Relentless road muck

[former member]

I cannot believe how foul the roads are; literally a mile and the cars are utterly gross. Just did Wadebridge and back (12 miles) in the clean van; it now looks like I've spent the day ploughing a field.
I tried ignoring it but after a week on non washing, the rear reg plate of the BM was invisible.
It's playing havoc with my car cleaning semi OCD; roll on the Spring! The roads seem to have been foul for months!

 

[Davenjo]

I've not cleaned a car for about 20 years, preferring instead to pay someone else to do it for me. However, I've already cleaned my van multiple times in the 2 months I've owned it - something about them just calls out to you (not gone as far as expensive waxes, detailing, etc., yet but give me time!!).

I spent about 3 hours cleaning it late last week and then avoided driving it until yesterday to keep it looking nice but even just sat on the drive it looked filthy. Drove it a few miles to and from the garage yesterday and it now looks terrible - what to do now - keep on doing it myself or pay the guy who still cleans our other vehicles to do it??

My name is Dave and I have OCDD!!

 

[StudleyGlass]

Have to agree with you there @Polzeylad the roads are vile. I had to stop myself cleaning it friday as i new by the time i got home from work it would be black again. one of the reasons i had it coated was to help protect it from the winters sh%t , as i no cleaning it all the time is a waste of time. i dont have have the time. Seeing it dirty really annoys me big time but there not a lot you can do this time of year about it, so roll on summer to enjoy our hard cleaning work and great looking T6,s

 

[BIgben]

Mine is the very grubby Blackberry van about to spend a day and night out on deck.
To be fair, the crew washed a little of the salt off in the morning. Not the thick soot from the funnels though...

 

[DaveyB]

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Mine is the very grubby Blackberry van about to spend a day and night out on deck.
To be fair, the crew washed a little of the salt off in the morning. Not the thick soot from the funnels though...

What a lovely view, off somewhere nicer for Christmas?

 

[BIgben]

That was on the way back here (UK) about a week ago.
On the Bilbao to Portsmouth Ferry.

 

[Buggirl]

My van was filthy straight after cleaning her. The joys of owning white!

 

[former member]

View attachment 3583
Mine is the very grubby Blackberry van about to spend a day and night out on deck.
To be fair, the crew washed a little of the salt off in the morning. Not the thick soot from the funnels though...

Cool photo!!

 

[Roadrunner]

View attachment 3583
Mine is the very grubby Blackberry van about to spend a day and night out on deck.
To be fair, the crew washed a little of the salt off in the morning. Not the thick soot from the funnels though...

Looks such a nice day you would not think it would get dirty there.

 

[mhill]

Anyone else notice that the rear camera is useless this time of year? 70 miles after cleaning it the camera is like a kaleidoscope.

 

[DaveyB]

Anyone else notice that the rear camera is useless this time of year? 70 miles after cleaning it the camera is like a kaleidoscope.

Totally agree, can't see a thing out of mine, have to rely on those things stuck on the side of the van.

 

[Mojo]

The trouble is that due to the quantities of grit salt the roads just don't dry out like they would with just rain water on them...small price to pay for having some traction I guess.

 

[former member]

Totally agree, can't see a thing out of mine, have to rely on those things stuck on the side of the van.

Do you not have a device called "a rear window?" That's what I use in conjunction with a cunning invention called "a windscreen mirror."

 

[Mojo]

I'm considering front mud flaps now I have sidebars as they just seem to have a permanent collection of leaves and road grime on them...

 

[former member]

I'm considering front mud flaps now I have sidebars as they just seem to have a permanent collection of leaves and road grime on them...

I had side bars and mud flaps on my T5.1 Cali - they both just seemed to collect more dirt. So gone simple this time.
Except for the massive bike rack and roof bars...

 

[mhill]

Do you not have a device called "a rear window?" That's what I use in conjunction with a cunning invention called "a windscreen mirror."

I have a rear mirror but a solid rear tailgate! Mainly use the camera for hitching up trailers and its spot on for that, they are usually too heavy to shift and move by hand though.

I'm considering front mud flaps now I have sidebars as they just seem to have a permanent collection of leaves and road grime on them...

Not sure what the mud flaps do really!

 

[Mojo]

@mhill Hmmm that seems to back up what @Polzeylad has said that they make little difference...and I would only want 'shorties' anyway as I'm not a big fan of big flaps...

 

[DaveyB]

Do you not have a device called "a rear window?" That's what I use in conjunction with a cunning invention called "a windscreen mirror."

There is this panel of see through solid type stuff at the back, but I can't see through it with the thingy-ma-jig that hangs off the front see through whatsit, because there is a bloody humungous chuffing headrest in the middle of the back seat that totally obliterates the view. The designers clearly took a day off when that one was being thought through!

 

[Roadrunner]

I think I will keep mine off the road in the wet stuff whan I get it, that way it won't get dirty

 

[mhill]

@mhill Hmmm that seems to back up what @Polzeylad has said that they make little difference...and I would only want 'shorties' anyway as I'm not a big fan of big flaps...

We are out in the sticks and the office is down a fair track so I'm muddier than most! could be tempted with some full on rally spec mud flaps if I can find them.