up to now there's been something of a peculiar (or unexpected, look you see) pattern of rotation on this blog in terms of "cleaning" stuff. as far as i can tell, and no i am certainly not checking, i have been following a car wash one with a laundry visit one. well, although i am due another laundry visit, for i have changed bedding once more, it turned out i went to the car wash before such. so, here we are.
oddly, in a quite unexpected set of circumstances, there is something slightly different to write of with this particular instance. which you possibly (or potentially) worked out from the title. them what are in charge at verk have elected to replace my previous vehicle with another. at least this time it was due to it needing changing because of age or lease concern, and not via someone crashing in to me.
yes, that's the big blue wet floppy brushes heading towards the windscreen, presented in that "video wall" format what i recently found the button for. there's some actual video in this format just below, if you are interested in that sort of thing.
what sort of vehicle is my new one off of verk? as in make, model and all that sort of thing? well, i can happily (merrily, even) tell you that it isn't French, so it's obviously pretty good. no CD (or tape) player, mind, but i am slowly coming to terms with this wretched mp3 format.
just for the sake of something to write here, yes, that's the "video wall" actual video i mentioned not too long ago. not sure the format works that well on phones or similar devices. but for all i know you are presently looking at this on one of them massive screen televisions. even then i would suspect the quality of the video, and my filming skills, don't make it all that much more better.
the main part of excitement, or something a bit (slightly) different came with this new vehicle in the wash. on my previous vehicle one folded the side ("wing") mirrors in so as to avoid any damage. it was very much the case that they remained folded in until you pressed the button to have them go back to being in a position of use. on this one you have to fold the mirrors in yourself, or if you like manually.
as it turns out, these manual fold in mirrors are not quite so robust, solid or prone to staying where you tell them as they were on my previous vehicle. it was with a mixture of interest, concern and slight horror, since we are in October, that i watched them big massive floppy brushes play away with the mirrors, knocking them in and out, pushing them backwards and forwards. oh dear, i said.
fortunately it was so that no harm befell the mirrors. phew. the most immediate issue (if they had gone all busted) would have been the legality of driving. my understanding is that if the driver side mirror is knacked you cannot drive at all, but you can (sort of) get away with the passenger one being busted, so long as it isn't leaving a trail of broken mirror glass as you go. tape can be a friend. also explaining it to the grown ups at verk may have been awkward, but as it didn't happen nothing to discuss.
i think the video above is just standard (or regular) VHS mode. could be in that "poster mode", with all the excitement of what was going on with the mirrors i simply forgot what mode, or "filter", i switched on. anyway, yes, that's some footage of the big floppy brushes not breaking any mirrors and finishing the job. the cameras you can see are probably them "automatic number plate recognition" things, presumably there to catch anyone doing a naughty.
shall i be returning to the car wash in this (relatively) new vehicle, knowing now what i know of the plight of mirrors with it? yes, of course. there is an expectation i keep it (reasonably) clean since it is one of them branded ones and i shall be f****d if i am washing it myself. especially when verk pays for the machine what does the washing and pays me for the time it takes. living the dream.
when i checked the video i gone done in the "split screen" format you can see above it just looked like all i managed to capture was reflections. oh. anyway, there's a picture in that format. bit of a shame, really, as i would image video split in three like that would be smart.
quite likely, if we are honest, that yes, as and when i next go to a car wash i will once again document it. but, that said, no guarantee i will share it here. if by some chance one or both of the mirrors gets damaged or all busted, well, then it shall probably be for the best if i delete all evidence of it.
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