woman trouble
Oct 16, 2003 | 04:06 PM
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am i the saddest man in the world for taking the wheels off of my car to clean them..........or shall i just slap the wife for taking the p***
Oct 16, 2003 | 04:08 PM
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From: N.Ireland
Did you take them all off at once?
Oct 16, 2003 | 04:10 PM
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no but i put the front wheels back on the wrong way round and it failed the mot....lol
Oct 16, 2003 | 04:13 PM
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From: west yorkshire
Never slap the wife.
And naa don't think your sad but they'l soon be dirty again..
Oct 16, 2003 | 04:18 PM
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i put polish on them and the brake dont stick to bad....i cant really slap the wife she is bigger than me
Oct 16, 2003 | 04:26 PM
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Oct 16, 2003 | 04:30 PM
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i can only be an anorak with one car at a time sorry m8
Oct 16, 2003 | 04:50 PM
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I sometimes do the same, esp if I want to use wheel cleaner on them - that stuff makes a mess of the calipers!
So, not sad at all!
Oct 16, 2003 | 04:52 PM
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i am not alone then thats wiped the smile off her face....thanks
Oct 16, 2003 | 05:04 PM
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Good idea. I'll clean my winter wheels inside and out before having them fitted. Thanks for the tip!
Suresh
P.S. And no, you're not mad for taking the wheels off and cleaning them, just a little odd
Oct 16, 2003 | 05:13 PM
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From: Waterlooville, Nr Portsmouth
I do exactly the same once a month. My bread knife takes the pi$$ to. A just get the remote out.
Oct 16, 2003 | 05:49 PM
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I clean the insides through the spokes every time I clean the car and intend to take them off for a proper clean every 6 months.
I did this with my last new car (then flipped it end over end on the M6
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Oct 16, 2003 | 07:05 PM
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DaveyDog, you just remind your wife about the need for proper cleaning techniques next time she needs to clean the perl necklace you gave her
Oct 16, 2003 | 07:13 PM
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i always take me wheels off to clean them....then polish them before i put them back on.
after 15 miles, the fronts are black again lol
Oct 16, 2003 | 08:17 PM
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i've only done that once,but that was on a 79 trans-am cause da crome was as rusty as nuts!
Oct 16, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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On the old scoob, CEL used to make me clean the wheels cos he couldn't get his arms through the spokes to get those hard to reach bits
Oct 16, 2003 | 08:23 PM
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From: google "SMACS" We're # 1!
I've done that davey, and the wife just shook her head, and went back inside
Will be easier to do next time though, with all the polish I put on them,
chris
Oct 16, 2003 | 08:48 PM
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pearl necklace your having a laugh that stopped the day i married her...lol
Oct 17, 2003 | 01:20 AM
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From: Derbyshire
Ilike cleaning the scooby saturday morning as its a layjit. way of checking out the toty going for a paper !!!!!!!
[Edited by scooby66 - 10/17/2003 1:21:28 AM]
Oct 17, 2003 | 02:11 AM
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From: Kent
6 weeks ago I took mine of to clean with swissol stuff.
Now I just hose them down, wipe with cloth rinsed in car bath, left over from cleaning car. And hey presto no brake dust, just nice and shiny.
Oct 17, 2003 | 02:23 AM
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Some would call it sad, some would call it enthusiastic.
I would say, immaculate wheels do finish it off, but be careful when jacking it up, as I've seen people put the jack in the most stupid of places.
Only slap the wife if it turns her on!
Oct 17, 2003 | 08:23 AM
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<Only slap the wife if it turns her on!>
Wife(TM)....batteries included
Oct 17, 2003 | 08:49 AM
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A workmate of mine not only removes his wheels but actually uses back to black on the plastic wheel arch linners.And its a Renault Megane.
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