Practically Classics Forum

jpsh120 wrote:And another tip, take it to the local supermarket power wash, leave all the crap on their drive instead!!

£5 for 30 seconds? Nah, i'll pass.

i always used the local jetwash. it wasnt that expensive & i have some very dirty cars..

rich. wrote:... & i have some very dirty cars..

Dirty? I know dirty...

looks like somebody had some fun
It also looks like some of the roads around here after it rains

someone didnt avoid the pothole..

rich. wrote:someone didnt avoid the pothole..

Those are 33" tyres...

UKJeeper wrote:

rich. wrote:someone didnt avoid the pothole..

Those are 33" tyres...

the roads by you must be getting really bad...

Sorry, that's not dirty - you can still see the red paint!

UKJeeper wrote:

jpsh120 wrote:And another tip, take it to the local supermarket power wash, leave all the crap on their drive instead!!

£5 for 30 seconds? Nah, i'll pass.

£1 per 3 minutes on Associated Dairies forecourts and similar price at the Morrison ones these days so either these things have become cheaper or someone's been kidding you on re the cost of using someone else’s water. And those things don't dry the car off.


That said, by the time I find someone to help hold the lance, get the two hoses de-birds nested, check the brush end for gravel and actually do the job (to a fraction of the quality but without the drying), it's better, cheaper and simpler to pay your local European refugee chaps a fiver to wash it, wax it and dry it off. Plus they always do the wheels properly and use soft microfibre mops for the drying. They'll even wax the car (I assume that the waxing mentioned on the tariff board refers to the car....) for only one further Pound. Bit of a no brainer really and given that the friendly local Polish lads all tool about in nearly new £20k motors they're clearly not undercharging, even though they pay £200 per week in rent for the use of their pitch.
I'm clearly in the wrong profession.

tractorman wrote:Sorry, that's not dirty - you can still see the red paint!

Thats not paint, that's terracotta clay!