Will the water charges affect you cleaning your car?

1000 litres at commercial rates would be around €1 or €2, my average wash would be 100 litres max so not it won't provided it's around those rates.

It pays knowing that Ive washed my car in a way that's safe for my paintwork.

Wanna swing by, and I'll take a look at that paintwork for you! :P

endacl wrote: »

If it looks like rain, leg out and give the aul' jammer a good squirt o' fairy liquid. Momma Nature washes my yoke.

I actually know a few people, who say when it rains; "Awh sure the car will get a wash" and who are DEADLY serious!!!

Get offa this forum! :P

Thats not my paintwork - its only a google'd image.

If you drive your car regularlly and wash your car on a regular basis in a "Roma" car wash, then I be 99% confident that you have swirls in your paintwork....unless you actually take the car back to your workshop and do a spot of polishing; which I find hard to believe.

My car is starting to look like the paintwork that is in the image I posted above, and the car hasnt been polished in 4 years; with one wash that I knew Id do damage doing the wash (needed the car sort of clean); so Im pretty pleased with my "paint care routine".....but willing to listen to any additional advice you might have to offer, but the "Roma" wash, I'll be passing on; thanks!

I wash my car with rainwater, from a water butt. Believe me it's the cleanest water you can get so washing your car in the rain is not as bonkers as it might sound :rolleyes:

ryan101 wrote: »

Well then I guess its clear you need to start practising what you preach to others first.
So post your car up anyway so we can have a look at it and I'll give you some basic pointers.

The car he owns was not brand new to him....someone else did the damage in the past.

At this stage you are trolling as you haven't posted anything to suggest you have a clue about what you are talking about.

Some classic trolling going on in here, from the very first post mentioning 'Roma' car wash onwards. Don't feed it fella's.

In response to the OP, I'll be carrying on as normal. Two buckets and a power washer, not exactly a huge amount required overall. And sure won't it be funny watching the neighbours look on in horror as you carry on washing your car every couple of weeks when they're trying to have a bath in an inch of water to save a few cent. :pac:

dar83 wrote: »

Some classic trolling going on in here, from the very first post mentioning 'Roma' car wash onwards. Don't feed it fella's.

In response to the OP, I'll be carrying on as normal. Two buckets and a power washer, not exactly a huge amount required overall. And sure won't it be funny watching the neighbours look on in horror as you carry on washing your car every couple of weeks when they're trying to have a bath in an inch of water to save a few cent. :pac:

But it's fun :P

Also I will still be using the same method. I live in the countryside and we have our own well so we pay to pump it up anyway

Even if I did have to pay more I wouldn't put my car at extra risk because of it. Value the time you would spend re-correcting your paint (potentially) by trying to save money on water. The few cent worth of water is better spent than 20+ hours with the DA and the electricity cost of running it, never mind your time! :P

ryan101 wrote: »

Well then I guess its clear you need to start practising what you preach to others first.
So post your car up anyway so we can have a look at it and I'll give you some basic pointers.

Well my current car has massive miles on it by the previous owner. He never had it washed properly, I'm guessing just petrol station type spinning brush doodaas (what are they called again ) as there was moss and crap where all the plastic trims meet the body.

Here it is if you want to see a picture:



Here you can see the swirls from incorrect washing and drying techniques. you can see a small corrected section on the right of the photo but it isn't very clear from that angle:



However, here is my previous car that I did practice what I preach on

The reflections in white in photos are never spectacular no matter how hard you work but it was looking really IRL. Still looks well here though.



And another

We've set up a water butt already at home, but looking at installing a second one so the water can be filtered twice. Lots of information on detailing world about it.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Probably should have looked into it further though considering the amount of people in this country who'll spend 20k to save them 200 every year on tax

Always found that crazy too; the people didnt factor in depreciate of the car they were buying in order to make a minimal saving.

What is it going to cost to bring your car to a place thats going to do a decent car wash - say a 10er.
There is no way you'll spend 10 quid on water, filling two buckets, and rinsing down the car with a power hose....provided you arent using it totally liberally.