 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | looove 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 0 Replies, 1,395 Views | | | |  |  |  |  12-31-2005, 06:52 PM | #1 | | Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland Posts: 85 |  Your car aint cool
How often do you clean your car
1. Once a week
2. Once a month
3. Once a year
4. Whenever it is dirty
Your Car Aint Cool If The Chrome Dont shine __________________
96 Jet Black California Package |  |  | | 12-31-2005, 06:58 PM | #2 | | Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland Posts: 85 | Your Car Aint Cool
Saw another TI on the road yesterday (my first sighting since we got ours), it was purple. It was all covered in road grime and looked like it had not been cleaned in months, anyway the car looked ordinary, I told my Girl when I gave Her the TI that what seperates the cool cars from the uncool is how clean it is, unclean = not cool, clean shiny and sparkleing = cool.
Your car aint Cool If The Chrome Dont Shine!
How anal are my felow TIers, how clean and how often do you clean your cars?
Oops I guess I double posted , Admin please delete thread __________________
96 Jet Black California Package | | | | | 12-31-2005, 07:03 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Long Beach area Posts: 1,189 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by Gunnails Saw another TI on the road yesterday (my first sighting since we got ours), it was purple. It was all covered in road grime and looked like it had not been cleaned in months, anyway the car looked ordinary, I told my Girl when I gave Her the TI that what seperates the cool cars from the uncool is how clean it is, unclean = not cool, clean shiny and sparkleing = cool.
Your car aint Cool If The Chrome Dont Shine!
How anal are my felow TIers, how clean and how often do you clean your cars? | Lol... I try to keep my car clean all the time too... I noticed the same thing when i saw a car JUST LIKE MINE...except is was SUPER DIRTY. My friends and my brother were telling me that mine looks so much better just because its so much cleaner. ... Let me fix that quote..."Your car aint Cool If The GLOSS don't Shine! hehe... Sorry...I'm anti Chrome on my car. Let's see...I'm really anal about my car. I try to keep ALL the swirl marks off my car. (Especially since it's black.) and...I try to wash it every week. Wax every month. -Randy __________________ 97 Jet Black 318ti Sport. Not so stock anymore!.... 
Now Featuring:318ti.org sticker  Now featuring: Hartge exhaust|Blacked out Grilles|Front Clear Corners or Ambers depending on how I feel|325is vented front brakes|Bilstein Sports|H&R Sports|E46 RSMs w/ Z3 reinforcment plates|16" Style 45s|17" E46 M68 rims|18" Authentic Hartge Classics C|OEM M135 ZHP wheels
and
99 Titan Silver 323is Dinan S1+few more mods
Coming sometime in the future:...SCed 2.1...new (to me) car mod maybe?...all in one car | | | | | 12-31-2005, 09:18 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 |
during the winter - rarely (get the polish place to do it once a month ish) during summer - once a week by hand  __________________
1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black
Mods: Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators M3 17" Wheels De-Baffled Air Box AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings Chrome Interior bits IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs Kenwood Power Series Audio Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers Sports Seats | | | | | 12-31-2005, 10:21 PM | #5 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
you don't even want to know how long it's been since i've gotten my washed ... let alone waxed  but no one can see it since it's been in the garage "on blocks" for over a month now, lol __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 01-01-2006, 02:18 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: cary, nc Posts: 2,259 |
i used to wash it every week...now im at college without the car so i dont really get to that much...
the interior is still very clean though...i dont let people eat or drink in it and i always keep trash and random crap out of it. __________________ 1995 318ti Active
Pioneer Speakers [] Aluminum Billet door locks [] ACS Pedals/Deadrest [] ACS Shift Knob / E-Brake Handle [] Clear Corners/Tails/Sides [] Sylvania Exterior Lighting [] Custom CAI [] Dinan Engine Chip [] Dinan Transmission Chip [] H&R Race Springs [] Tokico Illumina Shocks [] BMW X-Brace [] Relocated Lighter Mod [] Custom iPod Mod http://www.cardomain.com/id/robcarync | | | | | 01-08-2009, 07:21 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 |
I feel like resurrecting this thread today....
I clean my car whenever I have time. When I'm not at work, school, using the bathroom, eating, sleeping, or on the computer; I'm working on the car. Usually once every 2 days. I'm always detailing something. Just yesterday, I thoroughly cleaned out the grill with a turtle wax scratch remover. It's now glowing! __________________ Come get a ti-shirt
Quote: | From the e30 M3, evolved the e36.
They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99.
After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | | | 01-08-2009, 04:48 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
I usually cleaned my car once every 2 weeks or after driving in the rain, this past year was raining constantly up here so I think I washed it about 6 times the whole spring/summer/fall before I put it away, seemed kinda pointless to wash it when it would be just as dirty again the next day | | | | | 01-08-2009, 06:05 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
I wash it when it's dirty and when I have time. Wax when it needs it, strip & detail at least once a year. When I was younger (and only had one vehicle) it was pretty much every weekend to wash, and wax every other.
I'll always make time for maintenance stuff (oil changes, etc) though. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 01-08-2009, 06:22 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 |
You're welcome to come to NY and wash my car, it's dirty as hell. So bad, I'm afraid to come to any NY/NJ meet.  __________________ 
1998 (July) 318ti, 5-spd
OEM Armrest Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD50 CD Player/Compact Drive MP3 Player Diamond Audio 5.25" rear speakers Navman ICN 530 GPS BMWALARM.COM (with comfort settings) after market alarm system Magnecor 8.5mm wires M-Z3 Shifter/Momo Knob Burlwood Dashboard Stromung Exhaust X-brace Racing Dynamics Front Strut Bar Carbonio C.A.I. 17" Rial Rims Vader Seats/Heated/Lumbar Support M-tech Steering Wheel/Front Sway Bar/Front & Rear Bumper Depos/w 6500K Angel Eyes/6000K HIDs Clear Corners M3 Mirrors UUC Light Weight Flywheel/M5 Clutch/M3 Clutch Slave E28 3.46 LSD/Mcoupe Cover/E30 Flanges & Halfshafts UUC S.S. Brake/Clutch Lines Hartge Roof Spoiler BavAuto Springs Bilstein Sport Struts/Shocks E46 M3 Rear Shock Mounts SPC Front Camber Kit Reiger Hatch Spoiler BavAuto Rear Camber Kit Dinan Stage II Software Turner Rear Sway Bar Reinforcements BMW E46 Auto dimming mirror with Clown Nose alarm Engine Compartment Light Heated Wiper Fluid Retrofit OEM Fire Extinguisher Da'lan Trailer Hitch Rear Sun Shade OEM Fog Light Retrofit H & R MZ3 Rear Sway Bar/ UUC Adjustable End Links Cruise Control Retrofit On Board Computer Retrofit M3 twistie style side skirts Carbon Fiber Hood | | | | | 01-08-2009, 06:51 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Memphis, Tn Posts: 1,299 |
I wash mine when the weather is looking good. I hate it when I wash it and then it rains like a day or two later. So when the sun will be shining for a few days I will wash it. __________________
custom dual exhaust,M3 front and rear bumper, 10.4 inch roof mount drop screen, Viper alarm system, DSII's rims, M3 Vader Seats, M3 Mirrors, Carbon Fiber CAI, Smoked Corners, Side Markers, Leatherz armrests, black grilles
225k miles and still the Ti goes on | | | | | 01-08-2009, 07:49 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Rensselaer, NY Posts: 254 |
In the winter I like to wash it at least every 2 weeks to get the salt off. In the summer I wash it whenever it's dirty and a nice enough day to wash. Unfortunately my car still isn't cool. =( __________________  | | | | | 01-09-2009, 06:52 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rocky Hill, CT Posts: 1,065 |
Quote: Originally Posted by L84THSKY  You're welcome to come to NY and wash my car, it's dirty as hell. So bad, I'm afraid to come to any NY/NJ meet. | Heck, join the club. Now, 28 weeks out of the year it sits in a dirt parking lot at school The red's brown by the time I get home to wash it. __________________
1995 318TI base. 95 2.5L from 325IS. S50 cams+pistons, e36 M3 front brakes. H&R race springs F+R. Turner Motorsport front sway bars, M3 control arms. M Roadster rear sway bar. Racing Dynamics strut brace. e36 325i 5spd. 3.25lsd from e28 535is. M Roadster short shifter. Conforti chip. | | | | |
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