A window of opportunity. . .dry

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paulgs1000

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 Newcastle upon Tyne
Weather forecast highlighted a spell of dry weather so I thought I'd get the Zed washed and waxed and get out for a drive on dry roads - nice to get the Zed shiny again but it didn't last for long so needed another twin bucket wash on return. Headed out to Derwent Reservoir.

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Looks better than it is - I need to clay the paintwork as it is extremely rough - waiting for slightly warmer weather before starting that. Whenever possible I've been feeding the leather, treating the seals - little bits and pieces to improve the Zed - but this weather. . . :cry:

My garage is full of freezers, extra sinks and washers, driers, bikes - not enough room to get the Zed in unfortunately - may consider another garage when Steph takes early retirement - we have room for it and my Father in Law's new wooden double garage and machine shop is surprisingly spacious and warm. . . so we shall see - certainly could do with it at the moment.

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vanilla said:
lovely pics.
Did you find people tail-gating you?
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Tail-gating . . .err not for long. :?

Biggest problem was resigning myself to the muck being thrown up all over my nice clean Zed - I was surprised by how few cars were out on what was the best day we'd had in weeks. :? The roads have been disgusting since I got the new Zed - a mixture of road grime and mud from fields spread on some of our favourite back roads. Thought this might be a chance to get out on some dry (cleanish) roads. Well some were dry but there had been rain and the roads were still a mess, hence back to square one with the Zed!

Hay ho, role on the new season!

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I'm not sure about the colour yet - will wait until I get it clayed and waxed then make my mind up - certainly needs black grills and considering blacking the Z4 and 3.0si badges - maybe even wheels - not certain and that uncertainty comes from the colour - not quite fallen for it yet. Probably go for the 'plasti dip' - that way I can change my mind easily. Steph likes likes the colour a great de and so do many friends. Is it just me? We shall see. . .

Thanks for the comments and hope you're all having a good new year despite the weather!

Roll on spring. . .

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Looking good and a nice chance for a blast!

I know what you mean about the roads though. I cleaned mine on Sunday, spent ages, only to drive down the road and some muppet came tearing through a puddle and covered the car in sludgy horrible water. The roads are disgusting so I am washing mine nearly every week at the moment just to keep the worst of it off.
 
I did the same today! Lovely day in the Essex countryside so I took advantage of the dry roads.

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They look like great roads and love your Zed - rear view looks brilliant.

We got out today as well - posted a new thread about getting the Zed filthy again.

Hope you had as good a run as we did ocrx8.

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Looks like some good views on the drive!! Is that space grey? It looks great with the sun on it!

(Edit - maybe silver grey but light trickery. Lol)

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It's Stratus Grey Tom - a colour I'm slowly getting to know. We had a silver grey facelift before this one and I loved that colour - sometimes this stratus grey can look silver other times far darker - then there is a yellow and purple tint that shades through depending on the light.

I expect it to be at it's best when I eventually get it clayed and some decent layers of polish and wax - it's a sod to keep clean too - the silver grey we had didn't look so bad when filthy.

I'd take rain rather than the filth we've got from all the drowned fields and farm work around here - the bends are lethal at times. . . still spring is nearly here!

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I bet! Ah I thought so, it is a really good colour on pics, as you say when clean! Haven't seen one on the flesh before , but kind of reminds me of some of the Alfa colours.

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