What's the best way to wash your CC ?

Jussi · Post by **Jussi** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 11:47 am

Actually Hameenlinna is in south Finland and Rovaniemi is (of course in north).
But hey to get drunk in here is also expensive

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 3:28 pm

This is how I get my car washed...

Jussi · Post by **Jussi** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 6:08 pm

What about that bonnet ? There might come scratches on it and those rings near metal

RTF · Post by **RTF** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 9:44 pm

Who cares

They prob only scratch your back

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 12:36 am

What about that bonnet ? There might come scratches on it and those rings near metal

Think you've got your priorties wrong mate

Jussi · Post by **Jussi** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 2:00 pm

Yep, I dont'n mind if they are gentle

Gentle for the car and for me

CB · Post by CB » Sat Apr 19, 2003 12:46 pm

This is how I get my car washed...

Just thought i'd like to see the picture again, next to my name!

Paul-T · Post by **Paul-T** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 9:42 am

2. spray any dead insect areas and mirrors with bug blaster

Derek.

What is this Bug Blaster? Does it remove dead insects?

paul_y3k · Post by **paul_y3k** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 11:29 am

been out with all 3 of them and they were all rubbish

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 9:44 pm

Hello Vince. I live a little more souther than Rovanimeni (in Hameenlinna).
Just changed summer tyres today
Take a look our town webcam http://saa.virpi.net/ no snow
Hope i can open roof in this week (it's been +10Celsius).

Excellent car park but I don't see any CCs. Is this really the most interesting thing in Hameenlinna to point a webcam at?

Jussi · Post by **Jussi** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:05 am

Hello Vince. I live a little more souther than Rovanimeni (in Hameenlinna).
Just changed summer tyres today
Take a look our town webcam http://saa.virpi.net/ no snow
Hope i can open roof in this week (it's been +10Celsius).
Excellent car park but I don't see any CCs. Is this really the most interesting thing in Hameenlinna to point a webcam at?

Actually it is car park (from our internet service provider). That's not so interesting. But here's a webcam from our town square (marketplace), it's not working right now

http://www.hameensanomat.fi/webcam/ you can't see many cc's there cause there aren't so many (in this summer i saw about 5cc's here in town).

Cappy · Post by **Cappy** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 12:59 pm

I'd buy that for a dollar, that is every blokes ideal car wash.
Alex I never noticed on your post on the car wash that you 1. Remove arch extensions and clean
2. Remove badges.
3.Clean inside tail pipe.
4. Remove seats and clean carpet.
After all you are the car wash man.....

rob · Post by **rob** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:36 am

those posts above set me off and I decided to have a look at a place called Levi in Finland (its where I went for my honeymoon).

I had a look at the web cams and it just seemed so odd for it to be light in the middle of the night

http://www.levi.fi/pages/index.php?id=101&language=eng

oh and if anyone is thinking of going I can recommend this hotel

http://www.hotellilevitunturi.fi/english/hotel.html

Jussi · Post by **Jussi** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:34 pm

those posts above set me off and I decided to have a look at a place called Levi in Finland (its where I went for my honeymoon).

I had a look at the web cams and it just seemed so odd for it to be light in the middle of the night

http://www.levi.fi/pages/index.php?id=101&language=eng

oh and if anyone is thinking of going I can recommend this hotel

http://www.hotellilevitunturi.fi/english/hotel.html

And visit in Hameenlinna

I would offer some cup of coffee

teddy206 GTi · Post by **teddy206 GTi** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 1:00 am

Well just read this so i thought i'd add my own tips.

A while back i cleaned out the spare wheel which had gravel in it! (not a problem for CC owners) and put it in a nice plastic bag to keep it clean and dry. I'm surprised more people don't do it.
Then today when cleaning it i removed the SP arches and they were a little dirty underneath so after a wash i polished the wings then put the arches back.

Also removed and clean below the roof gutters as dirt can build up here in the rain channels. (another non CC problem).

Dirt can especially build up in the rear wheel arches above the fuel pipes.

Polished everything including glass with turtle wax then got leather soap on seats.
I can't believe how quickly the wheels get dirty. Took the wheels off couple of weeks ago to clean the back of them, also polished anti roll bar and springs on front...(am i looking sad now or is it called attention to detail?) and polished the torsion bars on the back coz they look nice in shiny red!
Also put turps on door hinges to remove dirty oily bits and then re-oiled.
and took out pollen filter and banged a few times to remove excess dust.

Also last week cleaned under bonnet noise insulation as dirt builds up under here from time to time.