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Old 21-01-2009, 07:59 PM   #31
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i wouldn't lend anything to anyone that i wouldn't want damaged
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Old 21-01-2009, 08:05 PM   #32
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I just keep wishing we had "spell check" on this forum :-) .............
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Old 21-01-2009, 08:09 PM   #33
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Should be lucky, not many people will do that!
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Old 21-01-2009, 08:20 PM   #34
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On one of the Police forums if you make one spelling or grammar mistake, your thread disappears and you face a possible membership ban. No kidding.

Wish there was some more policing of the spelling on these forums though, some of it is just atrocious.

By the way, if you were so concerned about your car being washed, why didn't you just wash the car yourself before lending it out? Then he wouldn't have been keen on washing it if it was already clean.
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Old 21-01-2009, 08:24 PM   #35
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I was expecting to see a photo of it wrapped around a tree.
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Old 21-01-2009, 08:27 PM   #36
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is it just my spelling and grammar in this thread or is it juts a gerenal peeve of people
i mean in all honestly spelling on a car forum is not the end of the world
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Old 21-01-2009, 08:30 PM   #37
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is it just my spelling and grammar in this thread or is it juts a gerenal peeve of people
i mean in all honestly spelling on a car forum is not the end of the world
You're right, it's not.

But it's bloody annoying.
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Old 21-01-2009, 08:34 PM   #38
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Old 21-01-2009, 08:34 PM   #39
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fair point
i will do my best to correct myself before i post things up
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Old 21-01-2009, 09:02 PM   #40
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Just tell your mate you appreciate the gesture, but you prefer to wash the car yourself and don't use the car wash places.
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Old 21-01-2009, 09:08 PM   #41
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I don't lend anyone my car in fear of what would happen to the paint work, if you lend your car to someone your then running the gauntlet of stuff happening. Having it washed and polished by a valet should be the least of your worries, maybe it was there for a bit of paint repair?
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Old 21-01-2009, 09:12 PM   #42
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if your still upset about the way they washed your car, lend it to me for 6 hrs by the time i get up and down my driveway (2kms of usually muddy ruts) the escape wont look like its EVER been washed then you can wash it yourself PROPERLY
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Old 21-01-2009, 09:13 PM   #43
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Mate borrows the car and washes it .
Maybe this thread should be merged with the no respect thread. Its just un australian.
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Old 21-01-2009, 09:30 PM   #44
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I wonder if Obama will be annoyed if the secret service wash his new armoured limo!
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Old 21-01-2009, 09:36 PM   #45
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hey can he wash mine too lol
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Old 21-01-2009, 09:56 PM   #46
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I would rather lose a good car before losing a good mate.....

Lock this thread FFS......
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Old 21-01-2009, 10:33 PM   #47
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Worst thread this year - content and spelling.
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Old 21-01-2009, 11:01 PM   #48
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Getting it handwashed shows real respect. If he were to run it through one of the old style car washes where the rotating brushes scratch the living hell out of clear and break off the aerial you forgot to lower and then bend the windscreen wiper because you automatically put them on as soon as you saw water on the screen, then yes, you should be peeved.
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Old 21-01-2009, 11:01 PM   #49
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sorry mate but I just don't get this had the car been polished and the guys that washed it not complete idiots then the worst they can do is destroy your sacrificial layer of polish, trust me on this one its very hard to damage paint under polish. Can't see them doing it too much effort.
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Old 21-01-2009, 11:16 PM   #50
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[B] bend the windscreen wiper because you automatically put them on .

lol id love to see a new car with automatic wipers go through on of those old school car washes
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Old 21-01-2009, 11:22 PM   #51
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i agree with some one else get a life there is more to worry about then a bit of paint you friend has done a wonder full job to keep your baby safe, i would be happy if i was you ! i would be happy if some one did that for me !
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You're right, it's not.

But it's bloody annoying.
By the way everyone's going on about it, I'd say it sounds like the end of the world to me.

Seriously his spelling isn't that bad, I can understand perfectly what he's saying unlike those who lyk 2 wryt lyk th1s.

Those SMS morons shouldn't have the right to converse, period.
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Old 22-01-2009, 09:41 AM   #53
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You should be greatful. What do you have asbergers syndrome or something? Stop being so pedantic
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Just tell your mate you appreciate the gesture, but you prefer to wash the car yourself and don't use the car wash places.
even that is rude.
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Old 22-01-2009, 09:43 AM   #54
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why would the thread dissapear we are talking about general stuff

no sold that its a 06 ford escape
Because people know what I'm like

Seriously this has been answered by many different people all saying basically the same thing.
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