality wax/polish, which, defeats the object of using a mechanical car wash.
Your car may look very clean after exiting the car wash at your local petrol station. Yet, if you were to look closely you will see the tell tale swirl marks. These are only cosmetic and can be polished out with a good quality wax/polish, which, defeats the object of using a mechanical car wash.
I can't believe you would even suggest such a thing. Luckily I have an excellent hand car wash locally, thorough pre jet and soaping, then 4 lads do a quarter each really well and dont miss anything, then jet rinse. They also leather off as well including the door jambs, but I do it again properly when I get home. I could never use a regular car wash though, not even on the company Furby, but then that is brand new and black too, a car wash would cut the shiny fresh paint to ribbons.
Years ago, when I was young and silly, I put my black golf gti through a car wash one cold and frosty morning.
As I sat there there shivering I realised that there was no water being sprayed, and any moisture on my car was from the frost on the brushes.
AAAGHGGGG!
I drove out and complained to the attendant, but as the car was wet, it looked ok.
Until I got home. Looked like I had flatted the car with 1200 grade wet and dry.
Went back to the garage, raised a bit of a stink and claimed on their insurance. Didn't want a total respray because of the obvious telltale signs, (it was mint mk1 GTI) and settled for a complet buffing up of the car.
Tw@t at the insurance co. tried to pay less because of the 'improvement' to my car.
Anyway, car washes should be banned.
Furthermore, why should you take less care of a company car than your own?
Weird concept.
As I sat there there shivering I realised that there was no water being sprayed, and any moisture on my car was from the frost on the brushes.
AAAGHGGGG!
I drove out and complained to the attendant, but as the car was wet, it looked ok.
Until I got home. Looked like I had flatted the car with 1200 grade wet and dry.
Went back to the garage, raised a bit of a stink and claimed on their insurance. Didn't want a total respray because of the obvious telltale signs, (it was mint mk1 GTI) and settled for a complet buffing up of the car.
Tw@t at the insurance co. tried to pay less because of the 'improvement' to my car.
Anyway, car washes should be banned.
Furthermore, why should you take less care of a company car than your own?
Weird concept.
in winter i use local hand wash,they do a great job and they use jet wash to get the salt off it cost £ 6.00 but they take care.never use a automatic carwash on the copen because it doe not fit.in the summer i wash it myself.a word of warning never use a jetwash at garage i used it when i first got the copen,there was grit in the hose and it sratched the paintwork
Carwash tales
When i fist started driving i had a beetle with extra large engine that needed the top of the engine lid stood off for cooling drove into my local carwash the two hangy down brushes caught in the engine lid bending the engine lid and smashing the rear wings in when i complained loudly i was shown the enter at your own risk sign and asked to leave.
after that i never used a carwash only jetwashes
Thenone day when jetwashing my golf the nozzle bit on the end of the pipe flew of and smashed into my bonnet at about a hundred miles an hour once again shown the your own risk sign now i wash my cars at home with bucket sponge and hose
When i fist started driving i had a beetle with extra large engine that needed the top of the engine lid stood off for cooling drove into my local carwash the two hangy down brushes caught in the engine lid bending the engine lid and smashing the rear wings in when i complained loudly i was shown the enter at your own risk sign and asked to leave.
after that i never used a carwash only jetwashes
Thenone day when jetwashing my golf the nozzle bit on the end of the pipe flew of and smashed into my bonnet at about a hundred miles an hour once again shown the your own risk sign now i wash my cars at home with bucket sponge and hose
Am I the only one who doesn't think twice about using automatic carwashes?!?!
I used to put my fiesta through, which was silver, and apart from one incident where I forgot to unscrew the aerial off the top (mk3 festa here), never had one dodgy moment...never realised it left swirl marks in the paint either.
I still do it now with my Cavalier, it's got some swirly marks in the paint, if you look at it closely enough, from about a foot away...but that doesn't really bother me!
I used to put my fiesta through, which was silver, and apart from one incident where I forgot to unscrew the aerial off the top (mk3 festa here), never had one dodgy moment...never realised it left swirl marks in the paint either.
I still do it now with my Cavalier, it's got some swirly marks in the paint, if you look at it closely enough, from about a foot away...but that doesn't really bother me!
Balmoral Green said:
Luckily I have an excellent hand car wash locally, thorough pre jet and soaping, then 4 lads do a quarter each really well and dont miss anything, then jet rinse. They also leather off as well including the door jambs, but I do it again properly when I get home. I could never use a regular car wash though, not even on the company Furby, but then that is brand new and black too, a car wash would cut the shiny fresh paint to ribbons.
How much does that cost you BG?
When I was trying to sell my old Jag and didn't have much time, the local 'posh-wash' wanted to charge me £80 just to do the exterior
Cue cancelling a few plans and spending the usual six hours inside and out...I've never taken a car through a carwash, can't see the point of paying when I can do it for free (ish), but then I am very cheap.
Agree with the theraputic thing - quite relaxing just hosing, washing and chammoising for an hour. Not quite so relaxing when you find a small scratch on the front bumper and a stone chip that's gone rusty.
Agree with the theraputic thing - quite relaxing just hosing, washing and chammoising for an hour. Not quite so relaxing when you find a small scratch on the front bumper and a stone chip that's gone rusty.
groomi said:
Luckily I have an excellent hand car wash locally, thorough pre jet and soaping, then 4 lads do a quarter each really well and dont miss anything, then jet rinse. They also leather off as well including the door jambs, but I do it again properly when I get home. I could never use a regular car wash though, not even on the company Furby, but then that is brand new and black too, a car wash would cut the shiny fresh paint to ribbons.
How much does that cost you BG?
When I was trying to sell my old Jag and didn't have much time, the local 'posh-wash' wanted to charge me £80 just to do the exterior
£5 at East Mill, Belper.
Car wash on Black paint work !!
No way ho zay.
I have enough trouble keeping it swirl mark free using super soft special clothes and the like, those things just scratch the dirt in !!
I wouldn't put any car through the wash like that - now those places where you sit in the car and they do each stage of the cleaning and then you drive on to the next bit = now that's cooking with gas
No way ho zay.
I have enough trouble keeping it swirl mark free using super soft special clothes and the like, those things just scratch the dirt in !!
I wouldn't put any car through the wash like that - now those places where you sit in the car and they do each stage of the cleaning and then you drive on to the next bit = now that's cooking with gas
Usually do it myself, but if it's looking a bit tired i'll take it to ge valeted properly. £75 for a wash polish and wax, and looks far better than i could ever make it.
The WashBay, in Aberdeen if anyone's interested. Great service, £15 for a basic wash, £45 for wash and wax and £75 for the full works.
The WashBay, in Aberdeen if anyone's interested. Great service, £15 for a basic wash, £45 for wash and wax and £75 for the full works.
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