Fieros used a reinforced composite plastic for the body panels which can be dented in a car wash from the brushes. They mention that by name after several Fiero owners got dents and demanded payment for repairs, threatened lawsuits, and such.
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
@Avastmateys: True, and if you're a Fiero owner, finding that touchless carwash is the among the least of the compromises you'll ever have to make. #carwash
The proprietor is just exercising good taste in a somewhat fascist kind of way.
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
Talking about cars being banned by name, made me remember something from my childhood.
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
@duster_uk: I believe at least a contributing factor for you step father being such an ogre is the fact that he was a mechanic during British Leyland's heyday. Even the cheeriest of dispositions would be sullied by that. #carwash
Being in California I question whether this is an issue with their machinery, or just the typical "we're against everything" nature Cali tends to give off. #carwash
I'm trying to think of a typo that this could be or a mis-classification of something for the Fiero, but can't think of a single one... ooh.. did they mean to say Kit Cars? A ton of those are Fiero based.. #carwash
A car wash not far from me had a long and eclectic ban list, including certain Acuras (for reasons I never understood), most plastic-clad Pontiacs, and all Subaru and Audi models. Obviously, some of their equipment was hostile to AWD cars. Even if I wasn't driving an A4 at the time, I would have bailed on them, because it sounded like they were just banning models as they were damaged. #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
No, it's clear from the sign that they're banning "pickups Fieros." That obviously means they hate ElCamino'd Fieros, and regular ones are okay. #carwash
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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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???
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scotch? of course, i wouldn't think of using any other tape.
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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
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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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