Surviving Winter

sylonien · Post by **sylonien** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:07 am

Jus looked out the window and saw my poor Polo freezin' its ass out there.

Well not literally but there was frost on the roof and spoiler.

Which brought me to a thought of this topic.

Is there any tips/guides or anything I should do or be aware of during this freakin' cold season of the year? In terms of the car's engine etc.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:16 am

drive slowly till the engine warms up. bout 80% of engine wear ive been told that happens when the engine is cold.

wash wheels at least 1ce a week. salt on the roads cause corrosion....actually it was not really good timing to get new wheels at this time of year, but as long as u take care of them... ull b ok

sylonien · Post by **sylonien** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:34 pm

Well I coudn't wait any longer for the wheels.

Maybe I could swap the crap ones back jus for the winter. (Yeah right! Like I can be bothered).

Anyway 80%! wear!?

that's quite a bit then!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:25 pm

yeah winter wheels.. there was post on that earlier....

IMO jst keep the bling wheels... theres like never ending winter in da UK anyway.......so crap wheels all year round?

nope

sylonien · Post by **sylonien** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:31 pm

Yeah I agree - I don't think so!

What about those like special alloy wax or somethin' crap like that?

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:34 pm

ive not used them personally... but my mate has and he said theyre not much use

sylonien · Post by **sylonien** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:41 pm

What should I use to clean my wheels then? I wanna keep them nice and clean.

Since you're "da man bling man with your phat 18" riims" mate

!

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:49 pm

i wash mine regulary and just use water and a sponge.... u may need, say a toothbrush to wash between the small spokes of the spoke (if u know what i mean).. i dont have this prob..

sometimes i use soap (car shampoo) but not all the time just incase i leave sum behind and may lead to corosion.

hope this helps