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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:26 PM
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mine is 5x dirtyer than that and i only drove 10 miles home from the wash... i live near farms and share the roads with tractors.... so... my car is very brown when it rains
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
Yeah I know Heavy rain 'cleans' it every now and again
Need a garage to keep it dirty!!!!

Not doing enough miles either, those front wheels should be black with brake dust!!!

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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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Ah, I changed the wheels nearly 2 weeks ago, they were pristine before they went on lol
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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Here's how dirty it was 2 months ago. The garage started cleaning the front then looks like they gave up


Have your dirty car as a symbol of pride, shows it's used as was intended
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobynutta555
Here's how dirty it was 2 months ago. The garage started cleaning the front then looks like they gave up


Have your dirty car as a symbol of pride, shows it's used as was intended
Thats much more like it
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:48 PM
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Had mine just over a year and washed it once myself and have been through a hand car wash once and a drive through a couple of times.

Black looks great when it's clean but it doesn't last long.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:50 PM
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Every week

Cue the bufty boy jokes.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:07 PM
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this is how your scooby should look all year round . at least every other day





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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:07 PM
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twice a week at the mo. usually once a fortnight in summer
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:08 PM
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you should be ashamed how can you let your cars get in such a state, just because the car cant tell u he wants a wash, you should give your cars the respect they deserve
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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can eny bodey tell me how u post your photos to come up traight away as a full picture.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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well done rcwhite at last someone who knows how to treat a cae correctly, and before u ask mine always looks mint
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:15 PM
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cheers
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by donnas roo
you should be ashamed how can you let your cars get in such a state, just because the car cant tell u he wants a wash, you should give your cars the respect they deserve

LOL You'd have had a proper fit it you saw my old Elise

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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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mine only gets washed when it goes in for a service
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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i used to think i had a issues with keeping mine so clean. like a war on bugs just could not let them WIN !!!!!!!
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:32 PM
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thats one sweeeeet sti

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p.s wash my Impreza every weekend in summer - cant be bothered in winter
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:39 PM
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I hand wash mine twice a month if I can, once a month at the very least and jet wash it once every two weeks at work. Body work needs some attention though but after the full repaint it'll get a more regular cleaning rota.

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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:50 PM
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when i had my silver wrx in the warmer months, it was a wash and polish every week two weeks. since ive had my red uk turbo (last 3 weeks) shes not been cleaned once. i have ahad a free respray in chocolate_o_brown! no pun intended - well maybe

never seen my car clean, cant wait to see what a good ol' polish will do to her when i can be arsed to stop posting on here for 5 mns.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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yes u are correct that is disgusting my Sti has never been that dirty i have only just finnished polishing him from 12 o'clock today, i know it's sad but the end result is worth the effort and its a great de-stresser especially when i should have been xmas shopping
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 06:48 PM
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Finnished polishing? Is that a new type of Scandanavian polish?
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DannyBoy007
Every 4-6 weeks it might get a wash, inside maybe once or twice a year!!!!!
Dan, Your nose is growing! So is the mould in the rear foot well...

Wash it when you can spare the time to. And wax it every 3 months or so, top coat every month if you can be arsed. Couple of layers before the Winter and summer (bugs) and a clay once a year. Does me. Losing the will at the moment like everyone though.

In the morning I am cleaning 8 wheels! I wonder why...
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 07:19 PM
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Not cleaned mine for3 Months now.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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I washed mine in June, and again in December.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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twice a week n polished both times. i need to get a life i think lol
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 08:56 PM
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Had my latest 05 WRX wagon 16 months, washed it twice myself, and garage did it twice when servicing it. I get filthy if I brush against it...
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 08:58 PM
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about once every 2 weeks
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by martynhutch
twice a week n polished both times. i need to get a life i think lol
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 09:00 PM
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u must have toooooooo much time in ur hands
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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no 555 if u had read the earlier ones u would know y it has taken so long but it looks better than when i got the car
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