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I'm taken care of!

 

Nice,
Posted this over there, but here it is here too

Only one can? Heck I used 3.5 almost 4. I sprayed in every hole I could find, every exposed fastener. Even in the engine bay as I saw a mini that had been unprotected and it was.....um pretty bad. One final place was under the door seals where the rust likes to occur, and trim panels. I look at it is if water can get there, then salt can get there, and finally rust can form there.


Also...update on the mag protectors. They do NOT work. You cannot wash the car with them on, and if you reapply them when it's under 50 they do not adhere properly and get blown off......like one of mine. I'm thinking clear film is the best bet right there.

 

Not sure if I posted in the right forum/thread but here goes.

Does anyone use any special snow removal device other than the regular snow brush? Realized this morning that I've always used a broom (I'm really short) to clean off my cars and suddenly, don't have that problem with my car anymore.

It seems that quite a few people use special mitts to wash their cars and that I should not be using a broom lest it scratch the paint.

Any suggestions or can I keep happily removing snow with a smaller broom?

 

I have a square foam push/pull thing that works well. It does not scratch and moves snow well.

I'm trying something this winter and got a mini cover real cheap. For those rare times my car is actually clean I keep it covered during the storm and makes clean off very easy.....just don't use it if the car is dirty.

 

+1
the foam snow pushers seem to be best...
sometimes you can get a VERY soft bristled bush (not like those found on a scraper), but folks tend to grab a broom/brush...and sweep stuff...then you can't use it on a car...

 

If I lived in a State where there is Snow, Ice and Salt I would put the Mini away.

 

Wish I could keep it in the garage but it's my daily driver (and only car). Plus, that would mean my Mini would be in the garage for 6-7 months out of the year!

 

+1

MINIs are just as fun in the snow as they are in the dry. Our 10 year old MINI looks just fine after that many upstate NY winters.

With that said, my MINI, with some very fine snow tires, was unsuccessful at negotiating the 14" of NE style powder in my driveway last Sunday.... I guess it really isn't a Jeep... Well, I thought I would try and it really did better than I expected. It went about 25' before getting bogged down. Also, there was no way it was going to get through the 2' deep snow bank at the end of the drive way. So I was about 40 min. longer on getting going skiing while my 35 year old Ariens snowblower did its thing. Once on the road it did fine unlike a few cars that I saw in the ditch .