{"id":5356,"date":"2016-01-09T20:06:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5356"},"modified":"2016-01-09T20:06:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T20:06:08","slug":"my-car-gave-the-golf-a-spray-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/09\/my-car-gave-the-golf-a-spray-down\/","title":{"rendered":"My Car: Gave the Golf a Spray-Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5351,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23648408124&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104141902\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23648408124&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 14:40:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 20:40:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-28 09:38:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 16:09:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-06 15:08:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 01:43:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 00:53:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 19:51:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 01:03:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 16:05:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 22:09:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 22:09:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5352,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23908767339&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104142038\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23908767339&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 14:40:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 04:47:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 01:04:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 16:05:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 22:09:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 22:09:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5353,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23649770693&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104141904\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23649770693&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 14:40:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 14:40:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5354,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23908747739&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104142034\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23908747739&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 14:40:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-21 14:40:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>With roads so salty during the Winter, I spend $3 every week to spray down the car and all of the under-carriage, wheel wells, etc to keep salt from building up. I\u2019m at 9,500 miles and drove 4 hours up to Quebec last night and back home so she was pretty dirty. No soap was used, just water spray (despite the photo\u2019s very apparent soap situation where the drain is clogged)<\/p>\n<p>Before:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23648408124\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1511\/23648408124_2a74e682ca_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23908767339\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1475\/23908767339_1cde5c6391_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>$3 well spent. Opti-Coat is doing most of the work here.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23649770693\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1469\/23649770693_9427768424_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23908747739\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Golf R MK7, Wash Bay Spray Down (January 2016)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1455\/23908747739_5d561b877a_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With roads so salty during the Winter, I spend $3 every week to spray down the car and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:02:52Z","apple_news_api_id":"1a0df850-de78-408b-8d21-59f14faf5b59","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:02:52Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AGg34UN54QIuNIVnxT69bWQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-car","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1oo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6339,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/11\/03\/my-car-bath-day-possibly-last-one-of-the-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":5356,"position":0},"title":"My Car: Bath Day (Possibly last one of the year)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s 20 degrees F outside today and tomorrow, I get my Winter tires put on. 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