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I had a "brainstorm" the other day and tried something that worked out great. I was claying he paint finish of a Black 1987 BMW 325 that had not been cleaned in quite some time. When the clay bar got 'gunked up" with contaminants, I took the clay bar I was using into the kitchen, placed it on...

We went to Williamsburg, Virginia for a vacation fom April 14th through the 20th. On the way home, we stopped for fuel at the Chesapeake House service area on I-95 in Maryland. I pulled up behind this gorgeous red Dodge Viper at the gas pumps. The driver was a guy in his mid 50's, looked...

Yesterday afternoon was simply beautiful! I had spent the day running errands, going to the UMass Medical Center to donate blood and do a little gift shopping for the wife for Easter. I got home around 5:00PM and decided to wash my F-150. I had washed the right front fender and door when I...

Today is March 20th. The calendar says it's my Mom's birthday (Happy Birthday Mom! Don't worry, I won't tell the autopians your age! :D) and the first day of spring.... I just came in from shoveling 3 to 4 inches of "spring" off of my driveway. It's a heavy wet snow that makes using my...

How do you feel about the salesman coming with you for the test drive? Here is my experience the last time we test drove cars. We were buying a replacement for the wife's Explorer. She wanted to test drive another Explorer, a Grand Cherokee and a Volvo V70 Cross Country wagon. At the...

I haven't been visiting Autopia as often as I like..I've been studying for the upcoming Deputy Chief's exam. After spending Friday morning and afternoon in the books and turning my brain into mush, I felt that I needed a break. I try to get a few hours of studying in at the firehouse when I...

Just wondering what Santa brought you for new toys to keep your vehicles looking <strong class='bbc'>shweet![/b] Santa brought me a new gas powered pressure washer and a new Absorber chamois (as my son keeps "borrowing" mine :D) Mother Nature has blessed Southern New England with temps in the...

What CD do you use for the scratch test? I used the one that AOL sends out every three months or so... :rolleyes:

On this day of Thanksgiving, let us give thanks to those who make it possible for us to enjoy our lives in freedom... <strong class='bbc'>Our veterans and present day members of the The United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, the National Guard and Reserves of our...

A friend of mine stopped by the house today and showed me what happened to his 2000 GMC Jimmy. There was a contractor relining the water mains on his street. They "spray" concrete into water mains to reline them. An employee of the contractor had accidentally sprayed some of this concere...

One of the local jobbers just started carrying the Gliptone line of car cleaning products. They were out of the Meguiar's #26 high tech yellow paste wax I was looking for, so I bought the Gliptone Carnauba paste to try. It's a hard paste wax, blue in color with a pleasant aroma. It was just...