[AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

Fri Jul 6 04:54:25 PDT 2012

Don't worry about it Ron, I didn't take offense at your question - I had
originally posted this on a Mercedes forum and I did a copy and paste here,
hence the abbreviation.  Just thought it was something that some people on
ATIS might also appreciate it too.

Phil

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ron Cook
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:38 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

Phil,
     I started the comments and I sincerely hope your feelings didn't get
hurt.  I certainly didn't mean it that way.  I really did not know what an
SL was.  If you knew me, you would understand why I did not know 
what it was.  It did bring about some rather funny comments, though.    
As for the tip on the hot tub water filter, that is good information.  I do
have a 1998 black Chevy S10 Blazer that has the same problems with water
spots an streaks as your SL. Thanks.
Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 7/1/2012 9:32 PM, Phil Vorwerk wrote:
> Uhh, ok.  Sorry I shared anything.  It's an older SL, 1998.  It had 
> low miles, so it was a great value.  Depreciation is done, I can drive 
> it for 5 years, put 15,000  miles on it, and it will be worth about 
> what I paid for it in the first place, and it is a wonderfully engineered,
fun to drive car.
> I paid less for it than the typical 5 year old mini van.  That wasn't 
> my point.  But anyway, have your fun.
>
> I wonder why the list traffic is down.....
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dan Glass
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:02 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip
>
> I really feel your pain Dave. When I take the black Phantom down to 
> the Walmart it always get dust on the kickpanels.  I finally had 
> enough and I got a Prevost built for detailing and would have the 
> domestics follow me and take care of it while I was shopping.
> On 7/1/2012 4:35 PM, Dave Rotigel wrote:
>> Yup, I had a 2010 SL, but got rid of it for a Bugatti last year. (See:
> http://www.topspeed.com/cars/bugatti/index21.html) It's was just a 
> "condo car" that we kept in FL anyway for when we decide to go there 
> instead of the villa I bought my wife in France. She has an LFA (See:
> http://www.lexus.com/models/LFA/compare/index.html) there and while it 
> is a bit faster that the old SL, it does not handle as well as the 
> Bugatti. All of the cars are black, but the servents have never 
> complained about water spotting of streaks. Likely washing them in the 
> air conditioned garages with bottled water helps. I'll have to ask next
time I see one of them!
>> 	Dave
>>
>> On Jul 1, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Ron Cook wrote:
>>
>>> Well, hell.  No wonder I didn't know what it was!
>>>
>>> Ron Cook
>>> Salix, IA
>>> On 7/1/2012 12:00 PM, Dave Rotigel wrote:
>>>> Hi Ron, See:
> http://www.edmunds.com/mercedes-benz/sl-class/2013/?mktcat=makemodel-m
> ercede 
> sbenz&kw=mercedes+benz+sl&mktid=ga11327950&gclid=CMO2p9D5-LACFTRe7Aodq
> UkeQQ
>>>> 	Dave
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 1, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Jennelle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Phil,
>>>>>       I must be out of tune.  What the heck is a black SL?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ron Cook
>>>>> Salix, IA
>>>>> On 7/1/2012 3:37 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>>>>>> Good tip Phil.  Thanks.  I'll look for those filters.
>>>>>> My truck is midnight blue metal flake.  I think it might be 
>>>>>> harder to deal with than black.
>>>>>> I would never have believed it until I bought it.
>>>>>> Mostly I just don't worry about it.  The thing stays dirty most 
>>>>>> of the time but when I do try to clean it up good I have to deal 
>>>>>> with those water spots and streaks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Phil Vorwerk
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:53 PM
>>>>>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>>>>>> Subject: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At the risk of bringing something up that is common knowledge, I 
>>>>>> realized something this year that I wish had dawned on me years ago.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a black SL, a mixed blessing.  Looks great when clean but 
>>>>>> shows everything.  I had sworn many years ago that I would never 
>>>>>> own another black car, but when I found this one everything else 
>>>>>> was so right that I went against my long standing rule.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One of the frustrating parts of washing a black car is trying to 
>>>>>> get rid of all the water spots.  I had gone to using only soft 
>>>>>> water, and bought a special car wash sprayer that had a filter 
>>>>>> that was supposed to give you a spot free rinse.  Besides the 
>>>>>> resulting low water pressure from the filter that made rinsing 
>>>>>> the car rather tedious, I was underwhelmed with the results - 
>>>>>> still a lot of streaks or water spots that were left, even using 
>>>>>> a high
> quality, clean, chamois.
>>>>>> This spring I was getting ready to wash my SL when I had an "Aha!"
> moment.
>>>>>> On the shelf I had a couple of water filters that I had bought to 
>>>>>> fill my hot tub.  For the heck of it, I decided to use one of the 
>>>>>> hot tub water filters instead of my special car wash filter.
>>>>>> Unbelievable.  I have never been able to get such a clean, streak 
>>>>>> and spot free finish before.  And the best part is these filters 
>>>>>> are not expensive to use.  The cost was less than $20.00, and it 
>>>>>> is supposed to be good for 8,000 to 10,000 gallons before 
>>>>>> replacement.  This one has at least 5,000 gallons run through it 
>>>>>> already (my wife uses it to change out the water every week in 
>>>>>> our 500
> gallon fish pond) so I think the rating is pretty legitimate.
>>>>>> Anyone else tried this?  I hope I'm not bringing up anything that 
>>>>>> is already commonly done, but I'm so thrilled with the results 
>>>>>> that I just had to share it with the forum.  Black cars do look 
>>>>>> just
> awesome when they're clean.....
>>>>>> Phil
>>>>>> Sunny Courtland, MN
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

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