Mine is looking very tidy today, quick wash and dry then QDX Graphene quick detailer. Maniac Line Rain Speed to seal all the glass / hydrophobic - I didn't do the windscreen as potential wiper judder. I used Gyeon bug remover for the dead flies on the bumper and windscreen, just spray on, leave 5 mins and then blast off with the power washer - bugs and guts gone in an instant.
Then, unlike me, I used Garage Therapy tyre dressing, I'm not usually a fan of tyre dressings, but this one is used sparingly and creates a nice satin sheen rather than slick slingy wet look. I'd had it in stock for over a year and tested it on the Subaru a few weeks ago, nice dressing to be honest.
Also let my tyres down from 35psi to 32psi all round, I do this now in the hot weather and even first thing in the morning in the shade in this weather they can creep up. I had set them to around 33psi a few months back. So resetting them to 32 gives headroom for expansion without giving a hard ride once they get pretty hot.
The last few drives the ride was getting hard like last year in the hot weather, I suspect around 38psi possibly more when hot, fine for the car and the tyre, just not for me - I really notice it.
I'm so careful with speed humps - there's a nasty up over and down one near a local gym - @PDLH you know the one! Heading from Aldershot to Farnham it's so steep / sharp coming down, and for a few days now I can see someone has done a spring on it, there's a short piece of pigtail in the road. Partly corroded, but nevertheless, that speed hump as you come down is proper nasty for a B7....particularly on the rear.
My ancient S7 phone never does the car justice!
Then, unlike me, I used Garage Therapy tyre dressing, I'm not usually a fan of tyre dressings, but this one is used sparingly and creates a nice satin sheen rather than slick slingy wet look. I'd had it in stock for over a year and tested it on the Subaru a few weeks ago, nice dressing to be honest.
Also let my tyres down from 35psi to 32psi all round, I do this now in the hot weather and even first thing in the morning in the shade in this weather they can creep up. I had set them to around 33psi a few months back. So resetting them to 32 gives headroom for expansion without giving a hard ride once they get pretty hot.
The last few drives the ride was getting hard like last year in the hot weather, I suspect around 38psi possibly more when hot, fine for the car and the tyre, just not for me - I really notice it.
I'm so careful with speed humps - there's a nasty up over and down one near a local gym - @PDLH you know the one! Heading from Aldershot to Farnham it's so steep / sharp coming down, and for a few days now I can see someone has done a spring on it, there's a short piece of pigtail in the road. Partly corroded, but nevertheless, that speed hump as you come down is proper nasty for a B7....particularly on the rear.
My ancient S7 phone never does the car justice!
However the pins I used are still pretty discrete and not too numerous, not like some that look like a torture dungeon, so they'll have to do at the moment. I can't be too hard on the old gal - just about every modernish car, suffers this fate sooner than later.