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01-21-2005, 07:56 AM

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NIce job.. under that weather... Thank God for Florida........

It gets cold here too. I'm not joking it gets pretty cold here in FL. Of course no where near as cold as up north.

01-21-2005, 07:57 AM

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I couldn't bare the thought of looking at my car full of salt & dirt. Due to the crummy weather outside, all the hand car wash places were closed. So i closed my garage (not heated), and washed my car @ an indicated 29 degrees. The things i do for this car...

Anyone else as crazy as me??

Think you could write a "how-to" for this one??? LOL... that's true love.

01-21-2005, 08:27 AM

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QEW? What's that?

Protect All's Quick & Easy Wash

http://www.protectall.com/qelg.htm

It's a no hose, no rinse car wash.

Check out these links for an idea of what it does:

http://autopia.org/forums/showthread...threadid=47864

http://autopia.org/forums/showthread...threadid=48834

01-21-2005, 08:41 AM

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Argh!!! This coulda helped me a whole lot yesterday.

01-21-2005, 08:56 AM

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Your garage floor must be a complete sheet of ice.

01-21-2005, 01:52 PM

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Actually, it's not that bad. As long as i keep the garage door closed, the temp gets to about 35-40.

01-21-2005, 03:26 PM

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I was gonna do it today, my sterling mist is now pearly white with the damn salt. I don't bother however, snow storm tomorrow. 10-20 cms AAHHHHH

01-21-2005, 05:15 PM

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I think only negative thing about QEW is not being able to rinse the undercarriage. I guess you can go to high pressure wash place and rinse the undercariage first and then come home to use QEW. Is QEW available at Pepboys or Autozone?

01-21-2005, 07:10 PM

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When my father built his retirment home (MA) he had hot and cold faucets put just inside the garage doors so he could have hot water for the bucket, and the rinse. Then he'd pull into the garage with it dripping wet and dry it off. He had drains in the floor, and the floor sloped to allow the water to get to the drains. He tried to have a walk-under pit installed under one of the spaces so he could get underneath the car when he wanted to, but the local building codes wouldn't allow it.

Hard core car guy.

01-21-2005, 08:07 PM

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It can be found at RV supply stores.

01-21-2005, 10:17 PM

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I'm def craving the undercarriage wash right now. It's gonna have to wait b/c we're gonna be getting over a foot of snow from now till tomorrow.

01-22-2005, 03:06 AM

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I'll have to wait till this midwest snow is over, too. We've got about 6 inches so far. Went skiing yesterday (200 miles round trip) and my Super Black is now Super White....I hate the salt.

01-22-2005, 12:12 PM

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My brother would always wash his car in the garage during the winter. Man, I'm glad my max is in storage this winter.

01-22-2005, 12:16 PM

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I'm def craving the undercarriage wash right now. It's gonna have to wait b/c we're gonna be getting over a foot of snow from now till tomorrow.

I paid to have my car washed indoors but like 5 people

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Beautiful job...$15 interior and exterior hand wash.

01-23-2005, 12:56 AM

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The hand wash place i usually go to in the winter closed that day Polak - go figure. I get an exterior-only hand wash for $10.

My interior is mint. No cleaning necessary.

01-23-2005, 06:53 AM

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Nice job i need to clear out the rest of things I have in garage so I could do the same. Got so mad yesterday got a flat on the way home by the time and got a new tire the snow started falling and wasn't able to cover the car now I have 2 feet of snow sitting on my baby

01-23-2005, 11:37 PM

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I gotta clear out my garage too. If you guys didn't notice in my pics, it's a little messy. I think i'm ready for winter to end now. We've had enough.

01-24-2005, 12:44 AM

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That's why I bought a house that already had one of these installed in the garage. Turn the dial to 60, come back in 15 minutes, nice and toasty.

01-24-2005, 08:27 AM

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Yea, those heaters are nice.

That reminds me... I have an old space heater that still works somewhere in the basement. If I can dig that up I can actually get some cleaning done in my garage.

01-24-2005, 08:55 AM

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Would an oil change, fuel filter change, and carwash 11pm with the car temp reading 17degrees be considered crazy?
That's what I did with my '01 Pathfinder. The fuel filter is located in the back of the car OVER the rear transfer case, so I was on my back, on the driveway with fuel dripping onto my face.

The dealers around here are notorious for killing your car while in service. One cut wife's Jetta's (VW/Nissan dealer) brake cable while doing oil change, stripped her oil pan screw, and another dealer stripped all the screws that hold the skid plate on my '97 Pathfinder, and another dealer lost 4 of the 7-8 screws that hold the skid plate on my '01 pathfinder after ONE oil change... While there, a customer brought in a quest with no oil because dealer misinstalled the filter (how?!?!?) and the oil leaked out...

Needless to say, I do my own service now...

01-24-2005, 09:26 AM

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Would an oil change, fuel filter change, and carwash 11pm with the car temp reading 17degrees be considered crazy?

Wow! From all the replies i've read so far, i think your story takes the cake. Can't you call the Nissan Corp. and report that dealer for screwing up so often??

01-24-2005, 10:30 AM

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i would kill for 65 degrees right about now.

Amen to that. But i have washed the car OUTSIDE during the winter. Not fun at all.

01-24-2005, 11:42 AM

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Wow! From all the replies i've read so far, i think your story takes the cake. Can't you call the Nissan Corp. and report that dealer for screwing up so often??

I tried. the 1-800 (or 1-888, i don't remember) number only ended up with sympathetic nissan customer rep who couldn't do anything. Their saying was that the individual dealer service is a privately owned entity and that they do not have control over how they run the business.

I called VW USA as well, and got the same reply from them.

Just keep in mind, dealer sales and service are two different entities, and Nissan has very little control over the service department. I was told that I'd get better and faster results if I went to the BBB.

By the way, forgot to include one more thing. One of the dealers did an oil change and afterwards, I had vibration in my '97 pathfinder at high speeds. They claimed there is nothing wrong. I took it to a goodyear dealer and they found that the front drive axel was bent. Perhaps they dropped the lift when something was under the car? ANyway, dealer denied everything, and I ended up paying out of pocket to get the axel replaced (NOT at the dealer).

Another dealer also did a strut replacement, and I think they re-used the old strut to tower nuts (which alot of people do, but didn't expect from dealer), and one of them failed, and after awhile, all three failed, and broke the studs (this was in '95 on a '92 Maxima)! They said that it is not an uncommon thing...

And this is from 3 different dealers in the NJ-NY area!!!

So unfortunately, I have to do my engine and tranny oil changes (no garage) in my driveway, in 17degree weather... I figure what doesn't kill you will make you stronger...

01-24-2005, 02:52 PM

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Man I can't wait to wash my car. I ordered a gallon of that QEW.

01-25-2005, 03:50 PM

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when i go to wash my car in the winter i usually put the hose on the water heater in the basement and route it outside to wash with... it keeps me a lil warmer and also makes sure there isnt any freezing anytime soon

01-25-2005, 05:40 PM

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Anyone else as crazy as me??

You are certainly crazy but you did what you felt you had to do. I would wait until the indoor hand car washes opened up and wait in the long line to get mine washed. I moved away from that cold place a long time ago. When it gets too cold here in Florida, I hold off on washing my car because there is no salt or snow here so it can wait. Tomorrow is supposed to get up to 75.

01-25-2005, 10:44 PM

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Tomorrow is supposed to get up to 75.

Do all you floridians feel the need to rub it in?? My friend from south beach just sent me an email w/ the extended forecast for Miami. You guys are cruel!

01-26-2005, 03:09 AM

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Do all you floridians feel the need to rub it in?? My friend from south beach just sent me an email w/ the extended forecast for Miami. You guys are cruel!

We like to rub it in sometimes. LOL It has been cold here the past few days though. We had had many freeze wanrings over the past month or so. I welcome the warm/hot weather.

01-27-2005, 11:38 AM

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My sisters neighbor does that with his 330i- doesn't matter what the temp is to him.

01-27-2005, 01:34 PM

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it was pretty cold a little bit ago.. like 65, i had to dry the car in the garage because it was just to windy..

gotta love florida..

next time you wash your car in your garage, turn the engine on, itll warm up the place and youll be able to see cool colors and shapes in your head.

it may heat up the place but id think you would pass out sooner or later

01-27-2005, 01:36 PM

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it may heat up the place but id think you would pass out sooner or later

I think that was the joke.

01-27-2005, 01:40 PM

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When I build my next house it will have a heated garage with hot/cold water and a floor drain.

That is a must have option.

01-27-2005, 02:31 PM

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Yup... and a heated floor!

01-27-2005, 03:00 PM

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You guys are having a miserable winter, but we got the four hurricanes this past summer. Maybe that is why we are rubbing it in. Well, you guys got me motivated, so I will clean the Max and the wife's Spyder since it is just right outside. A sunny and comfortable 70.

Pedro

01-27-2005, 07:58 PM

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Finally got some of that QEW and gave it a try

Before

After

Definitely recommend. Only bad thing for me was I had to dry my car very quickly before ice formed.

01-28-2005, 12:08 AM

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It can be found at RV supply stores.

What the hell is an RV supply store?

I can't get the QEW @ a Pep Boys or Auto Zone?

01-28-2005, 12:15 AM

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What the hell is an RV supply store?

I can't get the QEW @ a Pep Boys or Auto Zone?

RV supply store... it's fairly self explanatory.

A store that sells products to help stock and take care of recreational vehicles... campers... those things that crusty old people buy to go back and forth from their homes in the frozen darklands of the barren North and their summer homes in Florida.