Dont buy a Vax or u could be in for a shock

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:15 am

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

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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 · Post by **cavmad** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:30 am

Which model did you get Mulley and are they expensive? Quite fancy one (when I actually have any disposable income that is).

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:45 pm

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?

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:11 am

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!

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:45 pm

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

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If there is a plug point down there i could bring it down & you could have a go at cleaning your car

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:29 pm

When I did the seats on my 16v when I first got, bearing in mind I thought it was clean, the sludge at the bottom of the vax was disgusting!

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:19 pm

My sludge had a comined age of about 30 years, & they looked quite clean, so gauld knows how mucky other peoples cars are.

What made me laugh was that the floor carpet was actually cleaner than the seats

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:55 am

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

Cheers Mulley, I have an extension lead somewhere amongst all my clutter I think.

mnde · Post by **mnde** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:32 am

Hmm I've wanted to Vax my cars for ages... I am loath to pay some oik valeter to do it; especially the GSA which has waffer theen seat material. Probably more effective than straight steam-cleaning?

Mark.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:50 pm

Never tried steam cleaning, so cant vouch for how effective it may be, all i know is that the vax gets dirt out of all sorts of places where to the naked eye it looks clean.

Cavmad - did u want me to bring it down, wasnt sure if u were joking about the mains lead???

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:53 pm

Mulley, it's very kind of you and many thanks. I wasn't being facetious I promise!
I'm going to get one pretty soon mate so whilst I thankyou for your kind offer don't go out of your way because I may have one in a matter of days.
Thanks once again.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:18 pm

PM me on Saturday to let me know whether i should bring it down or not, its no bother honest. I'll show u how it works, but wont be doing the hard bit, you will

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:21 pm

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.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:33 pm

Yes & in which i case i will bring it along with me. Either that or someone has a generator that it could be plugged into???

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:58 pm

Ah, slight snag there! I have a generator but won't be attending the show. However if anyone wants to borrow it they'll be more than wlecome.