carwash...

Post by **5lab** » 18 Jun 2004 11:16 am

has anyone taken their 300 thru a carwash? im a little worried about the beesting aerial.. (im talking about the sort with propper brushes n stuff)

Post by **Volvo 360 GL B200K** » 18 Jun 2004 11:50 am

Use a spanner and unsrew the extendable part of the ariel form the pivoting base! This should be all that is needed!

Cheers

Post by **mgarageu** » 18 Jun 2004 12:24 pm

newer wash stations do not use brushes any more, simply lots of moving high-pressure water injectors...radio antenna must be removed, sure...

Post by **DeKay** » 06 Aug 2004 01:52 pm

:S mine just folds down.... no problems so far. mines plasticy tho, not metal

Post by **Duvel78** » 06 Aug 2004 03:09 pm

No carwash for me! NEVER! I am too worried about my beautiful paint... I wash the car by myself, and it's quite long...

A whole afternoon

Post by **Janitor** » 06 Aug 2004 04:16 pm

yeah full wash and polish including interior takes all day !! nearly any way

Post by **jtbo** » 06 Aug 2004 04:23 pm

I put my car into washing machine tomorrow. It only sprays water, no brushes. Car is not very dirty from top, only dusty.

Then I take brush that is used to wash dishes and I clean wheel arches from inside. There is very much of dirt because I drove trough road repair area month ago. It was gravel with oil used in tarcmac and man it was sticky. Everything in bottom and below of car is covered with that stuff, grrr.

Post by **5lab** » 06 Aug 2004 04:28 pm

at least it stops rust

Post by **petavius** » 06 Aug 2004 07:22 pm

Nice sunny day, burn lots of calories, enjoy cleaning it by hand...i do!

Post by **Duvel78** » 06 Aug 2004 07:48 pm

The last polish was... 2 years ago!

Shame on me!!!

Post by **Tom** » 06 Aug 2004 08:16 pm

Duvel78 wrote:The last polish was... 2 years ago! Shame on me!!!

Disgraceful!

Post by **Duvel78** » 07 Aug 2004 05:44 pm

Well no, for a good polish, the car must be VERY clean. And at this time I don't want to wash the car because i have rust problems that I need to treat before! But I'm forgiven by my Volvo because for the 20th birthday in March I gave a lot of presents: a genuine Volvo radio CR 603 with the 4 Volvo speakers

, new seatbelts for the rear passengers and so on...

Post by **5lab** » 07 Aug 2004 07:00 pm

you wanna get the 2nd volvo amp too

Post by **jtbo** » 07 Aug 2004 07:49 pm

Don't trust car washing machines. Even I bought power wash that costs 8.70 euros, I did not got clean car. Look at that rag below, I took few sweeps from fresh washed hood