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Old Feb 4, 2010, 03:15 PM
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lol Cut it out...
My car's gonna be so dirty... I'm not getting out in the cold to cleaning it... D=
I'm too tropical for that... Am I gonna be the only dirty car out there.
Old Feb 4, 2010, 06:56 PM
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hey does anyone have any friends from connecticut with a 08+ RR lancer with wingless trunk?
Old Feb 5, 2010, 02:45 AM
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nope..

whatever you guys do... dont go through the carwash when its freezing... i learned my lesson on that one.... it froze before th guys could shammy it off... so i was driving around with a coat of solid ice over my car for like 2 days. :-( suck!
Old Feb 5, 2010, 05:32 AM
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On the bright side, you had extra protection from rock chips for 2 days.

Originally Posted by silkey00
nope..

whatever you guys do... dont go through the carwash when its freezing... i learned my lesson on that one.... it froze before th guys could shammy it off... so i was driving around with a coat of solid ice over my car for like 2 days. :-( suck!
Old Feb 5, 2010, 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by silkey00
nope..

whatever you guys do... dont go through the carwash when its freezing... i learned my lesson on that one.... it froze before th guys could shammy it off... so i was driving around with a coat of solid ice over my car for like 2 days. :-( suck!
The trick to handwashing in the winter is to not pre-rinse the car, and just use a bucket of warm water, and big yellow rubber gloves... Makes it sooo easy..

Or just drive through a touchfree carwash.
Old Feb 5, 2010, 06:45 AM
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whats your guys take on cloth car washes?
Old Feb 5, 2010, 07:14 AM
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lol. i guess extra protection doesnt hurt. :-p

yeah, i could totally see myself out there with a pair of big @$$ rubber gloves cleaning my car in the freezing winter. lol. definitely a kodak moment.....
Old Feb 5, 2010, 08:53 AM
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^Haha look what I started, all you guys are contemplating on doing this.
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I... Im so not doing it. I have to take the damn throttle body off today
Old Feb 5, 2010, 10:15 AM
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yikes. have fun with that. and im definitely not washing my car again til it warms up! i got too much stuff goin on with it anyways. im gonna be buying another car here in the next couple of weeks, and hopefully she'll be down for a while gettin everything she could ever dream of done to her..... :-)
Old Feb 6, 2010, 01:48 PM
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I'll have to clean it a little better another time. It cold. But I did take my car through the touch free wash the other day. So she's not white anymore!
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Just a friendly reminder-

Evo Owners meet and greet tomorrow @ Red Robin in West Hartford, at 11 AM! Hope to see you all there!
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Caps lock means business.
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lol. he's for serious. :-p

and my car is definitely gonna be dirty.... me and japan will be there.
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Washed the car in the garage today and cleaned her up real good. Silkey you will be the first to see in the morning.


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