Date:         Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:30:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: daily driver = RUST Re: Friday Ramblings, probably long,
              possibly pointle...
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I have to haul five people and two weeks worth of groceries, supplies and
other crap sometimes, at the same time...
My '87 GL cost me $300... to what am I supposed to upgrade for another $200?
: )

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: daily driver = RUST Re: Friday Ramblings, probably long,
possibly pointle...


> In a message dated 4/15/07 1:18:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> refisher@MCHSI.COM writes:
>
>
>> What made me think of that was that those of you in the salt belt could
>> probably wash the underside of your cars in your driveway or even garage
>> if
>> you were quick about it and if you had some idea of what to do with the
>> runoff. Some of those small home pressure washers are rated at 2 or even
>> 2.5
>> gpm- You're not supposed to run water hotter than about 140 F through one
>> of
>> those pumps but most household water heaters are set slightly lower than
>> that so you could get away with running the supply out of the water
>> heater
>> for a few minutes. It shouldn't take very long to wash the worst of the
>> crap
>> out.
>>
>> I've been thinking about this because a) I own a pressure washing
>> business
>> and b) we're probably going to move from sunny SoCal to
>> not-quite-as-sunny
>> Nova Scotia in the next 2-3 years so I've been giving some thought to how
>> to
>> keep our vehicles from getting destroyed. A quick and dirty way to get
>> the
>> runoff would be to have another person standing by with a Shop-Vac, but
>> what
>> I might do is get a several yards of gravel and make a van-sized 'wash
>> pit'
>> in a flat spot off the side of the drive. Roll the van onto the gravel
>> every
>> so often, give it the once-over and move the van to wherever you normally
>> park it; do a more thorough wash at 'warmer' times when the opportunity
>> presents itself.
>>
>> Kind of a PITA but not so much as having your vehicles disintigrate out
>> from
>> under you.
>>
>
> much easier to just park your van in the winter and buy a $500 beater
> car..
> :<)
>
>
>
>
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