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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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13th May 10 at 14:57

not for the first time but thought i should break it out and use it on the Navara after washing it then feeling how rough the paint was

Both sides of the car felt like they were covered in overspray

but it was just lots and lots of tar.

This was after 1 long swipe accross the front door

Had a mind numbing 2 days - trying to clean cars, fit brakes, etc etc.... things the size of the Navara and RRS should have some sort of autowash feature. I cant even reach the damn roof :/

thats them washed and polished (not skyline)... hopefully that will do for a while

FlamingCorsa

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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
Location: Shropshire
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13th May 10 at 15:01

i spend the morning cleaning the cars, the van seems big compared to the vx so can only imagine cleaning the 4x4's

out of interest which car tows beta out of nissan or rr?

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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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13th May 10 at 15:08

Depends what you like....

Both tow the trailor and skyline no problem. Very steady etc.... some of that is prob the trailer though.

The Navara has more grunt - but manual gears arent the nicest for towing in my opinion.
The RRS is a lot more relaxed... TV's, Playstation, Leather, Auto.

Both do about 24/25mpg when towing. Navara a bit better when not towing

RRS - 28mpg
Navava - low 30's

Will get the RRS remapped and see how its feels but so far

[Edited on 13-05-2010 by AK]

FlamingCorsa

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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
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13th May 10 at 15:48

we only have an old jeep but thats nice to have auto when towing, and cruse control makes it quite nice to drive part from the traditional american sondering steering, lol

pretty good mpg for towing, beta then the jeep to be fair! lol

Toby

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13th May 10 at 15:51

are you keeping the navara?

Ben J

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13th May 10 at 15:51

Good work AK. I clayed the wifes corsa last weekend after i'd neglected it few about 6 months and the amount of shite that came off was unreal.

What are those orange lifeboat type things in background. Look like the kind of escape vessels used on Ships/rigs etc??

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13th May 10 at 15:53

yup... never heard good things about JEEP and towing

this type?

2 years ago a group of us went to Donington.

2x Navara
1x L200
1x Jeep

We could all tow well above the 60mph speed limit. Ther poor jeep couldnt go over 60 as the car would just start wondering about the road.

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13th May 10 at 15:54

quote:
Originally posted by Ben J
Good work AK. I clayed the wifes corsa last weekend after i'd neglected it few about 6 months and the amount of shite that came off was unreal.

What are those orange lifeboat type things in background. Look like the kind of escape vessels used on Ships/rigs etc??

Yup, they are survial craft form oil rigs just off Aberdeen.

Liam

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13th May 10 at 15:59

I know it's probably been said before, but, I want your job! Love the cars!

Colin

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13th May 10 at 16:03

Elgin Franklin lifeboats that have been decommissioned.

I thought the RRS was to replace the Navara?

craigpcg

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13th May 10 at 16:12

quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Elgin Franklin lifeboats that have been decommissioned.

I thought the RRS was to replace the Navara?

Yeah thats what a thought too

Graham88

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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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13th May 10 at 16:26

Blimey. Have yet to use the clay bar I bought over a year ago, I love cleaning my car but claying just seems so much effort

Kurt

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13th May 10 at 16:33

Ak, out of interest, what do you do? Rigs?

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13th May 10 at 16:50

I love your Porsche

lostboy

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13th May 10 at 16:55

quote:
Originally posted by AK

WANT!

Leighton

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13th May 10 at 17:14

Liking the trailer convoy and the BV in the background

[Edited on 13-05-2010 by Leighton]

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13th May 10 at 18:18

job - not rigs, but yes to oil industry. Mainly do Client Rep'ing on seismic exploration vessels now.

Navara - its going on friday, hence the clean (2nd time i've washed it

)

Clay bar isnt that much effort. I washed it, dried, 'lubed', clayed, then gave those panels a quick wipe over before polishing.

RCS

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13th May 10 at 19:48

quote:
Originally posted by AK
yup... never heard good things about JEEP and towing

this type?

2 years ago a group of us went to Donington.

2x Navara
1x L200
1x Jeep

We could all tow well above the 60mph speed limit. Ther poor jeep couldnt go over 60 as the car would just start wondering about the road.

Those things are a deathtrap for towing!

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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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13th May 10 at 20:16

Fugly cars to boot.

richc

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13th May 10 at 21:42

the 4.0 make a nice noise though

Went in one once, it didnt really like being revved thought it was going to go bang

FlamingCorsa

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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
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13th May 10 at 22:06

dad bought an old discovery and totally hated, it towing it had no power, and was so uncomfortable for anything longer then 5 miles! haha

so he went out and got a jeep, its got plenty of power for the £££ and tax is only 190 i think for 12 months! always been relaible and its ok for towing, just get used to it, definatly stope your speeding cos of its wondering, lol

davcohen

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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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15th May 10 at 00:35

hate american jeeps amazingly under powered for the size of engine and handle worse then a boat

Chris F

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Registered: 26th Dec 05
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15th May 10 at 09:19

Jealous Mate! All looking clean to

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