It was 28* today in Cincinnati with snow all around, and my car was filthy so the only obvious choice was to...






wait for it...












Excuse the shaky photos, my mother is not quite a great photog. Car is now clean, so Im happy.

-Matt

 

ha ha !!

yup, matt your badge is well earned... i would say that makes you one of us, but i have never washed a car that cold-

out-wackoed the wanabe!!

 

It just had to be done and I didnt want to take it through a car wash, thats for sure! Pay good attention to my lumberjack hat (new at Kohls for 6.00) haha

-Matt

 

I could have told you that your a wacko before you got the car.

 

saw it...

was wondering whether rubber gloves mighta helped. again, i would have no experience with this-

am wondering whether anyone here can outwacko your cold story.

 

I'm wondering Lumber Jack Hat vs Santa Cap...

 

So here in Raleigh/Durham, we're on "stage four" water restrictions or some such thing. No washing of cars, ever. So, what to do?

Well, first I went to one of those self serve power washer car wash places, but only to clean the wheels. P21S wheel cleaner gel is magical stuff. Once I was done there, I went to the grocery store and bought four gallons of distilled water. Took them home, made up a batch of Ultima rinseless car wash suds, and washed the car. I spoke briefly to a friend of mine, who told me that I'd probably lost my mind if I was using store bought distilled water to wash my car - in the cold and wind.

The Ultima stuff, by the way, works really well. I'm very happy with it. Wouldn't use it on a car with caked on dirt and stuff like that, but for a freshening, it works exactly as advertised.

Actually for those of you washing in colder climates, something I started doing a couple years ago was filling my wash bucket indoors, with warm water. Makes a big difference and turns the job back into something enjoyable.

 

You are a true wacko! Whenever I wash my car even in the low 50's, my hands turn blue

 

3 badges for him please

 

-matt