How NOT to wash your G35.
The wife and I were on our way home last night when we saw a gray G35 coupe fueling up at a gas station. We live in VA and recently had snow, so the roads were a little slushy and covered in road salt. Anyway, the coupe owner grabs the window washer wand next to the pump and starts using it to wash the side of his G35 where the snow/salt had accumulated just past the front wheel. Over and over he slide the wand over his paint, returned the wand to the washer fluid container and then scrubbed away at the grime on his G35s paint. Maybe I'll see his car in the detail section later, wondering why he has major scratches all over his paint. Ugh!
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that sounds disgusting and but some people just dont know any better :/
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I probably would have said something lol
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to some people a car is a car, just like a washing machine is a washing machine to me
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^ Yup. Still, made me cringe to read that...
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Originally Posted by Wannabe6MT
(Post 5559078)
I probably would have said something lol
Originally Posted by SwivelHips
Still, made me cringe to read that...
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Damn!! That made me cringe also!!
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i know someone that there little brother washed his car with the sponge that you do the dishes w/ and it was the scratchy side. He was thinking only how to help out his older bro. I think he's like 10 yrs old or around that.
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Originally Posted by bluedevils95
(Post 5559178)
i know someone that there little brother washed his car with the sponge that you do the dishes w/ and it was the scratchy side. He was thinking only how to help out his older bro. I think he's like 10 yrs old or around that.
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I don't think you can buff that out? My friend tried that. But he tried himself and not some professional detail guy. But that sponge did a lot off damage to the whole car.
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A car wash at a gas station is bad enough.... this is even worse...lol
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Originally Posted by bluedevils95
I don't think you can buff that out?
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^whs.
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Originally Posted by Stryde
(Post 5559234)
Yes, it can be "buffed" out. Using the right polish/rubbing compound with the right polishing pad will most likely work just fine.
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I do that too :)... I thought i was saving money :dunno:
I lied lol... Yea i dont know what to say about that. i dont drive my car in winter anyways. . |
Like the squeegee?
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Damn....I may go 2 months without washing my car...but at least I do it right ;)
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ouchh that's no good
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Originally Posted by 4DGS
(Post 5559647)
Like the squeegee?
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Originally Posted by Wannabe6MT
(Post 5559078)
I would have said something lol
Originally Posted by SwivelHips
(Post 5559111)
...made me cringe to read that...
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I've seen an old lady doing this to her Caddy at the gas station before. I couldn't believe my eyes.
On a related note, my neighbor's friend got a brand new black 370Z recently. I watched out the front window in complete shock as she 'washed' the entire thing with one tiny bucket and a rag. She was also wiping it down with microfibers that she kept dropping on the driveway. I should have said something, but it would have been pointless. I hate to see such a nice car be abused. |
This just makes me cringe...
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Everybody has their own technique
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^^ Completely wrong. Proper technique is to leave the kid INside and give him a shower at the same time...
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hahahahahaha!!! that was funny
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Wow lol dunno what to say about that video either lol
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Oh god.. glad I never had to go through that.. Wouldn't be able to stand watching someone do that to their G..
And oh yeah on that video.. Old vid, but epic nevertheless :) |
ouch, the pain
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Originally Posted by COBRA ESQ
(Post 5560660)
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Wonder if she washed the engine bay too.
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Originally Posted by bluedevils95
(Post 5559178)
i know someone that there little brother washed his car with the sponge that you do the dishes w/ and it was the scratchy side. He was thinking only how to help out his older bro. I think he's like 10 yrs old or around that.
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The older brother didn't know. His younger brother tried to do this under the radar and wanted to surprise his bigger brother. Well, he got a surprise alright.
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ouch... its a surprise alright.
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I don't think he cares about his paint anymore. I am pretty sure he wants to re-paint his car after that incident. But i know he don't let his brother wash his car anymore.
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Lil different, but I watched my neighbors kid beat the ice off the hood of his Cadi SRX a few days back. Was just goin to town on the hood with an ice scraper. Uhuhuhh...
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oh really? You should have got that on camera and shared w/ us.
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