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  1. Big Dave

    What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    I bought a mystery box from one of our Car Care Product outlets years ago, from memory it was $100 worth for about $60. There was a couple of full size products, stuff that wasn't moving, a few sample sizes of popular stuff, and some decent MFs. I wasn't displeased with what I got.
  2. Big Dave

    What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    I wasn't planning on doing anything, but as I was moving the Qashqai back in to the garage I noticed numerous tiny spots of tree sap all over the windscreen. It was obviously parked under a tree sometime today. Fortunately it was still soft, but the consistency was like honey, great. So I ended...
  3. Big Dave

    What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    Bird poop removal, used Ech2o. Hit the roof but ran all the way down the window, needed a brush to clean behind the seal.
  4. Big Dave

    What did you do today non-detailing related?

    I think I found the colour I like, gold metallic with 3 light coats of smoke tint. Looks even better in person, the camera seems to lighten the tone a bit.
  5. Big Dave

    What did you do today non-detailing related?

    I have no issue with surveillance in the workplace, as long as it's applied across the whole business, not just one area, and it isn't abused for someone's weird voyeuristic tendencies. At my last job they had cameras everywhere, even above my packing bench, in case a customer complained...
  6. Big Dave

    What did you do today non-detailing related?

    Many years ago I got a new Ops Manager as my boss, she decided her office window that looked out into the warehouse should be mirrored glass so we couldn't tell when she was watching us. I asked the HR Director, who was actually a really good guy, if that's allowed, turns out she hadn't got...
  7. Big Dave

    2025 May FuelFed Winnetka C&C...lots of pics!

    This thing is for sale not far from me, '86 M535i, just under $19k. I'm not really looking, but I'm always looking.
  8. Big Dave

    What did you do today non-detailing related?

    You're not allowed to carry a machete down there anymore, are you? I find openly carrying one stops idiots from annoying me pretty quickly.
  9. Big Dave

    What did you do today non-detailing related?

    Used some broom stick brackets to make a holder for my Meguiar's Reacher wash mitt. I just know if it isn't secured, up high I will knock it over on to the garage floor, or the dogs will see it as a toy, and remove all the noodles, one by one.
  10. Big Dave

    What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

    Simple wheel cleaning on the Qashqai, while the car itself was clean, the wheels hadn't been cleaned for a month or two. Plenty of bleeding from Bowden's Wheely Clean, especially on the fronts. Not much hydro behaviour on the rinse off, I'll have to put some protection on them later, from memory...
  11. Big Dave

    what's your weather currently like?

    The dust blew away overnight, but it feels like about 9C/48f with the wind chill this morning.
  12. Big Dave

    Rinseless Washes - 2022

    I've got some that was originally mixed at QD dilution 5 years ago, topped up maybe once a year, so the dilution would be out now, it's only mixed with distilled water, I've never seen any clumps in mine. I mainly use it for cleaning the rubber mats now, and occasionally wheels that aren't very...
  13. Big Dave

    Aussie Muscle!

    Very nice, I like the clean original ones as well. I think it's one of the very few I could go back to Holden for. Love those blue seats as well. My Impulse Blue SV6 was what tipped me over the edge into this craziness. Two washes into owning it and I discovered all the that the dealer had...
  14. Big Dave

    what's your weather currently like?

    Lucky so far, the wind blew the clouds away, the dust came after.
  15. Big Dave

    what's your weather currently like?

    Little bit of rain overnight, they said a change would blow through this morning and we'd have some fine weather for a few days, well it blew through this morning, and brought the dust with it, and most cars are still wet from the rain last night.
  16. Big Dave

    2025 May FuelFed Winnetka C&C...lots of pics!

    Great selection, thanks Roger. So many I'd have, but the black M6 would be my pick if I could only take one.
  17. Big Dave

    DFB's Garage

    I'm a big fan of Continental too, I had them on my White Berlina wagon, I put the on my Mum's Qashqai, and I'm considering General Grabbers for the FJ next time. General is Continental's off road tyre brand.
  18. Big Dave

    What did you do today non-detailing related?

    Yeah, this one looked, and sounded, great, it was in excellent condition, as far as I could tell from a quick drive by. Menacing is good description too.
  19. Big Dave

    What did you do today non-detailing related?

    I saw one drive past this afternoon while I was out mowing the lawn, I was pretty sure of what it was, then I clocked the number plate, FGT-500, which confirmed it. Looked just like the one in this pic, maybe the wheels were different, it was moving and they may have been darker.
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