Disaster at the carwash!
06-21-2007, 02:59 PM
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You can clay anything.
06-21-2007, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ickysz
haha, I dont really understand how claybar will work on something that got eatin off , but I guess I'll try it
Like I said, the car wash should be paying for that. **** what their sign says, it doesn't give them the right to **** your **** up with no consequences.
06-21-2007, 03:14 PM
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Washing your own Z is what makes you fall in love with it. Just think youll be carressing all those curves and slim lines throughout its body. Then you rub its behind with the Absorber. Mann, its like your making love with the car.
06-21-2007, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by fonzy
Washing your own Z is what makes you fall in love with it. Just think youll be carressing all those curves and slim lines throughout its body. Then you rub its behind with the Absorber. Mann, its like your making love with the car.
Tony (Absorber FTW)
06-21-2007, 05:28 PM
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No one is driving my G, though I usually don't have time to wash it myself. Has nothing to do with how much I like it, its that only time I would have the time to do it right is on the weekend and it seems like it always rains or I am busy, but now that I do have a car I care about i'll have to find the time.
06-21-2007, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by bboypuertoroc
You FIRST mistake was putting it through an automatic car wash.
Your SECOND mistake was letting someone there drive it.
Your THIRD mistake was not inspecting for damage on the spot.
Your FOURTH mistake was not making them pay for the damage done to your wheels or making them fix your tails before you left.
If you care enough about your car, you'd wash it yourself.
Try using a claybar on your tails.
Your SECOND mistake was letting someone there drive it.
Your THIRD mistake was not inspecting for damage on the spot.
Your FOURTH mistake was not making them pay for the damage done to your wheels or making them fix your tails before you left.
If you care enough about your car, you'd wash it yourself.
Try using a claybar on your tails.
06-21-2007, 08:17 PM
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wash your car yourself, if you love your car as much as I hope you do then you will take the time to wash and clean her. But Sorry to hear about what happened
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Originally Posted by SuperBlack350
that will NOT fix his light.
06-21-2007, 10:59 PM
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No one but me washes my car, no one but me drives my car.
I feel for you man, but its a Z. Don't let other people take care of it. Car wash places wash cars all day, in and out, in and out, but they're all average cars, and their goal is go fast and up profits, not go slow and be careful. They're not gonna take special consideration for a Z like an owner would. None of them ever will.
Personally taking care of any nice car I own is a price I will always be willing to pay.
I feel for you man, but its a Z. Don't let other people take care of it. Car wash places wash cars all day, in and out, in and out, but they're all average cars, and their goal is go fast and up profits, not go slow and be careful. They're not gonna take special consideration for a Z like an owner would. None of them ever will.
Personally taking care of any nice car I own is a price I will always be willing to pay.
06-22-2007, 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by key_darren
if u look carefully, theres a sign that says "not responsible for damages".
i would never take my car there. i dont want anyone molesting my car.
self wash place ftw. they even have spot free rinse!
i would never take my car there. i dont want anyone molesting my car.
self wash place ftw. they even have spot free rinse!
06-22-2007, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by ickysz
I've been hearing about some great car wash place where they hand wash your car, run it through a car wash, then hand dry it, shampoo the carpet & vacuum the car etc... So I decided to check it out, big mistake!!
First of all I kept hearing my car die & crank.. litteraly 10 times, so I went over to see .. I asked the guy if he was having trouble driving my car, he says "nah man, I havnt drivin a stick in a minute!".. I just put my head down... Then before the car wash pulls it through, he says "can you check to see if I have it in N?" so I looked & he had been driving w/ the E brake on! ... I told him & he goes "awww fo real man?? maaan I'm not trying to brake your car man, I dont have any money".... So I was getting a little pissed, then he started dragging it through, which it scraped the floor a couple feet, then it was fine.
I go inside to watch my car get washed & notice my tires are possibly rubbing against these metal walls about 4 inches high, so I'm ****ing freaking out.... then it comes out the other side & the dude drys it off, ready to go. I take it down the road & park to look over my car, I notice little scratch marks on a couple rims, so I'm a little irritated but not much, they wernt to bad, but THEN I see my smoked tail's, there usualy black black, clean looking black, but they looked dirty as hell! I tryed cleaning them when I got home but nothing came off, its not dirt... I dont know wtf this is! My tail's look like that have dryed soap or something all over them & I cant get the **** off.... lesson ****ing learned.
First of all I kept hearing my car die & crank.. litteraly 10 times, so I went over to see .. I asked the guy if he was having trouble driving my car, he says "nah man, I havnt drivin a stick in a minute!".. I just put my head down... Then before the car wash pulls it through, he says "can you check to see if I have it in N?" so I looked & he had been driving w/ the E brake on! ... I told him & he goes "awww fo real man?? maaan I'm not trying to brake your car man, I dont have any money".... So I was getting a little pissed, then he started dragging it through, which it scraped the floor a couple feet, then it was fine.
I go inside to watch my car get washed & notice my tires are possibly rubbing against these metal walls about 4 inches high, so I'm ****ing freaking out.... then it comes out the other side & the dude drys it off, ready to go. I take it down the road & park to look over my car, I notice little scratch marks on a couple rims, so I'm a little irritated but not much, they wernt to bad, but THEN I see my smoked tail's, there usualy black black, clean looking black, but they looked dirty as hell! I tryed cleaning them when I got home but nothing came off, its not dirt... I dont know wtf this is! My tail's look like that have dryed soap or something all over them & I cant get the **** off.... lesson ****ing learned.
I can't believe you don't wash your own car 100% of the time. I wouldn't let anyone touch my paint, wheels, or interior. Hell, my g/f has just now learned the passenger door doesn't need to be slammed....
06-22-2007, 05:40 AM
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Wow, lame man. I used an automatic carwash one time with my old 04.5 Z and that was the last time I ever used one. I will never ever take my 07 through one of those things. I had a similar experience as you. That damn thing scratched the hell out of three of my wheels plus the high pressure drier thing made my clear bra come up. lol...that was a terrible day. I ended up having them pay for the wheels. But, the clear bra was probably my fault. It was only a week or two after I had it installed. The adhesive was not totally dried at the time. So, my fault.
06-22-2007, 07:39 AM
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Read my post, live by it. I too once let someone else drive my Z. Discount tire was pulling it in to rebalance the tires and ran head on into the wall destroying my practically new Areosync. Read my post.
