What is it about Freelanders - just a short journey on dampish roads and the car is filthy. Never had to clean a car as often as this. Owned a Merc once that was a similar colour to Lago grey but that stayed cleaner than my Freelander.

My wife thinks I am developing an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in continually cleaning the beast. Of to Focus to purchase a new hosepipe with self winding mechanism - how sad is that.

Tenet MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

I do the same, but with a Disco and a FL2 in black. I am sure I have OCD.

Get the metal hozelock pipe carrier, 75-80 pounds , some new hose, metal spray head. Did the trick for me.

That said, it's minus 5 here, so hoze pipes are out today. I did wash with warm water and a backet the other day, but takes so long and the water freezes on contact with the cold metal.

i have found the white looks ok, but after a few days of no washing it looks dreadfull

I have however, given the car a really good wash, and put a coat of a wax on it and due to the water beading off the car it appears to be staying that little bit cleaner for that little bit longer

I wish i had done this prior to winter though, instead of waiting till spring

it will all be stripped off and machine polish come nice weather time so until then it will just have to do

Nick

PS White shows up tar spot like no other car i have had, and Im still trying to work out why i get tar in winter when the roads are frozen  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

black is bad too. I think silver takes the prize for being dirty, but looking okay.

My last car was a dark blue VW Touran and that was murder to keep clean, that's why I went for the Stornaway

i liked my stornoway one, depth of the paint giving a nice glosy look when just polished

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Is that birds crap on the mirror?

not on that one, but it took 30 mins before they left a present on the white one the other weekend

Luckly on the window Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Ours is Stornoway, but has mud guards so doesn't get clarted up that quick...if you're concerned about how quickly your car gets dirty and you haven't got them, get some put on! Mine: 2012 Golf GTI Edition 35
Family's: 2009 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Auto, Stornoway

Yorkshire - God's County

thats partly the reason i got rid of my black fl2 only looked clean after i washed /dry her,soon as it was off the drive it was dirty impanima sand now,much better,saving loade of ££££ on shampoo

Black is really a showroom colour, most people do like Black cars but in reality you just can't keep them clean. The lighter the colour the longer it looks cleaner.

tenet wrote:

What is it about Freelanders - just a short journey on dampish roads and the car is filthy. Never had to clean a car as often as this. Owned a Merc once that was a similar colour to Lago grey but that stayed cleaner than my Freelander.

My wife thinks I am developing an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in continually cleaning the beast. Of to Focus to purchase a new hosepipe with self winding mechanism - how sad is that.

Tenet

Big Dave wrote:

Ours is Stornoway, but has mud guards so doesn't get clarted up that quick...if you're concerned about how quickly your car gets dirty and you haven't got them, get some put on!

Probably the ride height means the dirt comes up the sides more than a lower car. Phil

phil_wkl wrote:

Probably the ride height means the dirt comes up the sides more than a lower car.