I challenge you to beat this ? heh heh!

[Effect]

Car is in need of a wash methinks.

 

[AS3TOM]

how could ya.....get it cleaned - but take it too one of them car washes where they do it by hand. sure they'd be over the moon to clean. mind you they'd probably have to charge ya double!!

 

[S3fan]

shame on you mo fo!

 

[Mr.G]

LOL now that its dirty

 

[Jimmeh]

how could ya.....get it cleaned - but take it too one of them car washes where they do it by hand. sure they'd be over the moon to clean. mind you they'd probably have to charge ya double!!

I hope you're kidding RE this Tom? 'They' do more damage, than good.

 

[AS3TOM]

how do they do more harm? i never use them myself! but was just saying that they wouldn't look forward to cleaning a car thats in that state

 

[Jacko4130]

Looks like mine at them moment, when driving 25/30k a year the last thing i wanna do is clean my motor this time of year. 2 minutes driving and your back to square 1.

 

[FazS3]

how do they do more harm? i never use them myself! but was just saying that they wouldn't look forward to cleaning a car thats in that state

They dont use the correct washing technique, and this can put swirl marks into your paint.

 

[wibble111]

how do they do more harm?

By rinsing all the crap off your car into a bowl/bucket whatever then rubbing it AGAIN all over your nice paint work.

If they used the two bucket method i'd be there every other day in this weather

 

[Jimmeh]

how do they do more harm? i never use them myself! but was just saying that they wouldn't look forward to cleaning a car thats in that state

You're right, I doubt they would, no. But as Faz states, they will use bad technique throughout.. (get it in, get it done, get it out! "nexxxt!") thus, inflicting swirls/holograms into your car. Best way is to do it yourself, use two buckets (if you don't already..) one for wash solution, and one for a rinse bucket. Contact by PM for more details if you wish

 

[AS3TOM]

its alright i know how to wash my car spend all day doing it during the summer months. well my RS Turbo anyway, an i use the two bucket method that you mentioned! not dedicated a days cleaning to the S3 yet so that only gets a quick going over at the moment thats why i aint put any pics of it up yet

 

[1animal1]

so if your using the 2 bucket method you must understand why you shouldnt go to the hand car wash surely?????

 

[AS3TOM]

i've never used a hand car wash, hence not knowing what they are like!

 

[1animal1]

ahha

 

[AS3TOM]

 

[Effect]

that is what a 40 mile round trip to work every day does, in an area with more quarries/farms than you can shake a stick at.

Hence lots of trucks on the road anmd very dirty roads.

That is only 2 weeks of dirt

as for the wash your car for £5 places yes they leave horrible swirl marks all over the car, I am gonna pay a company to de swirl it now so the £5 wash wasnt that cheap now was it

 

[S3BLX]

I think you should make a thread bout cleaning cars. I could do with some tips..........?

 

[S3BLX]

Thats aimed at you jimmeh

 

[Effect]

Just remembered as well on Tuesday i came out of training to find someone had parked in the space behind mine and absolutely glistening clean bright yellow 8L S3
Plate was S3 JOL or something like that.

 

[s3_kev]

I think you should make a thread bout cleaning cars. I could do with some tips..........?

there's a whole dedicated area on this forum about detailing here

 

[Nilz]

Shame on you dude!!!

Does look very 'quattro' though

 

[benr]

Looks cool... no speed camera problems too..

This was from 6 days driving in sweden.. filth

 

[Lenny Benford]

3 days of driving in Columbia.

 

[jojo]

Fiiiilthy.

 

[Jimmeh]

I think you should make a thread bout cleaning cars. I could do with some tips..........?

As Kev states chap, theres the Aftercare and Detailing section here on AS.net.

If you'd like any advise, feel free to PM me though

 

[Khufu]

tut tut, all these illegal cars - designed to thwart speed cameras? LOL

 

[voorhees]

this was after three weeks in the Sahara

 

[Ibzzzzz]

My cousins astra....Shes not cleaning it on purpose, says shes hiding new dents from her parents!

Its a 1.7 CDTi....Flippin' quick...40 less bhp than my A3 but 30 more nM of torque...which I know will have it glued to my backside...

 

[S3 Rav]

everyones on a right detailing mission these days aren't they. mind you when summer comes everyone wants a nice gleaming car i suppose.

 

[Dani_B19]

Does anyone know of any yorkshire(preferably south yorkshire) specialist's who can remove scratch's, swirls etc? Mine is in abit of a mess from previous owners.

 

[1animal1]

pm Jimmeh mate, hes spot on and only lives other side of Lincoln....30 miles from south sheff

 

[Dani_B19]

Thats not bad then, want the car brought up to a good standard then i can maintain and keep on top of it, you'll see tomorrow how bad the paint work is

 

[1animal1]

oh dont start playing it down haha..... your not alone mate dont worry mine needs a full side respray, rear bumper repair and rear plate trim respray....

 

[Dani_B19]

Ok now afeel better haha. Ive got alist too but ill leave it till tomorrow and bore you then :icon_thumright:.

 

[1animal1]

super!!!

 

[S3 LTN]

My first S3...
The dirt and the salt was so solid that honestly i should have used a scrapper.

 

[Effect]

Cleaned it 2 weekends on the trot now.
6 hours first weekend and 3 hours for the one just gone.

I had previously taken it to one of these wash for a quid places and they really did leave BAD swirl marks all over the place, took me ****** ages to get them all out and I'm still not 100% satisfied with the result.

Good thing is that the car has now had a couple of coats of polish on it and when I took pics it looked absolutely mint just not had chance to get them off my phone onto pc yet though.