We all spent a small fortune getting these cars, I just want to keep it maintained without spending vast amounts of time doing so. And those bloody tar marks...tut tut tut.jj wrote:Madness. Its only a lump of fibreglass and aluminium!
Gary.
Regular Cleaning Contracts?
I thought it was plasticjj wrote:Madness. Its only a lump of fibreglass ...!
Gary.
EDIT:
Oh, Fibreglass is plastic? Confused. Ish.
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Dominic wrote:GWhittle wrote:I spent a small fortune getting this car, I just want to keep it maintained by spending vast amounts doing so. And those bloody tar marks...tut tut tut.jj wrote:Madness. Its only a lump of fibreglass and aluminium!
Gary.
What did Tut do to cause tar marks?
Like your editing skills 
Hours of elbow grease to keep my cars looking good! Never worked thou; would have been best using car polish apparentlyGWhittle wrote:Dominic wrote:GWhittle wrote: I spent a small fortune getting this car, I just want to keep it maintained by spending vast amounts doing so. And those bloody tar marks...tut tut tut.
Gary.
What did Tut do to cause tar marks?
Having watched dom start to wash a car with a bucket of stinking black water, i`d guess 20 minsGWhittle wrote:How long do you spend on it monthly?Dominic wrote:Hours of elbow grease to keep my cars looking good! Never worked thou; would have been best using car polish apparentlyGWhittle wrote:
Gary.
20 mins per week for a wash & chamois.GWhittle wrote:
How long do you spend on it monthly?
Gary.
3 hours or so every 3 months (or when i can be bothered) to simonize the paintwork. (I use to work for Scotland's largest chauffeur company, & learned that the cars were best polished with simonize, washed with cold water with no shampoo (other than on the wheels)).
Cripes having seen the way you drive Dom your passengers would have been delivered shaken not stirredDominic wrote:20 mins per week for a wash & chamois.GWhittle wrote:
How long do you spend on it monthly?
Gary.
3 hours or so every 3 months (or when i can be bothered) to simonize the paintwork. (I use to work for Scotland's largest chauffeur company, & learned that the cars were best polished with simonize, washed with cold water with no shampoo (other than on the wheels)).
2004 Exige S2 1.8 - Ardent Red
2003 RAV4 vvti 2.0 - Baleric Blue shiny version
Don't Fear The Reaper
Back on the road!
2003 RAV4 vvti 2.0 - Baleric Blue shiny version
Don't Fear The Reaper
Back on the road!
That is quite a lot of cash , about my runing costs for the year . I suppose in the winter it will be worth getting it properly cleaned monthly . I used to clean my car all the time but it actually scrubs up quite well even when you leave it for a bit .GWhittle wrote:Its just over £2K per year.tenkfeet wrote:Dare I ask how much they charge ?
G.
No lotus
Exige Sport 350 (Sold)
Elise Cup 250 (Air con and radio tubby spec) (Sold)
Evora S (sold)
Exige Sport 350 (Sold)
Elise Cup 250 (Air con and radio tubby spec) (Sold)
Evora S (sold)
I may try and find a tax angle on it? Who knows.tenkfeet wrote:That is quite a lot of cash , about my runing costs for the year . I suppose in the winter it will be worth getting it properly cleaned monthly . I used to clean my car all the time but it actually scrubs up quite well even when you leave it for a bit .GWhittle wrote:Its just over £2K per year.tenkfeet wrote:Dare I ask how much they charge ?
G.
Gary.
