[drgav2005]

Lockdown day... 28?

 

Spent the Easter weekend cleaning, clay-barring, machine polishing, waxing, rain-x, tyres dressed, leather cleaned and vacuumed the family cars... Now what to do?! 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dooahhdoo]

Thats some reflection. It looks beautiful and definitely in the best colour but I am biased

[Roy]

on the 2nd pic Gav looks like a lot of gap between tyre and arch, could come done a inch or two ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe  

 

Cars are looking lovely did mine on  Friday,,,now covered in bloody dust 

Edited by Roy, 13 April 2020 - 05:02 PM.

[LaRocK]

Looks stunning Gav! Is that the wife's catalunya creeping in to one of the shots?

[drgav2005]

on the 2nd pic Gav looks like a lot of gap between tyre and arch, could come done a inch or two ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe  

 

Cars are looking lovely did mine on  Friday,,,now covered in bloody dust 

 

Roy,

 

If this lockdown doesn't end soon, with all the beer I'm drinking and the reduction in the stupid amount of running I normally do, the car is in danger of bottoming out next time I get in 

[drgav2005]

Thats some reflection. It looks beautiful and definitely in the best colour but I am biased

 

Cheers - black is stunning for the 5 minutes it is clean    Like Roy says, after that it will be covered in dust!!

[drgav2005]

Looks stunning Gav! Is that the wife's catalunya creeping in to one of the shots?

 

Cheers Scott,

 

Yep - probably the first time I have really machine polished her car. Hadn't realised that Catalunya is a pearl effect - I'd always thought it was a solid colour. It looks stunning in the sunshine. My back is knackered after doing all 3 cars - I'll just need to lie back on the sofa with a beer or two and stare at them out the window!

[Evil Diesel]

Mythos - poor mans Panther 

 

Only joking - looking good mate. Any thoughts on the exhaust tips - mine are looking ropey and, as the paint is so poor, I don't want to be applying any aggressive chemicals.

[drgav2005]

Mythos - poor mans Panther 

 

Only joking - looking good mate. Any thoughts on the exhaust tips - mine are looking ropey and, as the paint is so poor, I don't want to be applying any aggressive chemicals.

 

Hahahaha! I toyed with Panther when I specced the car... the wallet chose Mythos 

 

I'm much the same... I've avoided anything other than soap and water on them. Not like the PFL where I could get stuck in with a tube of Autosol.

[Evil Diesel]

Can't argue with that - mine came free as a dealer specced car for the one I rejected (Daytona). Likewise with the carbon inlays - who would shell out £850 for those?

 

Nice colour though but the paint is soft as butter. Going to have to look into touch up kits for the chips.  My Mrs Panther black A3 is totally the opposite - that paint is as hard as nails- 9 years old though so possibly before Audi went down the water based paint route.

[drgav2005]

Can't argue with that - mine came free as a dealer specced car for the one I rejected (Daytona). Likewise with the carbon inlays - who would shell out £850 for those?

 

Nice colour though but the paint is soft as butter. Going to have to look into touch up kits for the chips.  My Mrs Panther black A3 is totally the opposite - that paint is as hard as nails- 9 years old though so possibly before Audi went down the water based paint route.

 

£850 for the carbon inlays is nuts - especially when the standard inlays look pretty similar. There again, you could always go crazy and stick a carbon fibre engine cover on which you'd get to see every time you fill up your washer bottle - bargain!

 

The Mythos is pretty soft too - scratches pretty easily with anything other than a perfect wash mitt. Good thing it polishes out easily enough. Like you say, no doubt the water base... at least it gave me something to do over the 'holiday' weekend 

[terminator x]

Carbon fibre you say ...

TX.

*ignore the M

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[JayRS3]

£850 for the carbon inlays is nuts - especially when the standard inlays look pretty similar. There again, you could always go crazy and stick a carbon fibre engine cover on which you'd get to see every time you fill up your washer bottle - bargain!

I have to check the engines still there to see mine. Speaking of which... covers still for sale

[LaRocK]

Cheers Scott,
 
Yep - probably the first time I have really machine polished her car. Hadn't realised that Catalunya is a pearl effect - I'd always thought it was a solid colour. It looks stunning in the sunshine. My back is knackered after doing all 3 cars - I'll just need to lie back on the sofa with a beer or two and stare at them out the window!

Yup I like the way it can look slightly orange in the right sunlight, getting me in the mood to take mine out.
Don't be concerned with the beer consumption Gav, it keeps the lockdown demons at bay!
I have various boxes arriving every week or two containing some of the finest brewed concoctions known to mankind

[drgav2005]

Yup I like the way it can look slightly orange in the right sunlight, getting me in the mood to take mine out.
Don't be concerned with the beer consumption Gav, it keeps the lockdown demons at bay!
I have various boxes arriving every week or two containing some of the finest brewed concoctions known to mankind

 

I love Catalunya red - so much so that I briefly considered getting it on the new car but having 2 'tomatoes' on the driveway was a no go!

All up for the beer consumption - it is a great isotonic drink after all, so replenishes all manner of things after a good run 

 

My son is a dab hand at home brewing - I bought him a grainfather a kit for Christmas a couple of years ago - that was a wise present 

[LaRocK]

Should have known you'd have all bases covered by the way that new pad's being constructed.
Loving the grainfather kit idea and the lineage reference, my wee guy is 6, hoping he can take to that kit early.
Did take the beast out today with the wee man, he watches the speedo which can be problematic . Put it in fart mode with the roof open. Was just what I needed, so much so that I wasn't going to bother with beer tonight, but after cooking the gang hot dogs on the BBQ I felt a reward was in order.

[Dhali7376]

Lockdown day... 28?
 
Spent the Easter weekend cleaning, clay-barring, machine polishing, waxing, rain-x, tyres dressed, leather cleaned and vacuumed the family cars... Now what to do?! 
 

 

 

 


That looks great . I have similar style of alloys as yours . I brought them last October from recommendation on here . I must say I'm disappointed with mine as they have the dreaded white worm in quite a few places . Have to look on the bright side as it kept the rotas from being covered in salt in the winter .
 

[drgav2005]

Should have known you'd have all bases covered by the way that new pad's being constructed.
Loving the grainfather kit idea and the lineage reference, my wee guy is 6, hoping he can take to that kit early.
Did take the beast out today with the wee man, he watches the speedo which can be problematic . Put it in fart mode with the roof open. Was just what I needed, so much so that I wasn't going to bother with beer tonight, but after cooking the gang hot dogs on the BBQ I felt a reward was in order.

 

That sounds like an excellent day! 

[drgav2005]

Lockdown day... 28?
 
Spent the Easter weekend cleaning, clay-barring, machine polishing, waxing, rain-x, tyres dressed, leather cleaned and vacuumed the family cars... Now what to do?! 
 

 

 

 


That looks great . I have similar style of alloys as yours . I brought them last October from recommendation on here . I must say I'm disappointed with mine as they have the dreaded white worm in quite a few places . Have to look on the bright side as it kept the rotas from being covered in salt in the winter .
 

 

Cheers Dhali,

 

They are my winter alloys and have a few stone chips and a little oxidation but not too bad for 3 years use (still on same Dunlop Winter Sport tyres!). I had a set of Ispiri FFR1 but the offset was a bit too much for me... I ended up getting another set of the Prestige alloys for my summer wheels. Now would be a reasonable time to put them on, but CV-19 has stopped that for now. I'll need to swap out the MPS4S 255 back to a square 235 setup when I do to get rid of the tramlining issues!

[Evil Diesel]

I like to be getting back to first world problems Gav.  In the meantime I am trying my best to avoid any purchases from 'Chy-na'. It is not easy but needs must.