My neighbours think i'm mad...

I felt the need to wash the car last night (about 9pm) in the dark as i'm working today and out tonight and wanted it looking clean for Santa Pod tomorrow.

The curtains were twitching and passers by were giving me strange looks. The wife thinks i've lost the plot too.

whats the latest you've got the bucket and sponge out ?

lol, not that late to be fair, i've washed my car at 6am a few years back though But it was in the summer!

The neighbours are always giving me looks when i am out doing something on the car, the bonnet is permanently up or i am washing it. I remember washing it in the snow once much to the amusement of passers by

Yes, I too have attempted to wash the car in the dark.

It's especially depressing if done by security light as it shows up EVERY tiny mark and swirl in the paint, then you wake up in the morning to find all the bits you missed.

I felt the need to wash the car last night (about 9pm) in the dark as i'm working today and out tonight and wanted it looking clean for Santa Pod tomorrow.

 

The curtains were twitching and passers by were giving me strange looks. The wife thinks i've lost the plot too.

 

whats the latest you've got the bucket and sponge out ?

It's not quite as late as you Steve but I did mine at about 8.15pm last friday night as was going on the Pancake run on Saturday. Only thing was I was dodging rain showers too much to the amusement of my neighbours:blink:

seen some boy racer tip up at the car wash across the road from the inlaws at 01:30 he woke me up the wanker, sad little prick in a chaved up escort

I have tried to wash ours in the dark a couple of times!!

Not good really, especially as I have to try and set next doors security light off to be able to see on my drive!!

H.

quality post, ive done that a few times.

They have now accepted me.................lol

I think you should offer to wash theirs 2 that might stop the curtains moving

I once washed mine just before dark, but then I wanted to polish it. It wasn't the easiest task in the world and I didn't finish until abouut midnight, looked at it the next day in the light and there was polish all over it

Plenty of times if it's been absolutely tipping it down, I'll put on some shorts and a t-shirt and go out and clean the cars.

It even does a good job as the rain doesn't leave water marks afterwards. I did two cars in 10 minutes

And my neighbour couldn't have thought I was that mad, as he did the same thing next time it rained

I'm sure I read somewhere that washing a car in the rain is actually much better than in sunlight? Sounds valid.

I'm sure I read somewhere that washing a car in the rain is actually much better than in sunlight? Sounds valid.

Definitly is, I hate washing the Supra in the summer, when its really hot I wash it panel by panel starting on the roof and working down then around, otherwise by the time you get round the car is completely dry and gone all streaky.........

I have washed the car while its been raining before as well, it does help to wash off the suds.......

I'm always out tinkering and cleaning at all times of the day and evening etc. I think my girlfriend and neighbours have just got used to it now. Sometimes it IS necessary to clean the car even if it looks like rain, is raining or nearly pitch dark! Sometimes the results aren't exactly what I was expecting, which means I probably have to clean the car again anyway

I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, but during sunny days parked outside work we get little yellow spots on the cars, and I have to wipe the car over before I leave, cos I just can't stand it

I'm always out tinkering and cleaning at all times of the day and evening etc. I think my girlfriend and neighbours have just got used to it now. Sometimes it IS necessary to clean the car even if it looks like rain, is raining or nearly pitch dark! Sometimes the results aren't exactly what I was expecting, which means I probably have to clean the car again anyway

 

I wouldn't say I'm obsessed, but during sunny days parked outside work we get little yellow spots on the cars, and I have to wipe the car over before I leave, cos I just can't stand it

Little yellow spots What could these be.......?

The latest I have washed my car is about 4 years after buying it

The latest I have washed my car is about 4 years after buying it

my wife has never washed hers....she gets me to

they were probably twitching because the guys who crashed into that airport a few months ago washed there car at night i think i remember hearing on the news

Little yellow spots What could these be.......?

Well we thought that they're either pollen, bee shit, or maybe a chemical which has been launched into the air from a chinmey etc.

They've been analysed, and the report was that they were harmless, but not exactly what they were.

There's a bloke with an apiary in the allotment behind our industrial estate. We think its him and his confounded bees!

Well we thought that they're either pollen, bee shit, or maybe a chemical which has been launched into the air from a chinmey etc.

 

They've been analysed, and the report was that they were harmless, but not exactly what they were.

 

There's a bloke with an apiary in the allotment behind our industrial estate. We think its him and his confounded bees!

I think it is bee pollen myself i have a few spots on my car at the moment but i can't seem to remember noticing it in winter

I think it is bee pollen myself i have a few spots on my car at the moment but i can't seem to remember noticing it in winter

Yeah it probably is that, but we get them from around February until end of November. A right pain I can tell you, especially on a black car!

I've washed in in the dark before the sun seems to go down very quickly sometimes...

The funniest look I got was when I was out washing the car in the snow just before the Ace Cafe meet in Jan

Well we thought that they're either pollen, bee shit, or maybe a chemical which has been launched into the air from a chinmey etc.

 

They've been analysed, and the report was that they were harmless, but not exactly what they were.

 

There's a bloke with an apiary in the allotment behind our industrial estate. We think its him and his confounded bees!

Bee shit lol Do you think it comes out yellow, black, yellow, black lol.......

I wash mine whenever it needs doing, I'm not arsed what time it is like, nor do I care what my neighbours say. I'm well aware they all talk about me too. They can talk all they like as they drive to work in there shitty astra's or old cavalier's.

I once went out there at 4am and washed & waxed it before heading to a show then washed it again the following day cause it was filthy