cleaning your car....

take about 6 hours to do it, take it out on the night, get it dirty again <!-- s:wahoo: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/party0053.gif" alt=":wahoo:" title="Wahoo!" /><!-- s:wahoo: -->

i would do that on the mini if the paint was good on the front lol or if i had the money for all the different things

lol yeah they cost so much

righty here goes how I clean my cars:
rinse,
shampoo,
rinse,
shampoo scrub more,
rinse,
shammeee dry,
dry wash,
dry wash again more througho,
super resin polish,
extra gloss protection,
super resin polish,
windows,
inside:
vac carpets and seats,
dash,
windows,
usually spend bout 3 hours on the outside
inside doesnt get as done as often as tbh it doesnt need it

mine goes...

Rinse
shampoo
rinse
any dirty bits shampoo again
rinse
leather off
windows
vac
polish dash etc..

polish the car once every blue moon lol

Mine Goes:

Pre-wash (snow foam and tar spot removal).
Jet rinse.
Wheel arches jet washed and cleaned
Vehicle washed using two bucket method with grit guards.
Vehicle dried using ultimate, deep pile, double density drying towel.
Clay contaminant removal treatment.
Vehicle washed using two bucket method with grit guards.
Vehicle dried using ultimate, deep pile, double density drying towel.
Wheels cleaned with PH balanced, acid-free wheel cleaner.
Tyres treated.
Wheels dried with a deep pile drying towel.
Wheels polished (if applicable) and sealed.
Wheel arches dried and treated.
Door, bonnet and boot shuts cleaned, polished and waxed.
Swirl removal treatment (compound and machine).
Hologram removal treatment (compound and machine).
2 coats of pre-wax applied by hand / applicator pad.
3 coats of wax / sealant applied by hand.
Black trim cleaned and treated.
Exterior glass polish and clean.
Interior vacuum.
Interior trim / dash treatment.
Interior glass clean and polish.
Interior seat (leather or fabric) treatment.
All interior carpets and seats deodorised.
Interior scented (choice of watermelon, coconut or cherry).
Engine Bay Steam Cleaned, polished and detailed.

you got to be carefull with steam cleaning new cars engine bays mate to much electrical stuff under there now.
it can get real expencive if you get water on the wronge bits

Here's how i do mine...
drive to closest/cheapest hand car wash
give them 5 English pounds
drive away in a clean car <!-- s8-) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="" title="Cool" /><!-- s8-) -->

Well good for you. It may look clean, but it has in fact been mis-treated and scratched to ****