DIrty Winter Driving is Depressing

[randomwalk]

This morning I drove around the M25 from west London and down through East Sussex to visit a mate. After 90 miles arrived at his place and the car was filthy, covered in dirt and salt, I couldnt bear the sight of it so got out his Karcher and totally cleaned it. After driving back to London this evening it is covered in salt again, looks like I never cleaned it. I spose every time I go for a drive this will happen, I do like driving a clean car so its kind of depressing how quickly it gets filthy. Plus the corrosion aspects of the salt.

Edited by randomwalk on Friday 10th December 22:42

[EDLT]

Only drive it indoors. Problem solved.

[Pigeon]

What I hate is the way the dirt and damp and general muckiness makes the road and the grass verge look an almost identical shade of mucky grey-brown in the headlights, so it's hard to distinguish between the two enough to keep the car on the bit it should be on...

[Gizmo!]

What really annoys me is that I generally forget that I haven't fixed the windscreen squirters until I'm driving into the (low) sun.

Slippery roads are fun though.

[Garlick]

This is why my TVR has lived undercover and unused for the past 3 weeks.

I miss it........

[schmalex]

Jesus wept. Did I read the OP right - fella, you really, really need to get a life.

A car is just a lump of metal & plastic. It's winter, the roads are dirty so your car will get dirty every time you take it out. I can't believe you were so disgusted that you had to use your mate's jet washer - I hope to god he stood there with a look of incredulity on his face as you minced about in the cold spraying water over the thing when you should have been catching up with him. After all, you went to see him, not wash your bloody car.

Time for you to get some perspective I think. IT'S JUST A LOAD OF METAL & PLASTIC.

ffs

[Garlick]

Merc yes, other cars yes, TVR with road salt all over the chassis? No ta. Sorry if I too need to get a life

[schmalex]

I understand with TVR's. Crikey, I splash some water over the chassis of the Landy every week to make sure I still have a lot of welds chassis.

I was referring to modern, galvanised cars like the OP's.

Being pissed off because your car is dirty in winter is a little sad IMO.

[Garlick]

I think we are in violent agreement.

[schmalex]

[R1 Loon]

My car's filthy, it'll get washed tomorrow and will be filthy again soon after. I've never had a car fall apart through rust.

Bikes on the other hand, furry bolts, pitted forks, mild steel disintegrating and that was on a two year old bike.

[Babu 01]

EDLT said:

Only drive it indoors. Problem solved.

CAUTION! Other problems may occur.

[Adz The Rat]

I havent washed my car since August.

Still doesnt look dirty tbh even though I do 30 miles a day.

[FRMATT]

I think washing it off knowing you have the same drive back again in a few hours is a bit extreme/pointless. Over winter I've just accepted that it won't be clean, not for more than a day anyway!

[Hell27]

What a terribly sad story. OP, I think you need to get the bus.

[Allyc85]

Pigeon said:

What I hate is the way the dirt and damp and general muckiness makes the road and the grass verge look an almost identical shade of mucky grey-brown in the headlights, so it's hard to distinguish between the two enough to keep the car on the bit it should be on...

Really?!

[Wills2]

schmalex said:

I understand with TVR's. Crikey, I splash some water over the chassis of the Landy every week to make sure I still have a lot of welds chassis.

I was referring to modern, galvanised cars like the OP's.

Being pissed off because your car is dirty in winter is a little sad IMO.

Hmmm perhaps that fact you got pissed off at him for feeling that way makes you just as sad.

And then you admit to mincing round your landie splashing water over it.

[schmalex]

Fella - have you ever seen what happens to a 26 year old non-galvanised chassis if you don't splash the salt off every now & then?

Do a little test - go into your kitchen, take a cube of jelly & put it into a bowl of boiling water. That is a reasonable indication of what happens to the metalwork......

There is a mountain of difference between the common sense of making sure your car isn't going to snap in half due to corrosion next time you take it off road & wasting your & your mate's time by washing it because it got a bit dirty on the drive across.

[Wills2]

Cheer up, I'm only messing.

[schmalex]

I've had to sit through 2 hours of X Factor. It's going to be a loooooooooong time before I get anywhere near cheery