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"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
12/22/2018 at 18:49 • Filed to: None

I spent $593.75CDN on wand washing alone this year.... Not to mention the fact I clean my cars by hand all the time. Svend, I challenge you to a trans-atlantic cleaning competition!

Yesterday.

DISCUSSION (19)

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 19:02

Warm weather and a clean car? Living the dream, eh?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
12/22/2018 at 19:04

Living the dream!

*gets mortgage statement*

OH JESUS CHRIST

Future Heap Owner > CB
12/22/2018 at 19:06

Come on over to this side* of the mountains, it’s g reat!

* actually in Chicago right now but whatever

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 19:13

Saw a house with a garage and two lots for sale for $25k here in town. A town that literally has nothing, but you know, at least it's cheap.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
12/22/2018 at 19:17

Honestly, I am totally down to move anywhere. But, my wife really feels like leaving here wouldn’t work for her.

I hope to move somewhere cheaper in the next 2-3 years. I’d love to have something that I feel comfortable at around 30 so we can figure out if we want a family or not.

Svend > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 19:18

Lol. I think I spend that on cleaning products every quarter. Got three cars done in the last three days.

Kinja'd!!!

Too cold to dry without creating dew smears so tyres not dressed either. But all cars checked for fluids and screenwash topped up.

Goggles Pizzano > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 19:18

#RIPpaint

:-)x

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Goggles Pizzano
12/22/2018 at 19:20

Is that an actual thing? My neighbours always joke about washing the paint off. Surely leaving birdshit/dust/dirt on there is much worse.

I’m sure washing properly does no more damage than a rainstorm

Goggles Pizzano > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 19:26

As long as it’s a newer car and you’re using the same products as S vend, it shouldn’t be a problem.

Svend > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 19:31

Washing if done incorrectly can inflict micromarring and swirls, which is why safe washing techniques are essential.

Pressure washers are safe as long as your not using industrial ones close up at 90 degree angles to the body or using patio cleaning lances that oscillate. They will only do damage otherwise, if your paint or clear one is damaged in the first place.

Anyone that says differently or says, 'but I know a guy, etc....' Should just be smiled at and ignored. I've been doing it for years from classic Triumph Spitfires to two week old Minis. Nothing at all has been damaged due to washing or use of pressure washing.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Svend
12/22/2018 at 19:34

I’m extremely careful!

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 19:35

Yeah, your wife's line of work (and yours too, for that matter) is fairly specialized. And the only other places that are cheap to live and have available work are the prairies, and your mileage may vary on wanting to move here.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
12/22/2018 at 19:39

She’s finishing her Bach. of Social Work right now. Once she’s done that I think that we should move to the Island (Victoria) or the Valley (Chilliwack).

We’d get more bang for our buck and still be within the key 1-3 hour drive to family.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 19:54

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=svended

Good luck, the man is in a dictionary!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
12/22/2018 at 19:56

damn. And nothing could compete with his Skoda. It is pretty.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 20:10

I don't share many people's exterior cleanliness prioritization on here. I love a clean beautiful car, but I'm not IN love with it. Keeping the interior in tact is where my limited attention span goes.

I washed the IS once this year. And by I, I mean the dealer. I don’t drive much and it lives in the garage.

Didn’t wash the longbed because the paint literally washes off now. Also, not a show-truck (though it lives in the garage.

Wife’s car... Yeah in April I think I did.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 20:20

Svend is the master, you are just the apprentice.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
12/22/2018 at 20:21

I know, I’d lose that challenge

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/22/2018 at 21:06

Still haven’t given the Volvo a wash since buying it. Miata hasn’t been washed since summer.

I used to wash weekly :(