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View Poll Results: How long have you not washed your AU for. | |||
1 Week | 54 | 57.45% | |
1 Month | 25 | 26.60% | |
6 Months | 8 | 8.51% | |
1 Year | 1 | 1.06% | |
2 Years | 0 | 0% | |
3 Years | 2 | 2.13% | |
4+ years. | 4 | 4.26% | |
Voters: 94. You may not vote on this poll |
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18-12-2007, 12:35 PM | #1 | ||
nou
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 634
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Mine hasn't been washed the whole time I've owned it.. 3 years now. Anyone wana break my record? :P
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18-12-2007, 12:38 PM | #2 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,981
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Does parking in the rain count as a wash?
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18-12-2007, 12:41 PM | #3 | |||
nou
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 634
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18-12-2007, 12:52 PM | #4 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Western Suburbs / Philippines /Jakarta
Posts: 305
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Every Saturday...... :
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18-12-2007, 01:04 PM | #5 | ||
Audi S3
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney.
Posts: 8,307
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when i got my AU, i washed it once a week lol
then slowly down to every fortnight then it became once a month now i could probably count on one hand the amount of times ive washed it this year.... before every ford meet lol Bathurst Cruise, Wagga All Ford Day, one other time. thats 3 times since March :
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18-12-2007, 01:10 PM | #6 | ||
All Bran = Regular Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: BrizVegas
Posts: 1,970
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In about an hour...
edit: although I must admit to giving it a really good going over before our trip down to Kempsey a couple of weekends ago. Perhaps I should have given it a really good going over *after* the trip... |
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18-12-2007, 01:23 PM | #7 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Salamander Bay
Posts: 5,427
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every sunday morning about 5AM! WTF i hear you say? I finish my cab shift and the car is normally covered in dew and the dirt comes off real easy so i wash it, then go home to sleep
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18-12-2007, 01:39 PM | #8 | ||
Just slidin'
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Brisvegas
Posts: 7,791
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Sunday mornings for me too.
And Friday arvos if I go to Harrys Diner.
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18-12-2007, 01:54 PM | #9 | ||
Fordless
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney
Posts: 2,122
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It's very rare that mine would go a week without a wash.
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18-12-2007, 02:09 PM | #10 | ||
T3/Sprint8
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 16,617
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Every fortnight at the worst weekly if possible.
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18-12-2007, 02:20 PM | #11 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast
Posts: 1,250
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I used to wash the XR atleast once a week for the first two years we owned it but the last couple of years it has got so many dings and scratches from carparks that I gave up washing it about 6 months ago it got to the point where every time i washed it I would find a new scratch or ding or something,
now the missus washes it i'd say prolly once every 6 weeks ....... We want to buy a good 2nd hand 2006 BF fairmont 220kw V8, the only thing stopping us is I know within a year it will be full of knocks and bruises so its just not worth it.
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18-12-2007, 02:46 PM | #12 | ||
V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
Posts: 1,994
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Once a fortnight. Car gets filthy even though it lives in a garage, 2 power stations and unguttered roads make a dusty car. Do the interior about every three weeks. Wax about every 10 weeks.
That being said i wash the wheels about every 3 days- Ferodo Formula's + DBA Slotted 4000's = Brake Dust galore. Unfortunately for me my AU looks shisenhousen unless it is clean, but atleast mine has escaped the shopping centre dings and stratches, instead it has chips on the front bar from highway work.
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18-12-2007, 03:41 PM | #13 | ||
Giddy up.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kramerica Industries.
Posts: 15,637
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You can tell where the water restrictions are, lol,
I washed mine and gave it it's yearly polish last week. |
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18-12-2007, 03:49 PM | #14 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Narangba QLD
Posts: 4,338
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yeah mines once a monthish.. usually before a run or if its looking FERAL and the forcast isnt rain..
all due to water restrictions.. altho i can usually get away with $5 at the local carlovers... as what i do is just take my meguiars lambswool wash mitt and high pressure soap for $1 then put it on foam brush for $1-$2 and just let it drip onto the car and try and put enough blobs all over the car ... then just use the mitt to actually wash it.. then high pressure rinse for $2-$3 and chamois and im sweet to go
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18-12-2007, 03:51 PM | #15 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Scarness, Hervey Bay.
Posts: 830
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I wash mine once every week to two weeks. I can justify the water usage as I washed my last car about five time in the three years I owned it.
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18-12-2007, 03:53 PM | #16 | ||
BA GT-P Owner
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the GT-P
Posts: 1,599
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You could say i'm giving my car the ultimate wash....a respray
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18-12-2007, 04:14 PM | #17 | ||
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tas
Posts: 3,744
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I wash mine once a week. Either a friday arvo or saturday morning. Then it gets used maybe once on the weekend and then lives in the garage all week. Just sits there and collects dust.
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18-12-2007, 04:15 PM | #18 | ||
Its gone V
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 359
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I Look at the weather forecast, if its going to be nice for the next couple days then you will see my car washed, till the next couple of days come up.
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18-12-2007, 04:33 PM | #19 | ||
Teh Baest
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hills Area, NSW
Posts: 649
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Every Sunday night, around 10pm.
Went thru a stage where i didnt wash it for about 3 weeks, but its back to weekly now. I only vacuum maybe once every 3-4 weeks tho and its certainly due for one of those soon
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18-12-2007, 04:55 PM | #20 | ||
Walking with God
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 7,321
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About once every month for the SR, once every 5-8 weeks for the Futura.
I try to get the bird poo off pretty quickly though. GK
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18-12-2007, 05:07 PM | #21 | ||
Giddy up.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kramerica Industries.
Posts: 15,637
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I actually wash mine in the shed using the the waterless method as describe in a thread on here a little while back, it's much easier and comes up a treat.
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18-12-2007, 05:11 PM | #22 | |||
Back to Le Frenchy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Back home.....
Posts: 13,346
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Once a fortnight at worst. Wait until Austin (b2tf) spots this thread. He'll take the record for most washed AU.
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18-12-2007, 05:25 PM | #23 | ||
Falcon Loving Hermit
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Blue Mountains N.S.W.
Posts: 104
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water restrictions & being parked under a bunch of large trees mean i can't be bothered. i've had it almost 12 months, and it's been washed twice
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18-12-2007, 05:56 PM | #24 | ||
Tickford Tough
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 425
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Try for at least once each week, depends on how much it's been driven. Due to level 6 water restrictions here, if it looks like a good downpour I'll roll it out and give it a quick wash, saves driving all the way out to carlovers.
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18-12-2007, 06:16 PM | #25 | ||
Missing the boost :(
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 671
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Every two or so weeks, depending how dirty it gets. I like to keep the AU looking its best all the time! :
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18-12-2007, 06:27 PM | #26 | ||
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 26,069
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Was about every week or do, but thet last time it got a wash was about a month ago id say
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18-12-2007, 06:30 PM | #27 | ||
Wanting a sprint!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: In Between The Lines!
Posts: 925
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mine sits in the garage under covers and i drive her on weekends so it stays reasonable clean but it still give it a wipe every week.
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18-12-2007, 07:23 PM | #28 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 2,981
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I washed mine in the begining of october, might wash it again in the next month or two. I'm really bad with the interior, It's still full of sand from when I lived out of Town, back in May I think left.
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18-12-2007, 07:54 PM | #29 | |||
A humorous statement
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 274
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Where I work this was 3 weeks of build up. So I have to do it every week, actually if the wind is going the wrong way it only takes a day to really need a wash. Oh and I know its a bad idea to draw with the dirt, but hey racing stripes are cool.
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18-12-2007, 08:08 PM | #30 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Fremantle W.A
Posts: 661
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Like to give mine a wash once a week but sometimes that drags to a fortnightly wash.
It makes it easier if you wash your car regularlly.
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