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Wobba
04-01-2009, 17:59
I got bored about 3.30 pm so I've just popped out and gave the car a full on clean. In the dark, almost sub-zero temperatures.

When I thought I had finished I saw a spattering of what looked like cigarette ash blown across my car, lots of white stuff. It wasnt ash. It was snow.

People gave me some odd looks.

Question is: Am I mad to clean the car in this weather at night?

LEIGH-ANNE
04-01-2009, 18:13
No i have done this too......ive just gone down portsmouth road behind a gritter truck ffs......i need to go and jet wash it all off.... :cry:

richy
04-01-2009, 18:13
YES.

arj256
04-01-2009, 18:13
Only if the roofs icing over before you can finish :lol:

bill.
04-01-2009, 18:16
Only if the roofs icing over before you can finish :lol:

judging by your car pic, i'd say, you'd say he was mad lol :shock:

Wobba
04-01-2009, 18:17
lol guys. So, what mad things have you all decided to do in your time with car and car maintenance? Anyone had to go to hospital for hypothermia yet?

andreas395
04-01-2009, 18:23
lol guys. So, what mad things have you all decided to do in your time with car and car maintenance? Anyone had to go to hospital for hypothermia yet?

no but my hands nearly fell of when i cleaned both cars on sat to cold

Mr.AdamB
04-01-2009, 18:59
i cleaned mine as well...... was fine untill i had to chammy it!!! and my hands turned into ice cubes!!! but atleast its all nice and shiney for the week under the cover :D hehe

MatrixGuy
04-01-2009, 19:03
Your not mad at all mate.

The ther day i snowfoamed the Willy and when i came to rinse it had all frozen to the car. It was now a white willy, lol.

donsrno1
04-01-2009, 21:35
haha, I struggle to motivate myself to clean the car in summer nevermind winter. However I have had quite a few days working on the car in the cold and dark. Last year it was about -3 and I was out with an inspection lamp for hours trying to fix my rear calipers :lol:

bendee
04-01-2009, 21:40
fitting my dash around my cage before christmas it was cold as feck ended up ill for 4 days after because of it lol

talkingfish
04-01-2009, 21:45
took mine out for a run today - was hosing off the salt at 4.30pm in the freezing cold so no, you are not mad!!!

katbloke
04-01-2009, 23:07
Your not mad at all mate.

The ther day i snowfoamed the Willy and when i came to rinse it had all frozen to the car. It was now a white willy, lol.
Roflmao, i need a good tfr me thinks, any suggestions

Wobba
04-01-2009, 23:54
No i have done this too......ive just gone down portsmouth road behind a gritter truck ffs......i need to go and jet wash it all off.... :cry:

I went down the M27 briefly after u posted this, got stuck behind a gritter, so took a different route via Fareham, only to pass it coming the other way, spraying me real good :(

harvythehippo
05-01-2009, 05:37
i did an engine change at approx -5 the other night :D does that count as mad? yes it was pitch dark! :D

16v_paddy
05-01-2009, 10:56
I was helping my m8 change the rear subframe on his volvo :shock: yesterday, it was snowing :shock: almost got frostbite in my toes, it took nearly 10 hours to do it :shock: and I only had 1 hours sleep on his sofa after finishing a 12 hour night shift :shock:

And the other day when I was polishing mine, I didn't notice how cold it was so shit my pants when I thought the fresh paint on my roof was ****ed after polishing it :cry: until I realised it had frozen over :oops: :lol:

white16valver
05-01-2009, 11:39
I've washed mine at midnight before a show, with it turning to ice before I've finished :shock:

I hate being cold though so I haven't washed it again for weeks and now rust is coming up again :(

Need to get to it this week!!

Wobba
05-01-2009, 14:53
You crazy people!

My car is filthy this morning already :(