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12-17-2008, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by hk20000  you shouldn't wash your car during winter no matter what. Car wash stations are closed too. You'll make an icerink for other road users and that's gonna be trouble.
washing your car in car wash place, drive out, enjoy frozen key slots.... | To be honest, i'd rather enjoy frozen key slots than a bubble of rust marinading under my fender.
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12-17-2008, 06:24 PM
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Compressed air blown around the door seals, trunk, windows, and if you think you got some into the keyholes, there too will prevent the problem
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12-17-2008, 06:50 PM
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just wash it when the snow melts...that way you can keept the salt on your car from eating away your paint
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12-17-2008, 07:14 PM
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Yeah, do your car a HUGE favor and borrow a pressure washer, or go to a good wand wash and blast out the wheel wells, and undercarriage periodically
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12-17-2008, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by hk20000 you shouldn't wash your car during winter no matter what. Car wash stations are closed too. You'll make an icerink for other road users and that's gonna be trouble.
washing your car in car wash place, drive out, enjoy frozen key slots.... | yeah, much better to leave all that salt on to rust...
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12-18-2008, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by vsvs touchless car wash water are really unhealthy to your cars... i suggest you guys dont use it too often | How is it unhealthy?
Anything is better than just leaving salt and road crap on your car
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12-18-2008, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by hk20000 you shouldn't wash your car during winter no matter what. Car wash stations are closed too. You'll make an icerink for other road users and that's gonna be trouble.
washing your car in car wash place, drive out, enjoy frozen key slots.... | Yup. I agree 100%
Letting the car sit there with all that salt on it is much better.
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12-18-2008, 10:13 AM
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^^^^^^ let it sit with all that salt on..its gonna make the car tastier mmmmm yyyuuummmmyyyyyy...salt ftw..lol
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12-18-2008, 11:21 AM
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If you leave your car out in the cold the salt isnt going to do as much as the people who bring it into a warm garage at night, which is whats going to help the salt do its work faster.
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12-18-2008, 11:28 AM
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I've seen a car wash service in the undergorund parking at the Oakridge Centre.
Anybody go there before?
I haven;t wash my car since the summer as well lol
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12-18-2008, 11:46 AM
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its best to leave it as it is until winter is gone, unless u plan to wash ur car and leave it in ur garage for the next couple of months, once u leave the car wash place and drive home, it will be all dirty again.
anybody have a good idea how to wash the undercarriage of the car without having to shoot ur hose at it blindly? i dont have a jack or anything......
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12-18-2008, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by hk20000 you shouldn't wash your car during winter no matter what. Car wash stations are closed too. You'll make an icerink for other road users and that's gonna be trouble.
washing your car in car wash place, drive out, enjoy frozen key slots.... | the esso touchless carwash at the corner of w.broadway and burrard was open yesterday and today... i have to wash the car because i park on the street and it's covered with all the salt spray, sand and other crap thrown by passing cars. i'm too scared to use my snow brush now because i'm certain i'll scratch and ruin the paint 
someone taught me that once you come out of the carwash place, spray wd40 or similar into the keyholes to keep moisture from freezing up in them. also using silicone spray lube on the door seals to keep the doors from freezing up in their jambs.
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12-18-2008, 01:30 PM
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^^ instead of spraying your doors.. why not just dry them????? especially with those who have frameless windows....
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12-18-2008, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by thumper the esso touchless carwash at the corner of w.broadway and burrard was open yesterday and today... i have to wash the car because i park on the street and it's covered with all the salt spray, sand and other crap thrown by passing cars. i'm too scared to use my snow brush now because i'm certain i'll scratch and ruin the paint
someone taught me that once you come out of the carwash place, spray wd40 or similar into the keyholes to keep moisture from freezing up in them. also using silicone spray lube on the door seals to keep the doors from freezing up in their jambs. | I feel you mean, its painful brushing off a black car and doing a good job of it without scratching the paint
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12-18-2008, 04:07 PM
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Heres are good idea.....
PLASTIC WRAP YOUR ENTIRE CAR ( after your car is clean and dry ) =).
Can someone post pics after they are done ?
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12-18-2008, 04:20 PM
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There are many wand washes around...
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12-18-2008, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MarkyMark If you leave your car out in the cold the salt isnt going to do as much as the people who bring it into a warm garage at night, which is whats going to help the salt do its work faster. | Why is this?
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12-18-2008, 05:13 PM
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Keeping the car outside keeps the water in ice form.
Bringing it in reduces the ice to water, which makes that nice salt water mix that rusts shit.
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12-18-2008, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 1983 Z28 Keeping the car outside keeps the water in ice form.
Bringing it in reduces the ice to water, which makes that nice salt water mix that rusts shit. | *facepalm*
I should've thought of that one 
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12-18-2008, 05:40 PM
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^ Heat also help chemical reactions react faster from what I've learned in high school.
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12-18-2008, 08:19 PM
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12-19-2008, 05:53 PM
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#47 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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| http://www.easywash.com/section.asp?pageid=5805
at north van right beside the 2nd narrows bridge.
if i i signed up last month, i would of gotten my free $20 car wash already...sigh
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12-19-2008, 05:57 PM
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basically i'm just looking for the pressure washer to get all the salt off..
does the garden city / alexandra place act as a " wand wash " place to do this?
anyone know the details on it? eg. cost?
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12-19-2008, 06:25 PM
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#49 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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god damn i tried my outdoor hoses today and they are all frozen. anyone know a coin wash / wand wash place in east van. dont really want to drive all the way down to richmond and get it washed while the way back home will be all dirty agian. im going away for a couple of weeks and i dont want my car to rot/rust out there.
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12-19-2008, 06:37 PM
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#50 | | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by illicitstylz basically i'm just looking for the pressure washer to get all the salt off..
does the garden city / alexandra place act as a " wand wash " place to do this?
anyone know the details on it? eg. cost? | This is what I do too.
Basically just go there every week and use the pressure washer to get some dirt/salt off.
Its a self-serve wash, you just drive into the bay and go up to the machine to get tokens... $2 for 2 tokens (4 mins).
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