Thorongil Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Here’s how I see it. A car is made of metal. It gets driven on the road and gets dirty to varying degrees whenever it is used. I take the view that occasional wash at a car wash either automated or by guys doing it is plenty. It costs about a fiver and you can do it when out, combining it with actual use of the car. So when I see people washing their own cars i their driveways I am perplexed. I just see a massive waste of time and energy. Why do people bother? I know some will say that car washes and stuff don’t do as good a job but come on?! It’s going to get dirty again anyway. Why bother to wash your own car? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 I know some will say that car washes and stuff don’t do as good a job but come on?! It’s going to get dirty again anyway. By this logic why wash anything? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorongil Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Empty It said: By this logic why wash anything? To clean it. My point really is the effort/reward ratio of washing your own car. Some people spend hours doing it when it can be done fin 5 minutes by a team of people and you only have to stop in to have it done. The result is broadly similar, both short term and medium term. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Good reason to get out of the house for an hour of peace and quiet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 A waste of time, one that I never, ever partake in. In fact, I think since my first car when I was a wee boy-racer ned type for about 9 months, I have never washed my own car. That would make it roughly 17 years since I washed a car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 30 minutes ago, Empty It said: By this logic why wash anything? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 It's the same with dusting and hoovering. Just pay teams of people to do that for you, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: It's the same with dusting and hoovering. Just pay teams of people to do that for you, too. the idea of a cleaner Vs the reality of a cleaner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: It's the same with dusting and hoovering. Just pay teams of people to do that for you, too. @KnightswoodBear this is your area of expertise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 39 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: A waste of time, one that I never, ever partake in. In fact, I think since my first car when I was a wee boy-racer ned type for about 9 months, I have never washed my own car. That would make it roughly 17 years since I washed a car. Same. I pay someone to wash it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 £5 for the Albanians round the road to do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParsJake Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Waste of time and money. It'll rain soon enough and get cleaned then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: @KnightswoodBear this is your area of expertise Absolutely. My time is more valuable than the amount I pay the cleaners each week to do it for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Washing a car is very much like making love to a beautiful woman... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deegee Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 I will (very)occasionally wash my car if I’m motivated and have not a lot else to do on a pleasant summer morning otherwise I’ll happily let some Romanian lads crack on and clean the car for a fiver or go to Sainsbury’s car wash etc. Whereas my next door neighbour is an absolute tool who power washes his and his wife’s (insignificant and fairly old small) cars every weekend for hours on end. They’ve only been married a year and I’d have thought he’d have other better things to be getting on with on a weekend morning than taking the Karcher to his VW Golf like a man possessed!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur daley Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Swirls on the paintwork will be left from Any kind of car wash that you drive threw that uses “rollers “ to wash it or also the self service car wash with the brush and the hot foam on the garage forecourt or the kinda place that charges a fiver and is washed by a handful of Eastern European’s , some people may not be bothered And a lot of that will depend if you own the car or leasing it as after a few years it’s not your problem ,also washing the car with a sponge (which is as old school as wax )or using improper car washing techniques could just be as bad as using the Eastern European’s car wash ,but that allows me to offer a lower price on a part exchange use a quick glaze on the paintwork instead of paint correction, lower the mileage back if I can and sell it to a nun for profit . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorongil Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 17 minutes ago, deegee said: I will (very)occasionally wash my car if I’m motivated and have not a lot else to do on a pleasant summer morning otherwise I’ll happily let some Romanian lads crack on and clean the car for a fiver or go to Sainsbury’s car wash etc. Whereas my next door neighbour is an absolute tool who power washes his and his wife’s (insignificant and fairly old small) cars every weekend for hours on end. They’ve only been married a year and I’d have thought he’d have other better things to be getting on with on a weekend morning than taking the Karcher to his VW Golf like a man possessed!! Yeah, I think that’s really odd and is a strong indication that someone is likely to be a tadger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) Occasionally get a j cloth and kitchen spray out to get shot of the bird shit, the rain takes care of the rest, apart from a wash thrown in with the service and mot. Edited September 5, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Fair amount of minks on this thread. Where do the PnB massive stand on hoovering the inside? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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