Now see that is sad. I know I wash my MINI far more often than I clean my oven. In fact, you can clean an oven ?

And yes, weather is always a pun.

 

doing the best we can do is all we should strive for.
nothing more.

 

I'm still wrapping my head around this one!

ahhh, OK then.

 

i clean my oven like everyday. it's not some decorative piece in the
kitchen. i use it dog gonnet! im an oven enthusiat.

but my MCS is not an appliance! jk hahaha

 

Well, that's why I think this was my 1st post in the detailing room. But the original poster and a couple of the responses got my goat and I wanted it back.

 

Goats; terrible things to lose - but good on the barbie!

 

... still is a car.

In weather like this...



... I'd rather it be dirty than washed in an overly expedient or half-@$sed way. When I clean my car it takes hundreds of minutes.

 

I agree it is a shame to see people who don't have the time or desire to keep their Mini clean. However, at least they're driving the thing and enjoying it! I ran in to someone the other day who said: "my Cooper S is a 2002 and I have 18,000KMs on it!!!!!" That's 4500 KMs per year/ 375km per month.....why bother!!! Rent one instead!

 

You have to wipe off the Easy-Off after it's done. I forget how long it has to sit...but go get the heavy-duty version, spray it down really well, let it sit for however long it says (half an hour? I think...) and then wipe it out using paper towels or a sponge that you don't care much about. If it's been a really long time you might have to do it another time or two...but it should all come off eventually.

 

that's less than i do a month... wow. thing must be sparkly clean.

 

Dont jump to conclusions when you see a dirty MINI, during the Winter mine gets dirty within days of washing it, I try to keep it clean but sometime it is just useless, whenever the good weather rolls around again I wash my baby knowing she will be one dirty girl in a few days though

 

Damn easy-off fumes stink

 

It's been washed once since the picture but is almost there again. It'll be cleaned and waxed spotless by MOTD.

 

Poco was dirty, but it sure was fun getting him that way



But he mostly looks like this, even in the winter



Mark

 

No matter how dirty your neglected, abused MINI gets, please don't use Easy-Off to clean it.

 

I haven't read the whole thread yet, so I don't know what they were talking about, but I thought the same thing

Mark

 

lotsie- i thought you were letting your dog lick your car clean!

 

No, but she was dizzy from the ride on the muddy backroads

Mark

 

I thought his dog had lifted his leg to help clean it. Then I saw how high the wet marks were and I guessed that it must have been his horse.

 

ive never seen a horse pee with his foot in the air.

 

Thanks for the instructions. I appreciate your having removed the puzzlement from the process. Didn't know there was such a thing as a heavy duty Easy Off, but I will ask at my local supermarket. With a bag of sponges to use and dispose, rubber gloves and a gas mask I will be set. I pledge to clean my oven this coming weekend and shall issue invitations to friends for dinner the following week. Now I'm excited about doing this.

Last weekend I washed my car at the DYI wash--it was so dirty some of the black dots would not come off so I have left them for next time. But it was sunny, clear and the temperature was in the high 60s--sweatshirt and shorts kinda Sunday--and perfect for being out there with the MINI. A few bums were lurking around and other carwashers blasted their radios, but instead of being annoyed I appreciated that they add to the piquancy of the melting pot that is America. Think I will save that for a speech.

 

My car is filthy. But then again, it's MY car, not yours.

 

So, some folks use the Mini for their main transportation, some use it for a toy, some make a race car out of it and some have it as their obsession. Wonder if that accounts for the different ways we clean our Mini's. Isn't choice and individualism wonderful!!

 

And if you dont like it ... then LEAVE America

 

so, when are you leaving, chows?