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Title: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: starlingadey on 06 July 2009, 09:50

Top five irritations for a car cleaning obsessive?

Stone chips
Bird poo
Lorries splashing mud all over you
Dust on hot days
Ugly dirt spots after a shower

Anymore for anymore?

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: jamie_pyrite on 06 July 2009, 10:06

BBS RA's that take FOREVER to clean properly
red paint
New roads where even at 5mph you know you're going to get stone chips!
Winter. Everything about it..
bird poo.. especially right outside my house :(

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: MK3GTI_16Valve on 06 July 2009, 10:23

Biggest irritation is after a 40 mile round trip to work, car is dirty again with all of the above   :cry:
Thats why it gets so obsessive because nobody likes to see their pride and joy dirty, its a never ending loop.

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: Rhyso on 06 July 2009, 10:26

bird poo about 3 seconds after finishing
dust
it rains as you're washing the car
it rains as you're trying to dry the car
it RAINS!!!!!!

 :angry: :angry: :angry:

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: jamie16v on 06 July 2009, 10:33

where you live on a busy road but have a garage at the rear on a dirt track lane which happens to be the only safe place to clean the car and some tit decides to bomb down the lane chucking dust everywhere. and then the next door neighbour in his 190k 1.9d citroen zx pulls out of his garage with oily smoke spitting out of his exhaust..
oh yeah and as already mentioned

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: Guy on 06 July 2009, 11:03

this my friends is why you have the sacrificial layer(s) of wax/sealant on glass... my car is currently caked in tree sap after having to park (abandon) it under a tree overnight

don't have the time to clean it today/tomorrow... bothered... non... know it'll come up clean and shiny when i wash it which will take all of 20mins

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: Dan34 on 06 July 2009, 11:35

Quote from: jamie_pyrite on 06 July 2009, 10:06

BBS RA's that take FOREVER to clean properly
red paint
New roads where even at 5mph you know you're going to get stone chips!
Winter. Everything about it..
bird poo.. especially right outside my house :(

I hear that!! biggest pain in the world them wheels! i sold mine in the end because of it, couldnt justify a refurb becuase i know i wouldnt have kept them as clean as i could.

Dan

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: AlanD on 06 July 2009, 11:45

When owning a black anything short of leaving it in the garage. As soon as its outside in the elements it WILL be noticeably dirty within a few hours :(

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: DubSociety on 06 July 2009, 11:54

I can live with Rain, Dust because one quick wipe down with a microfibre cloth everythings gleaming again.

But Tree Sap ... oh my days, that gets on my nerves BIIIIIIIG TIME.  :angry:

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: jaydubveedub on 06 July 2009, 16:14

Flies on the front of the car really annoy me.

Taking your freshly detailed pride and joy out, only to discover that the friendly local farmer has dropped sh*t all over the road. C*ck.

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: starlingadey on 06 July 2009, 22:08

You're so right about bugs and bloody flies.....and is it just me or do the damn things dive kamikaze style straight at your car as if to deliberately piss you off!!

Title: Re: Arrrrrgggggghhhhh!
Post by: kdiz on 07 July 2009, 10:08

Quote from: starlingadey on 06 July 2009, 22:08

You're so right about bugs and bloody flies.....and is it just me or do the damn things dive kamikaze style straight at your car as if to deliberately piss you off!!

they say fu*k it, only got a day to live may as well go all out.