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Offline Barbarulo

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I have given my new SR Premium more love in the last 2 months than all my previous cars combined. It gets washed every week and my wife is complaining about the money I'm spending on car cleaning products.

How long does the new car obsession last?
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Offline CraigB

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You’ve got the bug and you’ll be stuck with it for life :D


Offline Dazzler

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Until you curb a rim or get your first car park ding.  :whistler:

Not putting the mockers on you though!  :sweating:
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Offline Blazorax

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My wife already damaged the front passenger side rim ... :( and already someone rear end my car - bumper replaced.

Yet i am still washing it nearly every week :P

Initially she criticize me  - You owned the other car for 17 years and you don't wash it.

Yet now she saw how everytime I washed my car, I did both mine and hers, and both cars got a full fuel tank as well - so haven't heard anything else from her since.
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First:
dent,
stone chip -paint or windscreen,
gutter hit,
carpark park nudge,
food or drink spill on seats,
if you have a baby or kids,  you can include:
stains from projectile spew or things that nappies fail to contain.  :mrgreen:
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Offline Barbarulo

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Until you curb a rim or get your first car park ding.  :whistler:

Not putting the mockers on you though!  :sweating:

Too late  :blubber:

But the rim guards I fitted cover it nicely.
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Until you curb a rim or get your first car park ding.  :whistler:

Not putting the mockers on you though!  :sweating:

Too late  :blubber:

But the rim guards I fitted cover it nicely.

Oh that's right I forgot!  :goodjob:
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Offline Cookie Thumper

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When you move into a house with no off street parking you give up on washing (I used to do it twice a week).... Looking at my car every day now brings a tear to my eye.
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Considering how much I love my car, I am fairly slack with maintenance.  I'm usually pretty strict with services,  but cleaning is another matter!  :-[
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No it doesn't ...it gets worse...my cleaning cqbinet





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No it doesn't ...it gets worse...my cleaning cqbinet




Great collection of products.But do you use them all or  say " that looks handy,  I'll get some of that"  like i do and it sits proudly on the shelf with the rest of the unopened products?   :lol:  :lol:
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Nine years and counting.
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Offline Dazzler

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I've got a fair bit of cleaning $hit. Probably about half of what John (neptune ) has.  But I don't often use it.  :crazy1: :-[
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Offline CraigB

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My shelves were looking like that, I keep updating to new and better products and I end up passing on the old stuff to the parents, don't think they've had to buy any product in the last 10 years :snigger:


Offline Barbarulo

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Guess I don't need to apologise to the wife!
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How is she going to lose fuel bingo if you fill the tank every week..... :Shocked:
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