Davie's french attraction.

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Two buckets please gents.....one with a "spacer mesh" in the bottom for rinsing the mitt off before the next dip.....
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I use a mitt.. They are awesome...
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I've given up washing cars until March now. It's a futile exercise.
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mickeymoon wrote:I've given up washing cars until March now. It's a futile exercise.
Same here. I don't wash them very often at all. Mostly just before a rally ;)

I do like the interior to be always spotless and often clean inside on a weekly basis...
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CitroJim wrote:
mickeymoon wrote:
I do like the interior to be always spotless and often clean inside on a weekly basis...
Same here, the inside of my car is spotless. I have a bottle of window cleaner and some microfibre clothes in the storage bins to clean the windows, lights and plates when necessary.
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30 quid to wash motors? Never paid a penny. You guys will be paying to get grass cut next. That is good money to buy tools or oil.
Years ago we got a fiver to wash works van. I washed it myself and the money went to things I could own or use.
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That's the difference between a god one and a bad one. I hate carwashes myself, I always spot things I don't like. Well with the exception of the one off Charlie browns roundabout in Woodford, they know how to clean a car properly. The one in Llandudno is rubbish, I stopped them the only time I went as the cloths were dirtier than the car.
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It's because of my medical conditions that I don't wash cars now. I always used to have the cars spotless, washed and leathered every week and waxed or polished every month. Never would anyone else wash my car, or would it see a car wash. I still won't put a car through a car wash, but needs must with getting it hand washed.

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I have a similar attitude but once a week is the target rather than the norm. If I weren't able to then I'd spend quite some time finding one I was happy with. The one in Woodfords brilliant, well it was up to 5 years ago. I've not been since.
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To be honest, I find car washes (manual or auto) scary because of my claustrophobic tendencies...

I have to be able to 'escape' instantly from any situation at a moment’s notice. You can't do that in a car wash...
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CitroJim wrote:To be honest, I find car washes (manual or auto) scary because of my claustrophobic tendencies...

I have to be able to 'escape' instantly from any situation at a moment’s notice. You can't do that in a car wash...
Having similar issues, but only with small spaces, I find I don't get it in a car wash, as I dislike people, and it's one place I can be free of them bothering me for a few minutes, much like the bathroom!
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I'm away to do something I have never done before
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It's the Nissan micra. It's manky, advertised for sale and a viewing booked at 9am and I am working right now. Please God will you save my soul? [emoji12] [emoji23]

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I can hear the scream of metal being torn from metal, and the strange noise of flesh being hacked by sharp edges.
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I survived, the micra didn't lol. I hope the door mirror stays attached long enough to sell it!

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