I used a bucket with a sprinkler and it was a scary experience knowing that I will shampoo the grit (instead of jet washing it away). Then the following day my car got covered in filth and haven't gotten round to cleaning it again

How are you cleaning yours? Oh wow

take it to a car wash, they can still legally use water for cleaning cars  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 )))

You tell me! The ban came at the most ridiculous time.. at least for me. Recently, I got the new Nilfisk jet washer and omg it rocks! I use fit just once... :roll laugh: and what now? - the ban, great. Vadim A.

No hosepipe ban here, good old Essex & Suffolk water
So it's the jet spray as usual for me  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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No hosepipe ban up here in good old yorkshire either to be honest if there were i'd still use my hosepipe unless the water board is offering a substantial discount for the water i'm not using

Martin, can we get a new LAWBREAKER smiley, maybe the BBcode could be :ady:  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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these bans are crazy..

We've got no ban here with Wessex water...but 10 miles away is Thames water who do have a ban....  RRS gone
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Agree awd, look at this map, rediculous
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@ Bc so are you saying you would stop using your hosepipe if a ban came into force bc

This is not about ME Ady, it's about YOU and your complete disregard for the laws that are trying to preserve our water supplies

....but in answer to your question.......too bloody right I'd wash my car  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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Thought so

I wouldn't bother taking the hosepipe ban seriously.

The amount of water the water board wastes per year is without exaggerating 1 million fold that used by hosepipes during the ban.

20 years ago the water pressure in this country (on average) was much much higher, pressure was reduced to limit the water leaking out (rather than repair the leaks ), this shows an annual improvement in lost water figures but really is fudging the figures.

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If you get caught using a hosepipe in a ban affected area you could face a £1000 fine. If you've annoyed any of your neighbours recently then washing your car with a pipe is likely to get you visited - people are that petty in my experience.

Me? That's a good enough excuse to not wash my car. Not that I need an excuse as I don't wash the thing anyway (other than taking it to the Poles in town).

Of course, you can legally use water from a rainwater butt to wash your car. Be easy enough to run it through a filter to get rid of any grit in it first. Someone might even fill a water butt with a hose over night if they wanted to be clever (and illegal of course) but with the rain we're getting at the moment there'd be no need... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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The maximum penalties that they say you could get fined are a load of bull each and every crime has a maximum fine penalty but no one ever gets fined that, perhaps if they said if you get caught doing xyz then you will be fined xyz not the usual half cocked deterrent we have in this country. they should make it straight cut, life means life a £1000 fine means a £1000 fine and forget all this upto . britain get a back bone
Rant over phew i feel much better for that