number 1 reason not to wash your beater car
02-07-2002, 07:42 AM
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number 1 reason not to wash your beater car
i finally got around to washing my beater yesterday, there were seemingly inches of crap on it. I drive out of the car wash and...boom, i get pulled over...expired inspection sticker. here my car has had an expired inspection sticker on it since november, and i could not see it because of the dirt on the winshield....neither could the cops. Now i have a 90 dollar fine and a clean beater. lesson learned.
02-07-2002, 08:01 AM
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I once had a car (it was a beater, but also my only car at the time) that would break down every time I washed it. It would cause arcing inside the distributor cap, and I'd have to replace the distributor cap.
I figured it was trying to tell me something, so I stopped washing it.
-Matt
I figured it was trying to tell me something, so I stopped washing it.
-Matt
02-07-2002, 08:17 AM
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i think that car wash was the last one my VW will ever get. i just have to make sure that my s2000 is always inspected, because i must wash that thing every 3 days
02-08-2002, 03:53 AM
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Originally posted by lucid
Hey after a while that dirt forms a protective layer over the car saving the paint from harmful UV rays and acid rain....
Hey after a while that dirt forms a protective layer over the car saving the paint from harmful UV rays and acid rain....
...and in the case of my beater...it protects against nuclear fallout as well.
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