For those who cringed at photos of my dirty X5...
 

It got up to +3*C outside this morning... practically spring so I handwashed the X as neighbor 2 doors down shoveled his snow... and as another herded his family off to church. He's a good man... he'll pray for my soul.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/gbyln/Wash01.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/gbyln/wash02.jpg

Tada!!!!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/gbyln/wash03.jpg

Hand washed and +3C do not belong in the same sentence. You are a sick man. :thumbup:

Not sick, just fearless, good man just a wee bit to cold for the average:thumbup:

Well it was -17*C outside just a few days ago!!...

and I just LOVED running that soapy wash-mitt over every square inchher body! :D

Oh BTW its not that bad... +3*C in Canada is like 37*F in the US! really balmy!

you are a hero to us all!!

I'm surprized the soapy water didn't freeze on there... meanwhile I was wearing shorts and a tee shirt and sweating yesterday, Come to the swamplands of the deep south if you want to see what balmy really is! ;)

Clean ass X5 though, looking good!

Titz Pics! :thumbup:

I have almost forgotten what those big, white piles are, bordering
your driveway & garage door. :D
BR,mD

Nothing wrong with a man committed to his X!

Lovely colour :thumbup:

your photos are epic. could you pm me a camera recommendation circa $800?

sorry to be OT :p:

The picture of the grill looks like it could be from the brochure. Nice!

nice X! what kind of camera are you using?

Lovely pics, can you please tell me wich kind/make of camera you used ??? very nice resolution ...

haha mtx5 same post time same question :P

All photos were taken with my (almost 2 yr old) Nikon D200 and a 18-70mm lens.

looks great...I myself pressure washed the X & TDI in +5*C :) it felt really good to get all that dirt off

:bustingup

I have washed the car in those temps quite a few times. Just gotta do it when you can sometimes. The trick is to use hot water in the wash bucket and stand up wind when rinse.

On cold days, I normally hook the water hose (or pressure washer) to the hot water heater and crank the water heater on hot. Makes a world of difference on those cold days.

Dan

To relax and find peace, some people go to church, some do Yoga. We wash our cars. I can't describe how good it felt to wash my old E30 cabrio. Bliss.

Great pics and beautiful car.... all of them brochure quality.

nice man =)

You make me feel so fat and lazy.... :popcorn:

+1 on the pics and wash, great job X looks good, last 2 pics could def be in a brochure

Detailed my X at a nice 78degrees. You got to love Ca.

Great photos it went up to over 50 F in NYC, but the cold is back.