MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: maxload on June 30, 2012, 11:27:39 am
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My car was detailed last weekend , as allways!
During the week we have had a few small showers containg unbelievable amounts of dust and dirt. Iv'e never seen anything like it.
Check out the pictures....
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I noticed the exact same thing in Essex after a downpour on my mothers fiesta.......NASTY
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Iv'e also noticed it on lots of others cars too. At first I thought it was pollen , but it's actualy dust :surprised:
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Same here, mine an the other halfs cars are filthy. Seems to happen alot around my way lately
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Iv'e just found an article about it.. http://www.clicklancashire.com/news/national-news/1212809-%5Cdirty-rain%5C-dust-storm-hits-lancashire-and-north-west-england.html
Motorists across lancashire and North West England have found cars covered in a layer of orange dust.
It is thought the phenomenon is due to a huge sandstorm in the Sahara last week which carried grit into the upper atmosphere.
It is thought this dust has been carried north and dumped over many parts of England and possible a wider area of Europe overnight.
The layer of muck showed-up on cars and appears to have covered a wide area with reports coming in from towns and cities all over the North West and the Midlands.
Although it's not just north England as I live on the south coast!
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Had it down somerset way too. Only cleaned the car 2 days before.... :sad1:
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Got it in st Helen's too! :sick:
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Same in Doncaster.
Never seen something like this before. My black golf looked like it was driven in Sahara.
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Mines the same. It's covered in it :confused:
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Car was bloody COVERED down here in Sussex!! Oh well at least the hosepipe ban has finally been lifted here so got out the jet washer........ Six hours later I realised I had detailed the whole car.
Not appolagising for pic whoring!!
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Then it rained. :sad1:
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The other halfs got the works outside and mine's had a wash gonna finish it off tomorrow. Seems pointless as more rain is forecast next week
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Same here in west yorks, although mine is sat at the dealers waiting to be fixed, with a big 'Do Not wash sign' in it :signLOL:
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^^^^ :signLOL:
I always leave a sign hanging in the car and get them to put a note on the service/work schedule (always annoys them)! Some of the stories you here about the dealers and their "washing" methods are scary as hell.
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It rained the dirty rain here in London on Wednesday when my car went in for its service. I'd put a do not wash sign up in the car. When i picked it up it was covered from top to toe and side to side in filth so i thought i'd p155ed them off with my do not wash sign so they'd aimed for one or two puddles. Luckily i didn't cause a scene because when i got home and parked up i realised all the other cars were covered in it too :signLOL:
May wash it tomorrow if i get the chance but hopefully the wax is doing its thing and she'll be okay if she has to wait
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And also up in Catterick where I am based! But then it is like the Bermuda triangle there haha
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this is what i was battling this week in gateshead. driving thru literally 12"-18" of water! luckily it was the wifes car not mine. i doubt my car would have made it thru the water to be honest...
the following day it was covered in all that sandy sh!t and underneath was a disgrace.
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so i decided it deserved a wash polish and wax afterwards.... then it rained again...
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I am tempted to clean her up , but with more possible dirty rain on the way it seems pointless :sad1:
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And also up in Catterick where I am based! But then it is like the Bermuda triangle there haha
Invited yourself round to Carls? :laugh:
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Clean, polished and waxed the OH yesterday and washed mine yesterday and just finished polishing and waxing, just got to do the bumper trim stuff, windows and exhaust its done. I know its going to rain Tuesday they reckon but mine was filthy before the rain due to where I've been working (they are constantly digging so get the dust rain alot on that site) so I couldn't leave it any longer
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Same in Bolton!
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Had the exact same thing for quite a few days does my head in.
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East coast also got a dirty downpour....
3 hours today making things all better again.....
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Seems to always be dirty rain in somerset!
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We got the sandy cars in Sunny Norfolk too, although I am used to it down here
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never did get round to washing it which is probably for the best as it has rained all day today. Goes to Lepsons on Wednesday for a few days so maybe i'll get to wash it come the weekend.
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Same in camberley,looked like the car been in a rally
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Mine was the same here in NW London. We still got a hose pipe ban which is taking the piss. Well at least todays rain has cleaned the car :laugh:
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Mine was the same here in NW London. We still got a hose pipe ban which is taking the piss. Well at least todays rain has cleaned the car :laugh:
Isn't NW London Thames Water?!! If so the ban was dropped a few weeks back, not that it was ever needed in the first place :fighting2:
*edit* just asked the mrs as she is a london lass and it appears that not everyone in london is supplied their water by thames water - that's the new thing i learned today! :laugh:
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Mine was the same here in NW London. We still got a hose pipe ban which is taking the piss. Well at least todays rain has cleaned the car :laugh:
Isn't NW London Thames Water?!! If so the ban was dropped a few weeks back, not that it was ever needed in the first place :fighting2:
*edit* just asked the mrs as she is a london lass and it appears that not everyone in london is supplied their water by thames water - that's the new thing i learned today! :laugh:
Unluckily we are supplied by Veolia Central (used to be Three Valleys), who still have the ban in force :sad1:
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black comes up awsome when done shame this "summer weather" isnt givin us a chance for it to stay clean longer than a day
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black comes up awsome when done shame this "summer weather" isnt givin us a chance for it to stay clean longer than a day
Yes gave mine a wash this weekend (the ban has finally been removed) and it looked :drool:
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black comes up awsome when done shame this "summer weather" isnt givin us a chance for it to stay clean longer than a day
Tell me about it. You just can't win. I spent a few hours on mine yesterday, and this morning had to drive along a road that is being resurfaced. End result is a car that has a layer of fine concrete dust all over it. Very pissed off.