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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:40 pm

as much as i love washing my motor, i bloody hate it. i wash it regularly atleast once a week, and enjoy taking care of her but every time i clean her i find a new scratch :cry: . the scratches are mi-nute and only visible right close up looking hard 8O

the thing is im very fussy and try very hard keeping the car looking mint, and seeing these scratches really gets to me, and i know that there there from other bloody drivers. and i know polish takes em out but it pees me off that they are there in the first place.

saying that there is not many, only a couple, but thats not the point.
bloody drivers

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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:43 pm

I agree.

It's annoying finding little scratches when giving your car a good clean.

Especially when you didn't cause them!

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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:47 pm

davetouring wrote:I agree.

It's annoying finding little scratches when giving your car a good clean.

Especially when you didn't cause them!

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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:05 pm

:wink:

:evil:

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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:12 pm

I washed and T-cut polished mine....wish I hadn't now as I found all sorts of anonmilies with the paint. There are about 4 different whites on the car and where someone has chucked 15 kilos of filler up inside the wheel arch they have then repainted it in an apple white homebase matt emulsion! Plonkers! But she does look spanking from a distance.... a mile and a half to be exact!

But that'll get fixed over time :D
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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:22 pm

Im the same... wash and clean all the time and yet find some new blemish of hairline scratch, chip or dent that wasnt there last time... :x :x :x
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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:54 pm

Well it's not as bad as finding new rust every weekend like I do :(
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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:57 pm

It's more frustrasting when u have put the scratches in! 2 in 2 weeks now! :x gt2 rubbing compound is pretty good it saves you blushes sometimes :oops:
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Post Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:54 pm

And this is why I added a ruddy great piece of chequer plate to my towbar after reversing up to my trailer one day and scratching the bumper :x
No chance of that now!
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