GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

[Bathroom_Security]

Took my time up and back just to see what it would do MPG wise and was even better than last Sunday's North Wales run. Got back to original station I'd filled at day before having done 322 miles and put 41.62l in. Meaning 8.5l left. Did 35.5mpg which could've meant a range of 360 miles which is pretty good for an NA 2.4l

Impressive. Looks like you had a good run

They are massively over hyped cars. I do wonder if some people will be disappointed with them

 

[Silver Fox]

Trip to Caffeine and Machine with mostly Alfa's and some of weird car twitter. More of a social catchup as I'd not seen one friend for over 10 years. So long that he didn't recognise me. Last time I was several stone heavier, had more hair and didn't have a beard.

It's a decent place, if a long way from me (2hr 50) but a wide selection of cars, everyone seemed respectful and was good to talk cars with people. It was mad how popular the GR was. I got out the car and people were all over it and I spent the first 20 mins talking about it and talked to quite a few others as the day went on. Once the rest arrived they had a good look at it too and really liked it. All loved the colour and all the aero details and curves. Exhaust and gearknob were popular too.

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Took my time up and back just to see what it would do MPG wise and was even better than last Sunday's North Wales run. Got back to original station I'd filled at day before having done 322 miles and put 41.62l in. Meaning 8.5l left. Did 35.5mpg which could've meant a range of 360 miles which is pretty good for an NA 2.4l

Glad you had a good trip @KobayashiMaru86 . Really interesting mix of cars there. I'm aiming to get to Caffeine & Machine some time soon, it's not far from me.

MPG seems very reasonable - how many miles have you covered now?

 

[hsb]

Collected my car yesterday and dropped it straight off for PPF. Car felt great!

 

[Grblue86]

Glad you had a good trip @KobayashiMaru86 . Really interesting mix of cars there. I'm aiming to get to Caffeine & Machine some time soon, it's not far from me.

MPG seems very reasonable - how many miles have you covered now?

We should arrange a meet there, I have been to a couple of times.

Went to podium place at Newbury today

 

[Bathroom_Security]

Spent a significant amount of time on this as its been a learning process and without plates to use, but it drives brilliantly, probably the best alignment I've had on any car in 15 years of driving.

Completely ghetto, fishing wire, analogue vernier guage, chinese bubble camber guage.

-1 camber front
0 toe front
-2.5 camber rear
0.11 toe in rear

going to contiue messing around with it at some point to see what else I can get out of it.

Also did the clutch pedal spring which has made a significant difference, well worth doing but easily one of the hardest jobs I've done due to its location

 

[--Rage--]

I used to hate living in a flat. Literally hated it.

I used to use Optimum No Rinse in the parking basement if it wasn't too dirty (not for winter...) or take it down to Morrisons Jet wash if it was.

4 big canisters of water in the boot, two buckets. Shampoo, wheel stuff, drying towels in a box.

I used to to park up outaide the bay, spray the wheels down with cleaner, agitate them, this stopped people bitching I was taking too long in the wash bay. Then drive into the bay, load the two buckets up with water and shampoo and get washing.

Back it out, dry it. Was done as fast as most normal people would spend washing their cars with the brush.

Careful of the pressure washer gun, don't let it drop on your car when it stops... I'm not the only person to do this.

Thanks for taking the time to write this, will look into this and my local jet wash options.

I’ve lived in a flat pretty much the entire time I’ve had a car, so I’ve only ever washed my own car a handful of times. Will need to watch some videos for tips and to avoid damage.

 

[xxGR86xx]

Thanks for taking the time to write this, will look into this and my local jet wash options.

I’ve lived in a flat pretty much the entire time I’ve had a car, so I’ve only ever washed my own car a handful of times. Will need to watch some videos for tips and to avoid damage.

I live in a flat as well and having been looking at my options. There are pressure washers which are cordless like these:

Cordless Pressure Washer | Aguri P40 Max Pressure Washer

Aguri Power Clean P40 Max cordless pressure washer is our best yet. Battery-powered, compact, lightweight, and super portable. Buy online.

aguriworld.co.uk

20V High-Flow 56Bar HydroShot Cordless Portable Power Cleaner/Water Sprayer - with Accessories, Battery & Charger - Worx UK

Unlike conventional pressure washers with a bulky body unit, mains connection and garden hose attached to a tap, the new Worx Nitro high-flow HydroShot WG633E runs on batteries. It draws water from any source, including bottles, buckets, pools, lakes even sea water. It’s ideal for cleaning...

uk.worx.com

They pull water from a bucket so any will do. Amazon have collapsible buckets like this HXHYQKP 12L 20L Premium Folding Water Bucket, Outdoor Lightweight Portable Collapsible Bucket for Camping Traveling Picnic Hiking Fishing Boating Gardening Car Washing https://amzn.eu/d/2OiIIoM

 

[--Rage--]

I live in a flat as well and having been looking at my options. There are pressure washers which are cordless like these:

Cordless Pressure Washer | Aguri P40 Max Pressure Washer

Aguri Power Clean P40 Max cordless pressure washer is our best yet. Battery-powered, compact, lightweight, and super portable. Buy online.

aguriworld.co.uk

20V High-Flow 56Bar HydroShot Cordless Portable Power Cleaner/Water Sprayer - with Accessories, Battery & Charger - Worx UK

Unlike conventional pressure washers with a bulky body unit, mains connection and garden hose attached to a tap, the new Worx Nitro high-flow HydroShot WG633E runs on batteries. It draws water from any source, including bottles, buckets, pools, lakes even sea water. It’s ideal for cleaning...

uk.worx.com

They pull water from a bucket so any will do. Amazon have collapsible buckets like this HXHYQKP 12L 20L Premium Folding Water Bucket, Outdoor Lightweight Portable Collapsible Bucket for Camping Traveling Picnic Hiking Fishing Boating Gardening Car Washing https://amzn.eu/d/2OiIIoM

Thanks so much!! Will take a look!

I wish I had time to practice on my old car and I would feel more confident about not ruining the paint!

 

[Bathroom_Security]

Thanks for taking the time to write this, will look into this and my local jet wash options.

I’ve lived in a flat pretty much the entire time I’ve had a car, so I’ve only ever washed my own car a handful of times. Will need to watch some videos for tips and to avoid damage.

I had the jet wash thing nailed. I was quite proud of it, did two years washing like that. You can get filtered deionised water too at places like Morrisons to help with spotting and calcium deposits.

ONR is brilliant. My only complaint is is leaves something behind (like a wax, gloss enhancers etc) so it can be a problem with clogging up ceramic sealants or using ONR and then trying to apply spray sealants post wash, ciuld cause issues with bonding. Use a wash mitt, not a microfiber one.

Just work top to bottom and take your time drying the panels off as you go.

If there's plenty of grit on the car then I would suggest not using ONR, go to the jet wash instead.

 

[KobayashiMaru86]

Glad you had a good trip @KobayashiMaru86 . Really interesting mix of cars there. I'm aiming to get to Caffeine & Machine some time soon, it's not far from me.

MPG seems very reasonable - how many miles have you covered now?

Almost 3500 miles.

 

[James-UK]

If I lived in a flat, I think paying a professional detailer £40-60 once every 2 weeks would be my preference. Sure it costs money... but it's better than doing a bad job. Inflicting swirls etc to your car.

 

[Silver Fox]

Almost 3500 miles.

Good stuff. I need to drive mine more!

 

[KobayashiMaru86]

Impressive. Looks like you had a good run

They are massively over hyped cars. I do wonder if some people will be disappointed with them

That depends when they've come from and what they expect for the price. Anything I'd prefer to this would be a lot more or the risk of used, which has probably been hammered anyway. For me it's been ideal. I miss the great load lugging the Skoda could do but out the box I'm happy enough. May mess with geo later but want to learn how it is now first before I tinker too much. Your settings from what I remember are similar to what my brothers were on his when we had it done. Sort of the default "fast road" setup.

 

[Bathroom_Security]

That depends when they've come from and what they expect for the price. Anything I'd prefer to this would be a lot more or the risk of used, which has probably been hammered anyway. For me it's been ideal. I miss the great load lugging the Skoda could do but out the box I'm happy enough. May mess with geo later but want to learn how it is now first before I tinker too much. Your settings from what I remember are similar to what my brothers were on his when we had it done. Sort of the default "fast road" setup.

Yeah, they are the gold standard I think. Very common.

 

[--Rage--]

If I lived in a flat, I think paying a professional detailer £40-60 once every 2 weeks would be my preference. Sure it costs money... but it's better than doing a bad job. Inflicting swirls etc to your car.

Leaning towards this once a month a no contact snow foam every other week tbh.

 

[Toy Toy]

Drove car to dealer for parking sensor install as arranged with them, couldn’t be done because of ‘reasons’, drove car home…

But hey at least it was a sunny day for a drive

 

[James-UK]

Leaning towards this once a month a no contact snow foam every other week tbh.

Best in the business for this is Bilt Hamber - Touch-Less

People think it means touchless - it doesn't it means... TOUCH, LESS haha ie... you touch your car less.
It's expensive but if you're opting for that, my best advice would be. Buy some sort of snowfoam dispensing gun....

Apply the snowfoam to the car dry, wait 5 minutes and then pressure wash it all off.

If I had no access to a pressure washer, I would do this too.. I'd go to Tesco and use their jet-wash or any garage. You just need some form of delivery system for the snowfoam.

Then drive your car to dry it, you'll get a few white streaks and mineral deposits... but you can't really towel dry a car unless its totally clean, otherwise you'll just inflict damage to it.

 

[Chris Mc]

When parking near the house was hard (London Terrace) I used to chuck everything in the R32 and go to IKEA, the covered area and the sodium lights were a perfect spot to detail a car.

 

[PVGR]

If I lived in a flat, I think paying a professional detailer £40-60 once every 2 weeks would be my preference. Sure it costs money... but it's better than doing a bad job. Inflicting swirls etc to your car.

This is what I do and I live in house.

CBA to do it myself and don't want to subject it to brutal hand car wash nearby.

 

[OPC100]

Went to Salibury with two of the kids today. Nice relaxing drive and just a slight concern about leaving it in a busy carpark. Then a bigger worry about parking up in a packed McDonald's as that's what they wanted for lunch.

Still, no damage done and I had a nice 'limited edition' steak burger thingy