its just toooooooo damn big
 

I know full well what the answer to this is but does anyone know a way of cleaning the 8 a bit quicker.........i'm exhausted hauling buckets out to clean it :)

need a step ladder too, i can't reach the roof :(

Well if it's not that dirty like a dusting you should just snowfoam it down, leave it on for 5 mins then jetwash off. To reduce drying tome apply a good wax, I use Dodo supernatural V2 but you can get cheaper ones. Then dry with a watermagnet. It's amazing how theese soak up water. To clean the brake dust off easily use bilbury wheel cleaner which isn't that acidic, or P21s red if you need something stronger (still non acidic).

i just cheat and go to the car wash +++

:eek2::eek:

only joking mike+++ i will go out this morning in the snow and give her some tlc so she looks nice and clean :D

I'd invest in a detailed clean from a profeesional (including a claying plus polishing), then you could top up the wax with Collinite 915 (cots about £23) and water just doesn't stick to the paint work after this has been applied. Subsequent cleaning jobs will be very easy and quick as most of the muck comes of with a rinse of a pressure washer.
If your using buckets fella I'd try and get access to a hose at least as these cars are truly massive.+++

How small are you?

I can bucket wash the 8 with one 10 liter bucket of hot water and any car shampoo i have got at the time and a hose pipe to rinse off.

Wow, things are getting personal round here..... :ROFL:

Sorry didn't mean to be rude, I’m surprised that’s all the 8 isn’t the highest car. I didn’t think about it, you could actually be vertically challenged.
Can you reach the pedals ok?+++

lets just say that the weather down here near the ground is nicer that it is up there :D

i can do everything bar a stripe down the middle, its too tall and wide..indeed toooooooooooooo damn big.

and i got through 2 buckets-o-suds just to prettify it and another couple to rinse. I couldn't get close to doing the whole thing with just 1!

Fair enough it sometimes ****es down for weeks up here in the world of Dez, maybe it’s Karma.

How about using a soft brush? Something like this http://www.towsure.com/category/6842...hrough_Brushes
I haven’t used one myself so don’t know what the bristles are like.

And I’m far too tight to use more than one bucket.

you may as well take a brillo pad to your paint work:tuttut:
The swirls will show up very quickly and will make your car look real dirty even if its been washed especially on a sunny day and especialy if your car is a dark colour.

Couldn't have put it better myself +++

My other car is a 45 year old Land Rover, I’m not used to having this paint stuff. I have so much to learn.

Buy yourself a sheepskin washmit to clean the car with, I use a sonus one from www.cleanyourcar.co.uk but any will do, you can get them in Halfords for about a fiver. I dry using a megs & sonus drying towel. Don't use a waterblade/chammy. Following them instructions with a good shampoo (I use duaragloss 901) and you should be fine. ++++++