Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

They wash mine every time it's serviced.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

Calgarians appear to be obsessed with having clean cars in summer and winter. They are all full all the time. It's likely to be the next business I invest in.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

Because that's what boring wankers do as they all live on those knobby estates, its the same in England.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

You bought a brand new car??:eek: More money than sense. I found the original sales sheet in my second hand car. Brand new price $21500. 2 years later 66k on the clock, price to Bats, $9500.

Hope you enjoy that new car smell.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

Then why waste even more money keeping the damn thing clean? Check out the range between excellent condition and moderate condition on your car as a (let's say) 8 years old resale. It'll be less than $1000 (unless it's a Ferrari). You'd spend a hell of a lot more than that on weekly car washes and silly waxing products per year.

BTW The odd Canadian Ferrari driver doesn't use it in winter.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

Cross post, but while I do buy new cars every few years ('cos I got loadsamoney) I wonder if your recent purchase was regularly washed in winter?

Presumably you never asked and presumably it didn't affect the price.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

No, it's "new"..... new to me, but 2 years old.

My plan is to keep it on the road until it goes to the scrap yard and I will do my best to prolong that day for as long as possible. I'd like to change every two or three years, but depreciation and taxes make that an expensive option.

Anyway.... has anyone tried that "waterless wash" stuff?

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

You presume correctly. It has the underseal thingy and the paint is all shiny and Inferno reddish. It even had that new car smell inside.

I have bought 2 cars from new but I kept them for a longish time. One was a Renault 5 which cost little more new than a second hand car. The second was my lovely Clio. I had that car for 6 years so the loss overall was less startling than 5K a year but it was still an indulgence.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

Nah, sandblasting not a good idea.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

I'm plagiarizing this from a post on the French equivalent of the Maple Leaf by a regular there called le plumber:

"A blonde, wanting to earn some money, decided to hire herself out as a handyman-type and started canvassing a wealthy neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any jobs for her to do.

"Well, you can paint my porch. How much will you charge?"
The blonde said, "How about 50 dollars?" The man agreed and told her that the paint and ladders that she might need were in the garage. The man's wife, inside the house, heard the conversation and said to her husband, "Does she realize that the porch goes all the way around the house?"
The man replied, "She should. She was standing on the porch."

A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect her money.
"You're finished already?" he asked. "Yes," the blonde answered, "and I had paint left over, so I gave it two coats. "Impressed, the man reached in his pocket for the $50. "And by the way," the blonde added, "that's not a Porch, it's a Ferrari."

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

Sounds just like my car.

And all my clothes.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

More money than sense?;)

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You can buy that as a spray for $10. Much cheaper than washing the thing.

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And my house.

Re: How do you keep your car clean in winter?
 

don't bother in the winter - it's when the melt starts in the spring that it starts to be a pain :frown: