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Title: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 01, 2011, 02:40:51 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?
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Snoopy on October 01, 2011, 02:47:09 PM
Yup!

That they do less damage to the car is a plus  :thumbsup:


Auto Lavage are getting harder and harder to find although there is a good one en route twixt Calais and  Coquelles

http://auto-moto.118000.fr/v_coquelles_62/c_lavage-et-nettoyage-auto (http://auto-moto.118000.fr/v_coquelles_62/c_lavage-et-nettoyage-auto)  whistle:

Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 01, 2011, 02:58:00 PM
Auto Lavage  eeek:
 Gayer:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Snoopy on October 01, 2011, 03:00:30 PM
 razz: Raaaasssspppppppp!
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 01, 2011, 03:06:03 PM
You have been chattering to that Mrs TipoGipo too much  noooo:

Or her eldest
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Snoopy on October 01, 2011, 03:11:23 PM
No but I do always wash the continent off me car in Coquelles before I get on the ferry home, I also fill up on cheap French diesel in the filling station next door.

The Auto Lavage is on the road between the Auchan hypermarket (where I buy wine & cheese) and the Tabac (where I stock up on fags and baccy). Much cheaper that getting either on the ferry   ;D
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Snoopy on October 01, 2011, 03:15:16 PM
PS I can also list every decent toilet stop between Calais and Venlo ...... but that's 'cos I have been doing the trip almost annually since 1970 with kids in the car.
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 01, 2011, 03:15:23 PM
Coquelles and mussuelles alive, alive-o  angel1
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Snoopy on October 01, 2011, 03:19:57 PM
Oh Yes!  cloud9:

Moules Marinières and a bottle of Chablis here ....... Le Sole Meunière, 1 Boulevard de la Résistance, Calais ....... and it's not far from the Lavage  whistle:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Barman on October 01, 2011, 03:27:02 PM
Coquelles and mussuelles alive, alive-o  angel1

 drumroll:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Miss Demeanour on October 01, 2011, 03:27:11 PM
Would you two like to get a private room ?
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 01, 2011, 03:27:59 PM
I am sure Mrs TipoGipo's eldest is fond of Coquelles and Mussuelles too  angel1
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Just One More on October 01, 2011, 03:42:14 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
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 01, 2011, 03:46:15 PM
Looks like a local franchise hereabouts. All have the same blue and yellow signs and operate off garage forecourts and bits of wasteground
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 01, 2011, 03:47:55 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.
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick 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?
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Darwins Selection 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?
£16
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Snoopy 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.
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 01, 2011, 03:53:21 PM
I think I am wasted here  noooo:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Snoopy on October 01, 2011, 03:56:01 PM
 rubschin: Well waisted I'd have said ..... but who am I to talk?  sad24:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Just One More 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
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Darwins Selection 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?
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 01, 2011, 03:59:52 PM
I leave Asda to Growler and other Neanderthals angel1
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Barman 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?

 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Pastis 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:
£10   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Barman 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....
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 03, 2011, 05:19:36 PM
Well I am sure LL enjoys that.

I too got a free dangly thing.
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Barman on October 03, 2011, 05:21:28 PM
LL buys them all the time... she can't understand why they keep disappearing....  whistle:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Pastis 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:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Nick on October 03, 2011, 05:50:01 PM
Maybe they do crucifix ones at easter, like rubschin:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 03, 2011, 08:55:53 PM
Maybe they do crucifix ones at easter, like rubschin:

Hula Hoop shaped ones at Passover.
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: GROWLER on October 03, 2011, 10:42:18 PM
Maybe they do crucifix ones at easter, like rubschin:

...and BELL END shaped ones for you? whistle:
Title: Re: The hand car wash craze
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on October 04, 2011, 05:49:04 AM
 happy001 happy001 happy001

I missed all this cos I was in my tent and busy holidaying. 

You do all make me laugh.  cloud9: cloud9: cloud9: