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Wed Dec 2
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11/17/09
Easy enough to find a "touchless" type of wash with high pressure jets. Doesn't do as good a job but it's convenient. #carwash
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If it was my car-wash, rather than ban cars, I'd encourage certain car/drivers, such as the douchey kid in his Civic with aftermarket body kit and tail-pipe 5 times larger in diameter than the engine's bore size.
You know, the kid who'd pull along side an AMG Merc on a turn-pike pulsating the throttle on and off just like he was stroking his... (as he does quite often) and then he gradually pulls away as he floors it thinking he's top dog because he just beat an AMG.
THAT KID, I would let into my car-wash with pleasure. First I'd set the speed of the rotating brushes from wash to warp speed and make sure I'd replaced the soft chamois like brush material with sand-paper. In fact I would pay just to watch that. #carwash
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Where's that "next day" edit button???
11/22/09
scotch? of course, i wouldn't think of using any other tape.
#tips
11/17/09
My step father, while being a complete ogre of man, at one point had his own garage. Some of the only happy times I spent with him happened there, getting dirt under my ten year old finger nails, and learning about automotive life in the cheap lane.
This was spannering school for me. I learned that the type of brakes your large Renault was equipped with depended on what day of the week it was built, that Citroens had hydraulic everything and required a fully stocked metric socket set, and that the new fangled Ford OHC 'Pinto' engine was pretty much unbreakable and would normally survive timing belt failure too (in fact I learned how to set the valve timing using only a screwdriver to set TDC).
Being what Bill Hicks would pillory as ' a reader', at other times I would bury myself in the hallowed automotive data manuals that contained everything any under the railway arches alchemist would need to know. It was here I learned the firing order of the Ford 2.8 Cologne V6, and that a Triumph Dolomite Sprint had 16 valves and developed 127 bhp. I would also loose myself nose first in the finer detail of the standard used car warranty. Over the road from my fathers place was a second hand dealer, and he did a lot of their warranty work for them. In fact, his garage was situated on the A118 in London, a stretch of road that ran for miles and was known for being almost door to door second hand dealerships. It was said if you couldn't find what you wanted here, it wasn't for sale. But I digress.
Whilst studying used car warranties there was one puzzling fact that bound them all together. Listed under the items that would not be covered in the event of a claim, including wear and tear items and consumables, was a whole car which would not be covered under warranty at all. A car that if you bought used, you were on your own sunshine.
The Triumph Stag. One of the only cars to be banned from used car warranties by name. #carwash
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A car wash near where I used to live had a sign prohibiting 1987-1995 Taurus/Sables. Apparently their brushes were rather fond of not only ripping the sides of the rear bumper off, but flinging them at the windshield of the next car waiting to go through. #carwash
11/17/09
Assistant attendant: "Hey, man, shouldn't we stop that Fiero from going through the car wash?"
Attendant: "Nah; I'm pretty sure that's a Lambo, Dude." #carwash
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[www.stangbangers.com] #carwash
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A few years back I encountered a car wash that specifically and solely prohibited Pontiac Grand Ams from using the service. My guess was that it had something to do with this. #carwash
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Washing two vehicles per week can't possibly pay for property taxes. #carwash
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