Dont buy a Vax or u could be in for a shock
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Dont buy a Vax or u could be in for a shock
Got one of those wet cleaners & tried it out on both the BX's, i have previously cleaned these cars thoroughly with a dyson.
The colour of the water that was in the holding tank of the vax, well, put it this way, it was dark brown, urgh!!! But now i have nice clean cars .
What was worse though, was that the floor carpets which i expected to be horrendous, were quite a bit cleaner than the shite that came from the seats, especially the drivers side. I guess a combined total age of 30 years of never having been cleaned properly will do that. They now look a different colour & smell lovely.
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The colour of the water that was in the holding tank of the vax, well, put it this way, it was dark brown, urgh!!! But now i have nice clean cars .
What was worse though, was that the floor carpets which i expected to be horrendous, were quite a bit cleaner than the shite that came from the seats, especially the drivers side. I guess a combined total age of 30 years of never having been cleaned properly will do that. They now look a different colour & smell lovely.
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Cavmad, i got the V026 model which has the hose attachment device. I went into Curry's to have a look & that particular model was £150, so i bid on one on the bay of greed & got it for £60, p&p was £15, so £75 all in.
It is a graded one (whatever that may mean), a couple of minor probs with it, but have e-mailed the seller & they have with no quibbling sent me the replacement parts i requested gratis (which i got today, so very quick), so all in all very good.
If u look up Vax's on e-bay, there is one particular company that seems to specialise in them, thats who i got it from, so i'm very pleased so far.
Hope that helps?
It is a graded one (whatever that may mean), a couple of minor probs with it, but have e-mailed the seller & they have with no quibbling sent me the replacement parts i requested gratis (which i got today, so very quick), so all in all very good.
If u look up Vax's on e-bay, there is one particular company that seems to specialise in them, thats who i got it from, so i'm very pleased so far.
Hope that helps?
It certainly does, thanks Mulley. Graded possibly means a catalogue or shop return but the seller sounds like a decent person and for the price you paid that seems like a bargain to me. I'll try and get some money together and get me one of those I think. Love to see the colour of the water if I do the seats in my truck, must be 20 years worth of all kinds of crap on the seats!
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Cheers Mulley, I have an extension lead somewhere amongst all my clutter I think.MULLEY wrote:Put it this way, not only was the water dark brown, but there was a load of silt at the bottom of the tank, where did it all come from .
If there is a plug point down there i could bring it down & you could have a go at cleaning your car
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EDIT: I wrote this post thinking you were talking about the National, but re-reading the thread I see no evidence of that idea at all................ Here goes:
<waves arms wildly>
If you're bringing it and there is electricity, can I have a go?
Snoopy smells pretty good, generally, but he is 20 years old and has had an arse upon his driver's seat for nearly 70000 miles.
<waves arms wildly>
If you're bringing it and there is electricity, can I have a go?
Snoopy smells pretty good, generally, but he is 20 years old and has had an arse upon his driver's seat for nearly 70000 miles.
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