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Greased Lightning Showroom Shine

19 Jun

I’ve now run out of the Greased Lightning Showroom Shine – so why don’t I order any more I hear you ask?

Well I have done, I ordered some from the Ideal World shopping channel that (other than their website) is the only place to buy it from (certainly the cheapest place to buy it from).  The problem is I ordered it over a month ago and they still haven’t delivered it.

As I ordered it via their website I have reference number so I have emailed them quoting the reference number telling them how unhappy I am and that I have run out of the product and I haven’t heard a thing.

I sent the email to them nearly a week ago now and to just ignore me is an absolute disgrace and extremely poor customer service.

My first order can within 2 weeks (still not that fast – but at least it arrived).

With regards to the shopping channels name, it is most definately not an Ideal World as if it was I would of had the items I ordered by now, or at least an appology as they’re late – but so far nothing!  Not impressed, not impressed at all.

Greased Lightning Showroom Shine is such a great product but it’s being let down by the disastrous people at Ideal World.

:(

 
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Check Your Tyre Pressure Properly For Good Fuel Economy

01 May

A few months ago I had to get new tyres on my car.  Normally I would pick some Toyo ones from www.blackcircles.com and get them fitted at a local garage but I didn’t have time to arrange this so had to make do with whatever they happened to have in stock.

Within just a few days I noticed that the fuel economy of my card had gone down by around 15% so I was not best pleased.  I checked the tyre pressure of each wheel with my digital pressure reader and I couldn’t get a proper reading so I tried my foot-pump to see what that said and they all seemed to be at the right pressure.

I’ve recently just had a full service on the car and the fuel economy hasn’t got any better so it had definitely got something to do with the tyres and all that people say is make sure the tyre pressure is correct.

As I had already checked the pressure with my foot-pump and my digital pressure reader and not got anywhere, I decided to head off to Halfords to see what they had in the way of a decent reader and that’s when I saw this:

It was in the sale for around £15 and it looked really well built so I though ‘sod it’ and brought it which as it turns out was the best thing I could have done and should have done soon after I had my tyres put on rather than wait this long!

When I connected it to each wheel the connection felt better than my cheapo foot-pump (Halfords own brand from a couple of years ago) and instantly gave me an accurate reading of the pressure and needless to say all of them bar 1 were under pressure so I promptly pumped them up to the correct level.

I then filled up my car with Diesel and reset all the counters and one week later going to and from work the MPG was back up to where it should be so the £15 (or whatever it was), was money well spent!

 
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Greased Lightning – Showroom Shine – 2nd Time Using It

13 Feb

Since cleaning/washing my car with the Greased Lightning Showrooms Shine product I used last month, I haven’t had the chance to wash/clean my car again as the weather was dry so I have been off exploring the countryside again!

The last two weekends I have ended up down single track roads that went from being tarmac to simply mud tracks – so needless to say my car has ended up being covered in mud – an ideal opportunity to see how Showroom Shine can cope with a very dirty car!

As with the last time, I timed how long it took me to clean my car from start to finish and despite it being even dirtier than the first time I used this product, it only took a couple of minutes longer this time round to do than the last time!  Just 1 hour and 15 minutes to completely clean/wash the outside of my car!

I did end up using a little bit more of the product due to the sheer amount of mud on my car but it was still so much easier than my old method of hosing down the car, filling up a couple of buckets with water and car shampoo and then rinsing it down with the hosepipe followed by a rub down with a Chamois cloth.

My hands are dry (due to me wearing rubber gloves) and nice and warm as there was no water involved in the cleaning/washing!  It’s still bloody cold outside so using a waterless car cleaning product is a fantastic idea for staying warm!

Is It Any Faster Than Washing The Old-Fashioned Method With A Bucket And Sponge?

To be honest, I’m not sure as I never timed myself washing my car the old way, it certainly feels quicker cleaning this way – as you clean your car a section at a time you get to see instant results which is a satisfying experience that motivates you to keep on cleaning your car!

For me it’s certainly a lot easier than my old method and will continue to use it.

I’d imagine if I was to use it once a week to clean my car (rather than leaving it for a month and going down mud tracks) then it most likely would be a lot quicker and then 1 hour and 15 minutes it has take me  to clean/wash it this time – only time will tell…

Time For The Photos!

The ones on the left are BEFORE and the ones on the right are AFTER.

(Click On The Photos For A Slightly Bigger Image)

All in all, I am very pleased with my purchase and the results of cleaning my car with it – I would recommend Greased Lightning Showroom Shine to anyone who wants an easy and waterless way of cleaning their car!

:)

 
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