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Old 01-14-2010 | 03:43 PM
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Another round of ICE
January Thaw!!!

Warm up the hose, bucket, and the Adam's!

Car Wash!!

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Old 01-14-2010 | 04:25 PM
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maaaaaan i hate winter!!! im so embarrassed of my car... lmao...
ill clean it... and then salt an slush will dirty it up again... looks horrible right now... and i cleaned it yesterday :\

but yup this week it'll be warm!... i will turn on my pipes at home and wash it up!

nice rear diffuser!
Old 01-14-2010 | 04:34 PM
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Another round of ICE
Originally Posted by TB5...
maaaaaan i hate winter!!! im so embarrassed of my car... lmao...
ill clean it... and then salt an slush will dirty it up again... looks horrible right now... and i cleaned it yesterday :\

but yup this week it'll be warm!... i will turn on my pipes at home and wash it up!

nice rear diffuser!
Thanks...Stock exhaust with Euroteck diffuser, painted bodycolor
Old 01-15-2010 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Sportstick
Warm up the hose, bucket, and the Adam's!

Car Wash!!

+10000 can't wait for it to thaw.. i still got a while to go over here
Old 01-15-2010 | 02:13 PM
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Is it just me, or does the rear get dirty faster than the rest of the car?
My car is "somewhat" clean, but the rear has like a thick layer of salt or dirt on it.
Old 01-15-2010 | 02:48 PM
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You are absolutely correct! The vortex in the airflow at the rear of the car causes dirt to be sucked back onto the rear deck and fascia. Wash top to bottom, front to back so the worst concentration of grime doesn't contaminate the water in the bucket too early in the process
Old 01-15-2010 | 02:55 PM
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Will a trunk spoiler help? Just a thought. Haha.

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Old 01-15-2010 | 07:11 PM
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What dou guys mean by the "vortex in the airflow" I know MB has the patented design of the vented rear taillights, but what does it really do for our cars?
Old 01-15-2010 | 08:18 PM
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Another round of ICE
Any object moving through the air will create some turbulence behind it which will create some vacuum. That phenomenon is usually in a circular pattern called a vortex...sort of like a "jelly roll" of air coming off the decklid:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex

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