Went to get my van washed today there was a guy there with a disco 3 watched these European guys wash his car they only dipped the sponge on 2 occasions and gragged all the dirt from the bottom of his car upwards on top of that they stood on his wheels to wash the top no worries there but
he had a zipper on the front of his jacket , stay away from these guys dread to think the swirl marks etc on his disco nice looks nag car as well.

it makes me cringe, but some people just don't care

local chaps near me has his Bentley done by a hand wash, they do the same and I've seen them putting the chamois on the floor to jet wash them clean

Whenever I go to the local Waitrose they pounce on me as soon as they see fifty shades of brown, my reply is always no thank you, I like it better dirty  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

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I spent a good 6 hours cleaning and polishing by hand the entire RRS yesterday. Our others cars need the same kind of tlc given the recent weather. I never let anyone else clean my car, not even the dealership when it's in for a service. The RRS might be a 'work horse' but I'd never let anyone else clean it and we've only had it a week.

I'm with Buckster. They look better dirty. Mine might get a jet wash when it goes in for a service if they have time.

Life's too short to spend half a weekend washing a car.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

A pampered Land Rover is not living life to the full, they look better when dirty........... Why else would Londoners waste money buying spray on dirt? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

And I find the local ford is very good for the under chassis wash once in a while  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

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To be fair we picked up our one last Sunday and it needed a bit tlc but I knew that when I agreed to buy it. Nice to get trims off etc and clear out the stacks of mud in them. Spent Satuday doing the rear brakes myself.

No doubt that'll be its last decent clean for a good while. He's desperate to take it off road and get it very, very muddy!

As Ned commented, I regularly see a brand new Rangerover getting the wash and scratch treatment at the local Asda carpark,,,,, this thing was straight out of the box,, tyres still shiny and here’s a few guys climbing all over it with their sponges and buckets. 2010 RRS, TDV8
bali Blue / colour coded
side steps / flappy paddles
black perforated leather
22" overfinch
heated everything, TV,fridge ...... now with gold calipers and mud flaps !( black mud flaps that is) !!
Many years ago,,,,, 1955 series 1 landie , sometimes wish I had kept it

Last time I used local handwash for the RRS they stood on wheels and scratched rear panel above arches. I also noticed how few times they wet sponge from dirty barrel as they dragged dirt over every panel

I've had my DS since Xmas and only washed it twice when it got filthy as I'd rather it was dirty than take it to these cowboys

Only worry though is some muppet writes "clean me" on it as happened to my black D2 metropolis years ago  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Buckster wrote:

Whenever I go to the local Waitrose they pounce on me as soon as they see fifty shades of brown, my reply is always no thank you, I like it better dirty

I just drive over them to demonstrate some of my Rangie's off road ability

Jas Current RRS: MY18 SVR
Previous RRS: MY15 RRS 5.0L Autobiography

Got to admit clean mine regular though did try driving through a flood before Christmas, didn't think much of the results. The guy in the X3 didn't like it either, he'd gone a step further and tried to clean the inside of his engine, his car didn't like it either !!! 2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
1994 Dakar current

Beware the stealer washing it after a service I don't know what they use but it will strip any wax polish off,

We have a Tesco with a car cleaning firm based on the carpark, run by Polish people. They are superb, £17 for 3/4 of them for about 20 minutes, and they get the car really clean inside and out. Highly recomended 07,TDV8,Black, Black Heated leather all round, Rear Entertainment with Headpones & Remote, TV, DVD, Pure Dab Digital Radio, Sidesteps, Adaptive Headlights, sunroof, now working fuel burning heater )))

We have the same at a local Dobbies Garden Centre, also owned by Tesco. No foreigners employed though, they are all local lads and yes they also do a good job and so far I haven't spotted any scratches inflicted after I've used them - even better value for money too RRS costs GBP6 for application of fine spray cleaner chemicals, rinse off, snow foam, rinse and hand dry. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW