General HHR Discuss anything related to the Chevy HHR that doesnt seem to fit into the more specific categories below.

What Did You Do To Your HHR Today?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 02-25-2012 | 06:24 PM
  #6841  
QuickRick's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: 10-19-2008
Posts: 178
From: Outside the Capitol Beltway
Ours got a wash, clay bar job and 2 coats of Zaino wax..........for some reason I'm tired.

QuickRick
Old 02-25-2012 | 07:22 PM
  #6842  
843de's Avatar
Deceased
 
Joined: 06-30-2010
Posts: 25,739
From: Kannapolis NC
Gave the Paddy-Wagon and the Fiat baths today, then Paddy got a clay bar treatment and a wax, arms and back are killing me....but its worth it.
Old 02-25-2012 | 07:28 PM
  #6843  
ballplr's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: 09-18-2007
Posts: 989
From: Leesburg Va.
Too cold and windy here to wash myself so took my baby to the car wash. They did an ok job. Cant wait for warmer weather to clay and wax
Old 02-26-2012 | 09:19 PM
  #6844  
Black C5's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: 09-15-2011
Posts: 90
From: Florida
Bird Crap

I had to wash off a dozen splatters of bird crap the size of half dollars off my shinny black paint and then dig it out of the weather strip at the top of the driver's door.

Don't you LOVE birds?
Old 02-26-2012 | 09:23 PM
  #6845  
843de's Avatar
Deceased
 
Joined: 06-30-2010
Posts: 25,739
From: Kannapolis NC
Cranked up the Paddy-Wagon to hit the local steakhouse for lunch while waiting out the Daytona rain delay, ate way too much. Just wish the remote start option came paired with a "fetch" option for when you've parked in "Outer Lower Siberia" and you shouldn't have had the cheesecake.
Old 02-26-2012 | 11:38 PM
  #6846  
geg's Avatar
geg
Senior Member
 
Joined: 03-22-2010
Posts: 2,035
From: Russia Ekaterinburg
Originally Posted by Black C5
I had to wash off a dozen splatters of bird crap the size of half dollars off my shinny black paint and then dig it out of the weather strip at the top of the driver's door.

Don't you LOVE birds?
Bird **** - the real acid. I once saw a car, a bird **** ruined paint, varnish became dull. The owner of a long put off washing.
Since then, I avoid even the smallest bird spray. What these birds eat? Only devil is in the know.
Old 02-26-2012 | 11:43 PM
  #6847  
sleeper's Avatar
Platinum Member
 
Joined: 01-09-2007
Posts: 15,983
From: SE USA
Originally Posted by geg
Bird **** - the real acid. I once saw a car, a bird **** ruined paint, varnish became dull. The owner of a long put off washing.
Since then, I avoid even the smallest bird spray. What these birds eat? Only devil is in the know.
X 2 That's for sure !!!
Old 02-26-2012 | 11:45 PM
  #6848  
SS fan's Avatar
Premium Member
 
Joined: 10-09-2010
Posts: 14,420
From: Tacoma
I wiped it down like Todd does. Thanks for reminding me about the cheesecake, awesome
Attached Images  
Old 02-26-2012 | 11:48 PM
  #6849  
843de's Avatar
Deceased
 
Joined: 06-30-2010
Posts: 25,739
From: Kannapolis NC
Its because birds don't urinate like other animals. If you look at a typical bird poo, the white part is concentrated uric acid, and the darker part is the actual feces. So when they crap on your car they are actually having the bird equivalent of a pee too. Its the uric acid that eats into your clearcoat and paint.

Why is all this stuff stuck in my mind?
Old 02-26-2012 | 11:53 PM
  #6850  
sleeper's Avatar
Platinum Member
 
Joined: 01-09-2007
Posts: 15,983
From: SE USA
Talking

"Why is all this stuff stuck in my mind?"

Wow !! Mike- you really know yer s*** man !!

Did not know that about birds..


Quick Reply: What Did You Do To Your HHR Today?



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:34 PM.