It`s 40 degrees out, time to break the law. (NXT pics)

[SKIM_NYC]

I thought I would repost this. My other post was lost.



It`s illegal to wash your car here in Germany due to environmental reasons but no one can see me from the road. :D





Before:

http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/GreyFixer/Dsc00006.jpg

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NXT wash

Claybar

NXT wax



After:

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http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/GreyFixer/Dsc00010.jpg

http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/GreyFixer/Dsc00012.jpg

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I wish I could have got better pics but there is no sunlight here.

[disasnguy]

wow... big difference. what`s up with the "environmental reasons"? im curious. i mean... what`s so harmful about car wash soap? good job on the car though. cleeeeeeeeeean.

[SKIM_NYC]

Originally posted by disasnguy

wow... big difference. what`s up with the "environmental reasons"? im curious. i mean... what`s so harmful about car wash soap? good job on the car though. cleeeeeeeeeean.



I`m not exactly sure. I guess they just don`t want detailing chemicals to pollute the ground or something.

[BlueRanger]

So no washing AT ALL? As in every single other car on the road is dirty? Could you get pulled over for having too clean of a car? Sorry if this sounds stupid, but im really curious. How good do you feel having the only shinny car on the road?

[fieval_72]

same problem here about washing the car...you have to have a legit car washing business to be able to wash by hand...ah the scratches i have to endure....T T

[imported_NotSoRed]

can you guys use QEW or is that not allowed either??

[SKIM_NYC]

There are car washes and detail shops here but they have to contain and recycle the water. I`ve never read any official regulations or anything. I was just briefed about it several times when I got here. If nothing else, I`m in the Air Force so I can always just wash my car on base where most German laws don`t apply.

[6cyl's_of_fury]

We have the same issue where if you want to wash your car, you cant use a hose, but you have to keep filling up a bucket all the time, unless you go to a coin-op where they recycle water.

It is due to a water shortage we have in Australia ( extended droughts and dams that are poorly positioned and too small ) nice work by the government there....

*Lucky me with a wash bay in the underground carpark at my unit complex so I can use a hose if Im quick and get away with it*

[Juggalo]

A couple of years ago Maryland had a drought that prevented people to wash their own cars at home. In most cases the neighbors called the police and you either got a warning (if the cop was nice) or a $500 fine.



My dad`s friends house is huge and completely isolated from the houses around, so all our cars/trucks got detailed there:D



The law can kiss my a$$ when it comes to telling people when and where to wash their own car:down

[SKIM_NYC]

2 more:

http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/GreyFixer/Dsc00016.jpg

http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/GreyFixer/Dsc00013.jpg

Yep, that`s me.

[andriver]

Nice work Greyfixer.

[Yobwoc]

Up here in the great white north, the same rules. Wash your car in the driveway (with run-off going into storm sewer) and you are breaking a least a couple of bylaws and maybe some provincial environmental laws. Protection of the fresh water systems (lakes, rivers and streams) outweighs a clean car:eek:



Watch out for recycled water at coin op washes - might contain more salt than the ocean!

[airjames]

Outstanding work Greyfixer!!,



The more I see NXT pics, the more I really want to get my hands on some of that stuff. Gotta love black!!:D 91

[Corey Bit Spank]

Awe I`m gonna have to send you some QEW and make your life easier.



You really did a good job on it. :) If you washed it and it looked bad then I would say to report yourself to the authorities, but since it looks nice you`ll be ok. :)

[imported_ajbarnes]

Nice job! It`s ashame you had to sneak to detail........what is the world coming too!!!!:(