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Old 24-Jan-2004, 03:35 PM
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Ok, I haven't washed my car in a while cuz it's too freaking cold. Anyone in Oakville area know where there is a car wash that won't scrape the **** out of a lowered car? I scrape on and decent size speed bump. #1 I ain't going to a coin op cuz i dont like freezing my *** #2 I cant fit in those car washes where your tire goes into that track thing #3 i need to find one of those car washes that you just park in that doesnt have any wierd ramps or anything leading into it. anybody?!?@#!@
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Old 24-Jan-2004, 04:31 PM
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squat....

diy's only pal..

tho, there use to be one that was a drive in, door closed, ya got washed and drove out..
i think it was a pioneer......where tho i'm trying my damnest to remember..bronte somewhere.....it use to take the tokens

but besides that, yer stuck with c-ops
 
Old 24-Jan-2004, 04:33 PM
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ya, use to be on 3rd line i think, near speers......across from where the Timmies is now....maybe it was a Beaver Gas..i think it's gone tho
 
Old 24-Jan-2004, 04:55 PM
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the only car wash roun there is a normal coin-op that is in a dirt lot (somebody wasnt thinking) and thats at 3rd line/speers northeast corner behind the shell

you might aswell go to a coin op blast the car for your 3bucks worth (or whatever it costs) just to get the majority of salt off...just do wheel wells and under car...then blast the rest with the time you got left
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Old 24-Jan-2004, 05:03 PM
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yea theres a coin op right by my house at speers and dorval i guess ill just wait for a warmer day
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Old 24-Jan-2004, 05:23 PM
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Originally posted by CyniKal.Mindset
the only car wash roun there is a normal coin-op that is in a dirt lot (somebody wasnt thinking) and thats at 3rd line/speers northeast corner behind the shell

ya, that place has been there for decades..
it use to be a paved lot at one time..
 
Old 24-Jan-2004, 07:13 PM
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well me and kwikb16a2 braved the elements and went to the one at speers and dorval and it actually wasn't bad at all...only a bit of water on my body froze. probably gonna start doing it every week or 2
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 12:04 AM
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I don't know if they have this out in Oakville, but there are some of those "Touchless" car washes at gas stations in and around Toronto where you just drive into it and jets of water/soap move around your car and clean it. It doesn't get it spotless due to the amount of dirt, but it'll do a decent job.
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 02:39 AM
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I think esso's touchless car wash is where you drive in, and there is no ramp!

Just make sure you don't let your doors freeze! Its not that fun opening them with a blow dryer!
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 03:10 AM
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Re: car wash

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Ok, I haven't washed my car in a while cuz it's too freaking cold. Anyone in Oakville area know where there is a car wash that won't scrape the **** out of a lowered car? I scrape on and decent size speed bump. #1 I ain't going to a coin op cuz i dont like freezing my *** #2 I cant fit in those car washes where your tire goes into that track thing #3 i need to find one of those car washes that you just park in that doesnt have any wierd ramps or anything leading into it. anybody?!?@#!@
Esso has car wash's, that you drive in.....park.....then the wash starts.....water and BRUSHES move from the front to back of the car, and then back to the front again......then you drive slowly forward, and the car dries off.

I've seen cars that would scrap pebbles, make it through this kind of wash without a problem.

Location......Allen Rd and Finch.....south west corner.

Also I think the Kennedy and Finch location has one like this, but the one there is touchless....doesn't do as good a job as the brush ones imo.
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 05:09 AM
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in oakville there is an esso wash as mentioned above at cornwall and maplegrove right by the driver's license centre


who here remembers when there was a special code for free car washes at esso!?
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 12:13 PM
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One sunoco that doesn't have the ramp and is touchless, is in Mississauga, on Britannia and McGlaugin <SP?> ...
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 12:54 PM
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esso in mavis and 401 right across best buy.
touchless and it doesn't have a ramp.
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 03:23 PM
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the coin op by JPG ( Corner of Speers/Dorval ) is pretty good, its not that cold once you get into the wash bay

your canadian suck it up
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 07:07 PM
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The joys of having a heated garage with a heated power washer. Couldint imagine washing outside, freeze on contact!

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Old 25-Jan-2004, 09:08 PM
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for Sunoco touchless carwash with no
ramps to drive onto...

No more srapes and rubs...
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Old 25-Jan-2004, 11:15 PM
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actually only my roof froze at the coin op
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Old 26-Jan-2004, 11:37 PM
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shlammed... correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall reading a post of yours before that said you come to Hamilton sometimes?? If so, maybe you'd be able to go through Suds Express by Limeridge mall... ever heard of it?
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Old 27-Jan-2004, 12:01 AM
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yeah i know whre suds is...i was in oakville at the time though.
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Old 27-Jan-2004, 12:02 AM
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suds is wicked, right next to limeridge mall... awesome wash there
 

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