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02-18-2007, 06:00 PM | #23 |
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i can beat that - maybee not now, i only wash it when i am going out, but when i first got it, it was NEVER dirty
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02-18-2007, 06:15 PM | #24 |
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That's coz you're a chick!!! How rarely do you go out? I drive mine every day. The annoying part is how quickly I get brake dust on my wheels.
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02-18-2007, 06:21 PM | #25 | |
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i go out most days, but i meant i wash it if i go to dinner, or go somewhere important...
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02-18-2007, 06:24 PM | #26 |
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I meant that most chicks are cleaner than guys... You on the other hand love great cars and you're a chick. Hence you have a great car and it's clean.
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02-18-2007, 07:12 PM | #27 |
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Yeah it's annoying. I used to wash mine myself, but with the M3 being black it's a major pain. I get mine washed at the local star wash or at BMW. Although the M3 doesn't see outside the garage if it looks like rain.
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02-18-2007, 08:53 PM | #28 |
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hahhha...wash your car once a fortnight??? Here in Melbourne with stage 3 (and going onto stage 4 water restrictions in the coming months)...i bought a 2000litre tank and pump so that I can wash my car!! Talk about dedication! Screw watering my gardens and lawns... i more concerned about my dirty car...(which by the way i wash at least once-twice a week!) I find it therapeutic!
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02-18-2007, 09:57 PM | #29 | |
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02-18-2007, 10:43 PM | #30 | |
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man, I wish my girlfriend had the same level of dedication with regards to washing cars!!! |
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02-19-2007, 05:56 AM | #31 | |
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I go to one of those car wash places. I read the paper and have a coffee and save time (coz if I did it, I would take 3 or 4 hours- I get a bit anal when I used to wash my own cars and these were no water restrictions). I'm afraid I don't have time to do it myself and I'm renting my place so I can't get a water tank Why don't I bring my car over to your place, you can "unwind" and wash my car while I play Gran Turismo on the playstation in your car!
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02-19-2007, 05:20 PM | #32 |
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oh, i went to a car wash place once in my old car, never again... they didn't get my interior clean, and they left swirl marks on the paint... i can do it better myself
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02-19-2007, 09:04 PM | #33 |
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02-19-2007, 10:30 PM | #34 |
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when i first got my car i used to wash at least twice a week
once i even washed my car twice in one day but haha that was a bit overkill - had a date, what can i say? haha nowadays i give it a spray down at one of those places every week and give it a proper clean probably every month or so (bloody water restrictions - it's at stage 3 now ugh)
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02-19-2007, 10:57 PM | #35 |
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You're right - one bad wash and that's it.... Has anyone tried the new waterless spray on car cleaner- apparently it's pretty good. Just spray on and wipe off!
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02-19-2007, 11:00 PM | #36 | |
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i'm scared that without water it'd be scratch city
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02-19-2007, 11:19 PM | #37 |
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Go touchless carwash like BMW use Or alternatively, just head into BMW on the weekends and have them wash it for you.
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02-19-2007, 11:34 PM | #38 |
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no way i am letting bmw wash my car again... they left big scratches on my boot - most likely from a dirty sponge or something :mad:
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02-22-2007, 01:11 AM | #39 | |
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It's probably some kind of surfactant which envelops the dirt so i'm sure it only works on mildly dirty cars with new paint. And you'd go through a bunch of rags i reckon.... Standby for a report......
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02-22-2007, 01:42 AM | #40 | |
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Alto use touchless wash, as does Star wash so they don't use sponges or touch the car. It's also air dried so they don't chamois it either. |
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02-22-2007, 02:58 PM | #41 | |
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air dry as in just leave it sitting there? wouldn't that leave watermarks? or airdry as in blow air onto it?
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02-22-2007, 05:39 PM | #42 |
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thanks i'd be interested in that - except dun think i'd have the guys to try it on my car hehe
yeah i gotta say bmw dun wash cars very well - i'm never happy with how clean my car is after i get it back and always go and wash it again properly
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02-23-2007, 07:35 AM | #43 |
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What else does BMW do for its customers whilst waiting for their car services?
Mazda seems to provide magazines, tv, good coffee, a good car wash inside out, plus a hefty total bill |
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02-23-2007, 08:36 AM | #44 |
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Just got the cupholder & sunroof fixed by dealer today. Free loan car, free coffee.
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