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PostPosted:Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:11 pm 
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How do you look after your car during those dark cold winter months?? do you just park it up & leave it? So when the Spring/Summer comes how often do you generally wash/wax it? Do you just do it before a show or do you have a set regime for it??

cheers...Nige

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PostPosted:Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:55 am 
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Car Details:79' camaro road & track day toy. 383 stroker, 5 speed TKO trans, lots of suspension stuff, 13" Vette brakes, 18" wheels.
Location:Luton
Drive it as hard and as much as possible....... wash it as little as possible... :twisted:

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PostPosted:Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:20 pm 
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Car Details:'79 Camaro, 350 V8
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I find that, oh wait, it's still in pieces. erm, take it apart in winter?

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PostPosted:Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:41 pm 
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Car Details:83 camaro z28 5L V8
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well we just worked out mines been parked up for 6 monthes under its covers :shock: :shock: better get a move on and get it back on the road

seriusly i will be taking mine off the road every winter for modifacation and ongoing repairs

next winter is respray time so ive got loads to do this year

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PostPosted:Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:46 pm 
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Car Details:'79 Camaro, 350 V8
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You going for a colour change or a freshen up?

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PostPosted:Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:54 pm 
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changing colour big time :thumbup:

cant make my mind up at the moment

heavey metalic teal blue ,elecric blue with silver body kit or orange 8-)

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PostPosted:Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:29 pm 
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We don't have dark cold winter months.
And I wash it every time my Sergeant tells me to :mrgreen:


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PostPosted:Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:01 pm 
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Hi

It gets washed and waxed when used. Same regime I use on the Harley

Stuart


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PostPosted:Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:08 pm 
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Car Details:1999 (Registered as New 2001) Black 3.8 V6 Targa Top
Location:March, Cambridgeshire
My Camaro goes into an insulated container from the 1st November until the 30th April.

I remove the battery, pump the tyres up to approx 50 psig and thats it.

I have been doing this with different cars for the past 30 years and have never had a problem.

When I have it on the road for the six months I wash it every week and polish/wax it most weeks. The inside is cleaned every week and if I take it to the golf course I use different interior mats. :( I try to look after my cars but I do spend longer driving them than I do cleaning. :thumbup:

Cheers

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PostPosted:Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:34 pm 
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Gave mine a wash & took it out for a run 3 weeks ago & when I got home it was stinking dirty, from the wet roads. Figured it'd dry itself out in the garage. I was surprised to go out to it 3 days later & find it was still wet, so had to wash it. That was twice in one week & in my garage that's normally unheard of. ;)

cheers...Nige

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