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Title: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: Del Boy on 09 January 2012, 13:59:11
How much is 20 litres worth of screen wash from Vauxhall? Have a trade card.
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: andyc on 09 January 2012, 14:26:28
Only available in 5ltr for GM branded item. Pt/No 93165266 £5.50 inc VAT

cheers
Andy
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: Del Boy on 09 January 2012, 14:36:55
Thanks Andy  :y
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: TheBoy on 09 January 2012, 17:34:08
Its good stuff, but a bit pricey when you consider that Mrs TB must drive with the washers permenently on.

I get whatever is going cheap at the time - last lot was a load of crappy Holts at a fiver for 2 x 4l concentrate.  Got a garage full of it at that price ;D
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: Jimbob on 09 January 2012, 18:33:57
I stocked up last winter, at £1 for 5 litres of opticlean :) special offer!

still got about 3 x 5l left :)
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: feeutfo on 09 January 2012, 19:52:39
Macro 5 litres for 1.99 i think it was. Still got 3 out of 10 bottles in the garage from .... Ooh must be over a year ago by now. Cant remember the name but prefer it to the vx stuff and its chalky marks once dry.
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: Del Boy on 09 January 2012, 21:32:30
If the VX stuff leaves chalky marks I'll avoid that, never goes well with black. Have offically run out of screen wash after two years. Stocked up two years ago with about 40 litres worth  ;D
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: Andy B on 09 January 2012, 21:36:14
If the VX stuff leaves chalky marks I'll avoid that, ..........

never had a problem with marks while using Vx screen wash, isn't that more likely to be a result of crappy chalky water?  :-\ :-\
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: feeutfo on 09 January 2012, 21:45:09
If the VX stuff leaves chalky marks I'll avoid that, ..........

never had a problem with marks while using Vx screen wash, isn't that more likely to be a result of crappy chalky water?  :-\ :-\
that is logical, the water round here is shite and is very hard. However only the vx stuff does it IME  ??? . Fine with anything else.  :-\
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: Jimbob on 09 January 2012, 21:58:15
after seeing the cheap stuff freeze neat last year, vursus my diluted gm staying liquid...

I know which I prefer, cleans better, and dont find any deposit difference.

Each to their own though, one mans gold, anothers poison etc.
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: Del Boy on 09 January 2012, 22:05:13
Works out I can get 25 litres of GM for £27.50, don't want it to be chalky though really black cars and what not. However it's got to be worth a try, or I buy a 25 litre drum from eBay for £20, but I don't know if that's any good?
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: feeutfo on 09 January 2012, 22:17:33
Is it worth buying a smaller bottle first, see how you go with it?

Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: joff on 09 January 2012, 22:41:12
I get 4 for the price of 3 at vauxhall the same as we do on the oil and they take another 15% off :y
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: andyc on 10 January 2012, 09:39:01
The Vauxhall Screen was made by Sonax. It also helps to use distilled water in the washers as well

Andy
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: Andy B on 10 January 2012, 11:34:08
.......... It also helps to use distilled water in the washers as well

Andy

Only in suvven England ......   ::) ::) ::) ::) We get crystal clear spring water from our taps up here  ;) ;)
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: the alarming man on 10 January 2012, 15:22:05
oi our water is crystal clean as well.....it as just been trough 10 pairs of kidneys before :y
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: TheBoy on 10 January 2012, 18:50:34
Not suffered the chalky problem here, but know my water is softer than Thames Water (as I used to live in Aylesbury).

The GM stuff, if I had to pick complaint, use to foam up and leave bubbles down the car ;D
Title: Re: GM Screen Wash trade club
Post by: tunnie on 10 January 2012, 19:13:39
Are the 20L drums of it discontinued?