Car Care Advice

There are quite a few side-by-side wax tests out there, but we thought that for this site we would do our own using some of the more common waxes found in Britain, rather than the high end expensive waxes from America.

On our latest shopping expedition for our How to Clean Your Car Guide, we bought 3 very cheap waxes. more »

The Best way to clean your car!

Because I didn’t have the faintest idea about how to clean a car when I started (and that’s the whole reason for this website) let alone the best way to clean my car, I decided to ask an expert how to do it. more »

Exterior

It was a perfect car washing day, nice and warm with scattered clouds, we decided to do it at my mum-in-law’s as she has a lovely garden and nice surroundings.

She has a Volkswagen Golf that is about 10 years old and it has had a few owners and was in quite a state! It was just perfect for trying out my car washing skills.

I was given a list of what to do by professional car valeter, Gary Wray of Clean Image, and was going to see how much of the list I wanted to follow and how much I changed to suit myself. His instructions showed how a professional would clean a car as the first stage of the valeting process, but there procedure might not be suitable for the average Joe (or Jolie) cleaning their car at home. more »

Interior

After doing the outside, Inside seemed like a doddle, there was no danger of me actually damaging anything! more »