{"id":5461,"date":"2016-02-07T21:42:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T21:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2016-02-09T17:26:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T17:26:29","slug":"my-car-february-2016-bath-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/02\/07\/my-car-february-2016-bath-time\/","title":{"rendered":"My Car: February 2016 Bath-Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5131,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24788007161&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104132142\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24788007161&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-07 07:43:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 22:57:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27 23:59:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 10:01:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:15:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:15:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5132,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24513765369&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190115084449\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24513765369\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 13:13:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27 23:59:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 10:01:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:15:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:15:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5133,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24855133966&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190124220903\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24855133966\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 13:13:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27 23:59:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:15:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:15:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5134,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24253359344&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104132147\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24253359344&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-07 07:43:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27 23:59:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:15:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 19:15:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24788007161\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1489\/24788007161_72e48cc888_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who would have thought in the middle of winter, I\u2019d be able to give my car a bath? It\u2019s February 7th, it\u2019s 42 degrees outside and I detailed my car. I love how clean it looks but I really am bummed that it\u2019s so damn hot. My winter-tires have been completely wasted this year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24513765369\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"339\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1578\/24513765369_8385991e9b_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24855133966\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1694\/24855133966_e8342fc23e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24253359344\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Car-Wash, February 2016 Golf R\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"386\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1633\/24253359344_976c50a441_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who would have thought in the middle of winter, I\u2019d be able to give my car a bath?&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":"2016-03-17T01:59:21Z","apple_news_api_id":"d6744451-1dae-4d95-99d9-18a1e2569bcf","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T01:59:21Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A1nREUR2uTZWZ2Rih4labzw","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5461","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\/pb3IC4-1q5","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":5461,"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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