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10th September 2014, 08:57 AM
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My wife thinks I'm strange.....
...I had to use my spare wheel at the weekend for a couple of hundred miles. I don't like using it, as it's perfect; like new, but that is what it's for, so needs must etc.
So, now I have my normal wheel back on the car, I removed the spare from the wheel well (where the fitters had kindly popped it back in) and spent half an hour or so cleaning it. Wheel, tyre, the whole lot. She thinks that's strange, but it seemed obvious to me. Mmmmm shiny!  Just wanted to share. :-)
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10th September 2014, 09:16 AM
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Welcome to A8 world.
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#3
10th September 2014, 09:37 AM
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quite proper too, I even regularly take off my road wheels and clean the insides and wax them before putting them back on!
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10th September 2014, 11:30 AM
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Same here and nothing strange about it.
Tell it's strange to spend so much time on front of the mirror and painting it with some many weird fluids which transform your wife you know to one with a different face My just got so used to it, it actually helps with leather cleaning and applying balsam We are all NORMAL, no matter how an@l we are
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#5
10th September 2014, 11:43 AM
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I think we'll wait a long time for one of us to post that his wife thinks that he is normal. My wife thinks I'm mad but harmless.
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#6
10th September 2014, 11:52 AM
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I also take the wheels off to give them a proper clean every now and then. She's never commented on that though!
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#7
10th September 2014, 12:31 PM
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many years ago I stumbled upon a Forum where there was a chap who looked forward to weekends his wife went away, it meant he could get his wheels in the dishwasher
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10th September 2014, 01:09 PM
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Tyres on or off? (not that I'm thinking of trying it dear if you happen to be reading this!¬)
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10th September 2014, 01:13 PM
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10th September 2014, 01:25 PM
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