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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #15 on: October 01, 2011, 03:49:01 PM »
Growler will testify that my car is filthy. I decided it ought to have a bath. THere are none of those robot car washes anymore. WHat there are instead are dozens of "We wash your car for £4" places, run entirely by Poles and the like.

They work like devils and the car comes out looking like new  eeek:  I might go for the £15 full valet  rubschin:

Is this a national phenomenon?

They tend to operate on the supermarket/retail park car parks here. They did mine on Wednesday, £5 and it's spotless, not a fly/bug anywhere, wheels shiny new, and it looked like they'd black-walleded the tyres too. Down here they're not Poles though, they are all black. A female colleague once stopped me in my tracks when she suggested it was cos they had bigger hands and longer arms so it doesnt take as long  ;D
I expect she is extrapolating from her own experience.  eyes:

They are all Eastern European, but not Poles I think, in Newbury.

They charge extra for mine, something to do with mud on the roof and poo caked underneath.

It's good job though, lasts for hours.

ANd what do they charge for your car?
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #16 on: October 01, 2011, 03:50:01 PM »
Growler will testify that my car is filthy. I decided it ought to have a bath. THere are none of those robot car washes anymore. WHat there are instead are dozens of "We wash your car for £4" places, run entirely by Poles and the like.

They work like devils and the car comes out looking like new  eeek:  I might go for the £15 full valet  rubschin:

Is this a national phenomenon?

They tend to operate on the supermarket/retail park car parks here. They did mine on Wednesday, £5 and it's spotless, not a fly/bug anywhere, wheels shiny new, and it looked like they'd black-walleded the tyres too. Down here they're not Poles though, they are all black. A female colleague once stopped me in my tracks when she suggested it was cos they had bigger hands and longer arms so it doesnt take as long  ;D
I expect she is extrapolating from her own experience.  eyes:

They are all Eastern European, but not Poles I think, in Newbury.

They charge extra for mine, something to do with mud on the roof and poo caked underneath.

It's good job though, lasts for hours.

ANd what do they charge for your car?
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #17 on: October 01, 2011, 03:50:32 PM »
Growler will testify that my car is filthy. I decided it ought to have a bath. THere are none of those robot car washes anymore. WHat there are instead are dozens of "We wash your car for £4" places, run entirely by Poles and the like.

They work like devils and the car comes out looking like new  eeek:  I might go for the £15 full valet  rubschin:

Is this a national phenomenon?

They tend to operate on the supermarket/retail park car parks here. They did mine on Wednesday, £5 and it's spotless, not a fly/bug anywhere, wheels shiny new, and it looked like they'd black-walleded the tyres too. Down here they're not Poles though, they are all black. A female colleague once stopped me in my tracks when she suggested it was cos they had bigger hands and longer arms so it doesnt take as long  ;D
I expect she is extrapolating from her own experience.  eyes:

They are all Eastern European, but not Poles I think, in Newbury.

They charge extra for mine, something to do with mud on the roof and poo caked underneath.

It's a good job though, lasts for hours.

Indeed DS ~ they charge me more for the Land Rover than they do for the Corsa.
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2011, 03:53:21 PM »
I think I am wasted here  noooo:
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2011, 03:56:01 PM »
 rubschin: Well waisted I'd have said ..... but who am I to talk?  sad24:
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #20 on: October 01, 2011, 03:57:28 PM »
I think I am wasted here  noooo:

I smiled a bit at it Nick. Just a bit

Now pick yer bottom lip up before you trip over it  happy100
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #21 on: October 01, 2011, 03:58:24 PM »
I think I am wasted here  noooo:

What? You think you would be of more value with a bucket and sponge at Asda?
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #22 on: October 01, 2011, 03:59:52 PM »
I leave Asda to Growler and other Neanderthals angel1
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #23 on: October 01, 2011, 04:01:05 PM »
I think I am wasted here  noooo:

What? You think you would be of more value with a bucket and sponge at Asda?

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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2011, 05:14:59 PM »
I had mine done today. A herd of Azerbaijani Albanian  Eastern Europeans of mixed gender ... spotless, inside and out and a complementary Christmas tree shaped fragrant dangly thing  cloud9:
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2011, 05:17:08 PM »
It is Sri Lankans here...

Although generally speaking they jet wash her, then put her through the machine before finishing her off by hand like....
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #26 on: October 03, 2011, 05:19:36 PM »
Well I am sure LL enjoys that.

I too got a free dangly thing.
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #27 on: October 03, 2011, 05:21:28 PM »
LL buys them all the time... she can't understand why they keep disappearing....  whistle:
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #28 on: October 03, 2011, 05:48:48 PM »
Since they're Christmas tree shaped I imagine they'll be part of the seasonal adornments in a couple of months' time  whistle:
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Re: The hand car wash craze
« Reply #29 on: October 03, 2011, 05:50:01 PM »
Maybe they do crucifix ones at easter, like rubschin:
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