Cleaning up with Newspaper

[OldCarlos]

....just you hand get filthy with opening the doors and boot....

Gloves?

 

[nilagin]

I also hate the icy weather when they start to Grit the roads, or rather salt the roads. Not that I am too bothered about a filthy car, just you hand get filthy with opening the doors and boot

Just drove back from the Olympic Stadium on the M11 and M25. Gritters are out in force. Everyone was trying to hold back and avoid getting sprayed, but it still gets thrown up by the other cars.

 

[jonbeeza]

Just drove back from the Olympic Stadium on the M11 and M25. Gritters are out in force. Everyone was trying to hold back and avoid getting sprayed, but it still gets thrown up by the other cars.

Looks like it is on it's way here, just been out and it is bitterly cold

 

[OldCarlos]

Looks like it is on it's way here, just been out and it is bitterly cold

Bitterly cold to us, John.

Catastrophic/stay indoors/doomsday, daan saarf



Edit to add; positively balmy North of The Wall.

 

[nilagin]

Looks like it is on it's way here, just been out and it is bitterly cold

Bloody cold walking back from the stadium to the Westfield shopping mall. 4 degrees in Stratford and 3 degrees on the motorway. Wind makes it feel worse though.

 

[jonbeeza]

Bitterly cold to us, John.

Catastrophic/stay indoors/doomsday, daan saarf



Edit to add; positively balmy North of The Wall.

Bloody cold walking back from the stadium to the Westfield shopping mall. 4 degrees in Stratford and 3 degrees on the motorway. Wind makes it feel worse though.

Will be going out for a walk with the dog about ten or eleven tonight, already got the hat and gloves ready

 

[OldCarlos]

Will be going out for a walk with the dog about ten or eleven tonight, already got the hat and gloves ready

Are they the filthy gloves, from opening the car doors & boot?

 

[jonbeeza]

Are they the filthy gloves, from opening the car doors & boot?

They were washed and put away when the last cold spell ended, only just got them today as it so cold.. Getting ready to take the dog out soon, will make sure there is a nice Brandy waiting for me to come home too

 

[Meeten]

This stuff is pretty good.
Especially when the cold weather sets in.
Makes cleaning ice / snow a lot easier.....

 

[jonbeeza]

Fed up cleaning the car in this weather

 

[nilagin]

Fed up cleaning the car in this weather

If you'd done it properly you'd only need to hose it down or a quick jet wash.

 

[jonbeeza]

If you'd done it properly you'd only need to hose it down or a quick jet wash.

Be a little difficult, live in an upstairs flat with a small parking bay

 

[nilagin]

Be a little difficult, live in an upstairs flat with a small parking bay

Costs £1 for 3 minutes at the local petrol station.

 

[jonbeeza]

Costs £1 for 3 minutes at the local petrol station.

OK will keep it in mind for future reference

 

[Cobra]

Gritters are out in force.

Gritters come through here so fast that the grit barely touches the road,
but people are grateful that their drives get gritted
those that park on the roads are not so happy though

 

[jonbeeza]

Gritters come through here so fast that the grit barely touches the road,
but people are grateful that their drives get gritted
those that park on the roads are not so happy though

My brother in law used to drive the Gritting wagons down in Plymouth, he used to drive close to the kerb so the grit / salt would hit the girls on their legs. Some form of perverse pleasure I assume

 

[Nod]

Gritters come through here so fast that the grit barely touches the road,
but people are grateful that their drives get gritted
those that park on the roads are not so happy though

Gritters here drive down the hill, turn around at the bottom then wonder why they can't get traction to drive back up. By the time they get round to doing it here, we've usually done the top half from the grit bin.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

Will salt water do ? I do like to be controversial

No need if you swop your wiper blades for an orbital sander.....

 

[Cobra]

Some form of perverse pleasure I assume

Part of basic training I think

 

[nilagin]

Gritters come through here so fast that the grit barely touches the road,
but people are grateful that their drives get gritted
those that park on the roads are not so happy though

The way the grit comes out of the lorry, I don't think it's meant to actually grit the road, just spray the cars. Had to visit the jet wash this afternoon to get all the salt off the car, then top up the wax with the wax rinse.

 

[jonbeeza]

The way the grit comes out of the lorry, I don't think it's meant to actually grit the road, just spray the cars. Had to visit the jet wash this afternoon to get all the salt off the car, then top up the wax with the wax rinse.

I do remember the days, long long ago must be back in the early 1980s, and I did actually use Turtle Wax on my Escort MK1. I may have used it on other cars, but as time has gone on, I have forgotten all about car wax