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Surviving Winter
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:07 am
by sylonien
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:16 am
by carmadaaron
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
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:34 pm
by sylonien
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!
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:25 pm
by carmadaaron
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
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:31 pm
by sylonien
Yeah I agree - I don't think so!
What about those like special alloy wax or somethin' crap like that?
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:34 pm
by carmadaaron
ive not used them personally... but my mate has and he said theyre not much use
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:41 pm
by sylonien
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
!
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:49 pm
by carmadaaron
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