johnny g Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Trickle charger for the car. Put a thick layer of wax on it as well to protect it under the cover and remove in the new year. Buy a cheap set of alloys to put on and keep the good ones indoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo2810 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Ive just left mine completely engulfed in snow. No cover, no washing. It's a car, not a dog I've never covered a car through the winter and after the first summer wash/detail, it's always shined up perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Wash? Sorry, you've lost me there Just drive it, you puff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Trickle charger will be here tomorrow. Just had a look under the cover and it's nice and clean with a bit of ice on it..!! She had a coat of HD wax a couple of weeks ago so she'll be fine until the New Year. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Trickle charger will be here tomorrow. Just had a look under the cover and it's nice and clean with a bit of ice on it..!! She had a coat of HD wax a couple of weeks ago so she'll be fine until the New Year. H. Now just get a cheapo set of 17's to put on and bring the goodies indoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Now just get a cheapo set of 17's to put on and bring the goodies indoors. I wouldn't drive it with a kack set of wheels on it. Street cred is everything....:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Title changed to something less erroneous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Have you set up a camera to catch people when slipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 It'll charge up just as well ticking over for an hour or so, or on the battery charger sounds like a lot of aggro for a trip round the block to me So let's see a video of you skating round the garden then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Have you set up a camera to catch people when slipping. No..!! It'll charge up just as well ticking over for an hour or so, or on the battery charger sounds like a lot of aggro for a trip round the block to me So let's see a video of you skating round the garden then My 7 year old fell this morning and the wife is not pleased. "You shouldn't have washed that car" she said with a mean look..!! Also the car was on fumes so I had to go and put half a tank in anyway. I was between a rock and a hard place to be honest. Maybe I am trying to hard to keep this car immaculate. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supralad Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 As my garage blocks all sunlight onto my drive, even after the rain saturday night i still had snow up to your ankle on my drive way. I had not had the car out since last Saturday as I didnt want to risk it, but yesterday i moved outta my house so I had to give her a drive. I filled the car up first (which was a mistake as If she got stuck i would have just had to take everything out again) and preceeded to reverse out of the garage, all going well so far as i havnt got stuck. I turned the wheel and i hit a bit of black ice at exactly the same time, so the car started sliding side ways towards to wall at a very slow speed... oh dear here we go, i knew it was a mistake.... luckily she stopped before the wall. 5 kettles of hot water, 15mins of brushing snow and 20mins of shoveling I managed to slide her down the drive and get her out by sliding forwards and backwards about 20times. Must have done 2 lines on the petrol gauge revving the hell out of her and a nice smell of rubber as well. Was a lot of fun though Would have been different story if i got stuck sideways on my drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 (edited) I'd have done nothing, and used the trickle charger when it arrives tomorrow. Let the CTEK play with your battery for 12-15 hours and you'll have a strong crank. I didn't know a car's battery could be charged by letting it idle stationary. I tried that once on my supra (when I had a weak battery): left it running in the garage for about 30 mins, but the battery was flat a couple of days later. Edited December 6, 2010 by stevie_b (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I did much the same thing, I got a new Karcher 3.550 yesterday, (£152.99 Halfords sale) and well both cars were filthy as we drive them everyday. Of course I had to try out the new toy, much to the enjoyment of my neighbours, unfortunately we live on a hill and the water ran off the end of the drive and down the road:innocent: Anyway I gave up on the thought of drying it, as the water had started freezing on the roof etc, the same as yours. Problem came this morning, when we had had a particularly hard frost and with the power of the Jetwash from the night before, the water had got into the door seals, so I spent 25 mins getting into my wifes car and then mine. O well at least they were clean for the first couple of miles to work today:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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