Car Valet Farse and a Rational Portable Vacuum Decision!
I've been very slack with cleaning my car recently, I took it for a wash for the first time in more than a year last week, and WHAT A HASSLE!
I had intended to get a full mini-valet, outside and in service... it REALLY needed both! I figure I'll be driving around Herefordshire from next week interviewing for my job, so may as well clean the car... I don't want to be pulling up in people's driveways with a dirty car, that could even cost me an interview, some people are STRANGE like that!
Anyway, being a tightwad I drove to the local garage where I know there's a DIY vacuum.... three cars queuing for, and WORSE a dodderer puzzling over the pay machine, NO!
So I decided to drive to a local drive-through wash near the sports centre, which took about 10 minutes given the local traffic.
I queued for 5 minutes before a guy came out and told me the roof bars on my car meant I couldn't go through the washer... so I had to exit the wrong way round their one way system which was a pain.
So I drove to another not so nice car wash service and their mini-valet was £25 rather than the £20 at the nicer one I had been at, but the second service did a simple wash and go for £7.
I got to thinking in that queue... what do I actually get for that extra £18.... I mean £7 seems REALLY cheap, but an extra £18 for the internal clean....
While I was there I looked up a few mini vacs on Amazon...
So basically for just over £20 I can get what I need to hoover the damned car myself.... wiping down the doors etc is something I can do with damned cloths and a bucket which I already have so I just opted for the wash and go and I'll bloody well buy myself the DIY equipment.
NB I can't use my house hoover as I can't park the car close enough to the house to be able to use it, no way am I draping an extension cable over a path, some litigation twat might 'trip' on it and sue me, not worth the risk!
Same goes for buying my own pressure washer... I just don't have my own drive, one can't really pressure wash one's own car out on the public road!
Anyways, I did take a second trip back to the garage with the pay hoover, still a three car queue, different cars, but same old shit.
The whole shabacle took me around 90 minutes but at least I now know I is gonna me a handheld vacuum!
Small wins!
Not having a drive does make things difficult, but there are plenty of cordless vacuums out there. As with most things you have to decide what is worth paying for. There is a hand car wash up the road from us that seems to do okay. Such things are thinly spread here.
There's a few in Hereford but they all seem really busy all the time. Lots of drivers with dirty country cars! Must get that hoover!
Oh man I feel you! My car is a dumpster on wheels these days. Did a whole house renovation and move with it. Bags of concrete and what have you. These holidays I’ll do the same and give it a deep clean inside and out!
Crikey that'd make mine look clean man!
It’s bad, but I hardly used it the last two months. 🤘
I would go for portable vacuum as my friend also bought it for his car.
I think that's the choice!
I've mixed feelings about car washes (my erstwhile local). Cordless vacuum cleaners, on the other hand, were made for me.
Well at least he was working for a living. He was deported in 2021 apparently!
hahaha the biggest hassle of all times! I prefer to let the rain do the outside washing in general, but the inside of the car i really starting to turn into a next level swine-pit at my place.
I was already also thinking about one of these hand held vacuum thingies...also sweet for in the house actually! Maybe it will be a sweet last minute christmas gift even ;)
I'm glad I'm not the only one with a fiflthy car! Get that vaccum on the list sharpish!