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Title: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: tunnie on 26 April 2017, 16:35:43
Anyone getting this? Washed my pair at the weekend, popped out today and covered in dust.  >:(

Looking closer, really does look like sand. No building work going on near by either.

Just got the hose out to wash it off, as cars are clean under the sand.  ;D

Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 26 April 2017, 16:41:02
Blows in from the Sahara via France.  ;)
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 26 April 2017, 16:45:29
Blows in from the Sahara via France. ;)

In common with the Scots the French have never liked us. :)
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 26 April 2017, 16:49:08
I know, but some brits make the mistake of liking them. Hard to understand I know, but there you have it.  :)
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Kevin Wood on 26 April 2017, 17:21:39
Blows in from the Sahara via France. ;)

In common with the Scots the French have never liked us. :)

There'll be no free movement of sand from the surrender monkeys after Brexit. :y
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 26 April 2017, 17:51:29
Excellent.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 26 April 2017, 21:40:01
There's not a grain of truth in that statement Kevin!  :P
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: omegod on 26 April 2017, 21:45:45
If you think it's bad in April/May it's going to get worse in dune  :D
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Shackeng on 26 April 2017, 21:50:59
If you think it's bad in April/May it's going to get worse in dune  :D

Boom Boom!
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Andy B on 26 April 2017, 22:26:59
If you think it's bad in April/May it's going to get worse in dune  :D

-----> coat. .... door    ;D
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: dbug on 26 April 2017, 23:48:48
Anyone getting this? Washed my pair at the weekend, popped out today and covered in dust.  >:(

Looking closer, really does look like sand. No building work going on near by either.

Just got the hose out to wash it off, as cars are clean under the sand.  ;D

Yep, but we've got building work going on less than a mile away.  Usually worse when I've just cleaned the Jag.
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Keith ABS on 27 April 2017, 07:39:14
French assisting in more illegal immigration to the UK? :) :D ;D :y

Keith ABS
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: TheBoy on 27 April 2017, 08:07:11
Anyone getting this? Washed my pair at the weekend, popped out today and covered in dust.  >:(

Looking closer, really does look like sand. No building work going on near by either.

Just got the hose out to wash it off, as cars are clean under the sand.  ;D

Yep, but we've got building work going on less than a mile away.  Usually worse when I've just cleaned the Jag.
Same here, plus when the farmers are harvesting in the fields
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: STEMO on 27 April 2017, 10:56:28
When birds shit on top of it, it turns to concrete.
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Varche on 27 April 2017, 14:31:00
Blows in from the Sahara via France.  ;)

Spot on. We get it in Southern Spain quite a lot. About a month ago the visibility was really bad. Spanish have a word for it which I learnt and now have completely forgotten. (age thing) :(
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: STEMO on 27 April 2017, 14:54:59
Blows in from the Sahara via France.  ;)

Spot on. We get it in Southern Spain quite a lot. About a month ago the visibility was really bad. Spanish have a word for it which I learnt and now have completely forgotten. (age thing) :(
Calima.
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Varche on 27 April 2017, 15:09:08
That is it. I will write it on the back of my hand ! ;D
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 28 April 2017, 11:53:44
It's not sand and dust that annoys me. It's white bird shit on a black Jaguar.

I'm pretty sure  pterodactyl's are not extinct judging by the size of the 'aerial dumps' that splatter my car. :-\
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: STEMO on 28 April 2017, 12:30:20
It's not sand and dust that annoys me. It's white bird shit on a black Jaguar.

I'm pretty sure  pterodactyl's are not extinct judging by the size of the 'aerial dumps' that splatter my car. :-\
Buy a birdshit coloured car, like wot I have.  ;D
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 28 April 2017, 12:45:46
It's not sand and dust that annoys me. It's white bird shit on a black Jaguar.

I'm pretty sure  pterodactyl's are not extinct judging by the size of the 'aerial dumps' that splatter my car. :-\
Buy a birdshit coloured car, like wot I have.  ;D

Bird shit the same colour as your Astra would mean the birds in question have serious health problems. :)
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: STEMO on 28 April 2017, 12:53:43
It's not sand and dust that annoys me. It's white bird shit on a black Jaguar.

I'm pretty sure  pterodactyl's are not extinct judging by the size of the 'aerial dumps' that splatter my car. :-\
Buy a birdshit coloured car, like wot I have.  ;D

Bird shit the same colour as your Astra would mean the birds in question have serious health problems. :)
It's mostly unnoticeable on 'The Bogey'. It kind of blends in.
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: TheBoy on 28 April 2017, 16:20:09
It's not sand and dust that annoys me. It's white bird shit on a black Jaguar.

I'm pretty sure  pterodactyl's are not extinct judging by the size of the 'aerial dumps' that splatter my car. :-\
One emptied itself on the screen whilst I was driving through MK earlier, I thought the screen was going to fail :o
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 28 April 2017, 19:28:39
It's not sand and dust that annoys me. It's white bird shit on a black Jaguar.

I'm pretty sure  pterodactyl's are not extinct judging by the size of the 'aerial dumps' that splatter my car. :-\
One emptied itself on the screen whilst I was driving through MK earlier, I thought the screen was going to fail :o
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More likely to be one of the inbred residents of MK themselves. Odd people. :)
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: STEMO on 28 April 2017, 19:37:15
If you get a skein of geese flying over, watch. They don't so much dump as strafe.
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 28 April 2017, 20:24:40
Some of the cars here look like they were sandblasted at the factory :o
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: ronnyd on 29 April 2017, 18:24:23
If you get a skein of geese flying over, watch. They don't so much dump as strafe.
Hmm, carpet bombing gaggle of geese, that sounds like fun. :D
Title: Re: Sand/Dust on the car
Post by: Mr Gav on 30 April 2017, 17:09:00
It's not sand and dust that annoys me. It's white bird shit on a black Jaguar.

I'm pretty sure  pterodactyl's are not extinct judging by the size of the 'aerial dumps' that splatter my car. :-\

I would get some decent bird poo remover as it isn`t too good for the paintwork if left  :y