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tomo2k9
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Registered: 17th Sep 09
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hey all fancyed cleaning my car today but its rely cold today and icey can i still clean my car ??? if so whats the best way to go about it ?? just clean it as normal???
deano87
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Of course you can still clean it.

I did my Dad's van once in freezing temperatures. The driveway was like an ice-rink in the morning.
Nic Barnes
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah?
Chris x
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You fucking nob. Stupid threads on here are getting to common! Are you Will Doyle junior?
Rich H
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'd be pretty fcuked for a few months of the year if it wasn't possible
AndyKent
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I cleaned mine Friday afternoon.

Started waxing the bonnet but by the time I got to the windows the water droplets had frozen solid

I gave up after that.
jay2907
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
jus when i thought id seen a good pointless thread a better one turns up lol... few mm of snow temp drops abit and england goes into melt down ahhhhhhhhh
Nic Barnes
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so it melts as it gets colder? talk about a pointles reply............
tomo2k9
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol cheers lads and sorry if im spamming but i just wanted to make sure
jay2907
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
so it melts as it gets colder? talk about a pointles reply............


i meen people in england think its the end of the world when it snows.. all start panicing
Jakey
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've just washed mine. By time I'd finsihed chamoising it had started freezing.
P1CK4D
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I wouldn't. It may explode.
will_ainsworth
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well he has a point, dont use boiling hot water, and polish doesnt really go on well when its cold at night does it... so i guess the same applies now.
Ben G
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3rd Jan 10 at 14:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i washed my car when it was -3 last year

the hose pipe was full of ice. took about 20 minutes to get it all out.
Bonney
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3rd Jan 10 at 15:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Course you can. Probably just struggle to get in it in the morning.
Jake
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3rd Jan 10 at 15:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not if there's a hosepipe ban in your area
Twiggy
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3rd Jan 10 at 16:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just done the Vectra, The fucking water froze on the car
x14xe sport
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3rd Jan 10 at 16:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no, you risk your hand freezing to the car
Nic Barnes
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3rd Jan 10 at 16:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tbh im scared to have a piss outside when its cold incase it freezes as it exits.

 
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