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Old 9th February 2018, 07:59 PM
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Default Overdue wash

Gave the old girl a long overdue wash today as the sun made a rather rare appearance up here, clearly biased but I think it's not bad for nearly 16
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Old 9th February 2018, 08:14 PM
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Gave the old girl a long overdue wash today as the sun made a rather rare appearance up here, clearly biased but I think it's not bad for nearly 16
Looks stunning Brian!


Whenever I see your car, with its black 'chrome' bits, I'm reminded of Johnny Nice Painter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj84tfS7ag4

"It's all black!"
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Old 9th February 2018, 08:20 PM
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Not bad, not bad at all.
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Old 9th February 2018, 10:33 PM
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Looks fab in black and with chrome all painted

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Old 10th February 2018, 07:30 PM
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Looks fab in black and with chrome all painted

If you like that sort of thing, of course
Only joking Brian It must be really hard cleaning your stable of cars! C'mon, show everyone your new one.
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C'mon, show everyone your new one.
OK.... see post in Other Marques section
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As it's a great day in bonnie Scotland thought I would wash a few 1000 miles of road dirt off too before the MOT tomorrow.
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Old 11th February 2018, 02:43 PM
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Looking good David

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Old 11th February 2018, 02:44 PM
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RS6s turn for a bath today
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As it's a great day in bonnie Scotland thought I would wash a few 1000 miles of road dirt off too before the MOT tomorrow.
I always wash any car before an MOT, I see it as a courtesy to the tester, the very least one can do, and preferably wash it the day before not 5 minutes before going in so that it has time to dry properly and not drip all over him lol
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