Dirty Car..

[shane_saintsfc]

Has anyone else car been covered in Sahara dust over the last couple of days?

[mikey vrs]

Yup! came out of work to find all the cars in the car park covered in it,also it had rained so made it worse,could hardly see out of the windows! Washed my car this morning,half hour later it pi**ed it down,now lovely & sunny!

[Sippo]

Yep, and on a black car it doesn't look good! Just need to find the time to clean it! Not sure why/how it has appeared!

[Clarkey666]

Another victim here.

There was clearly no point washing the car Wednesday night at all. I'll be washing it again tomorrow now.

[mdon]

Yep even got it up here in Cumbria.

[@Lee]

covered in it, thought I'd done the Paris-Dakar in my sleep when I saw it!

[Llanigraham]

Yes, but it matches the rest of the mud and dust on the car, so..........................................so what?

[Latte]

Not me.

Mines covered in Moondust.

That was some storm.

[ChrisRs]

Yes, but it matches the rest of the mud and dust on the car, so..........................................so what?

'Quelle suprise' Dad!!...LOL :think:

[alkip]

Yep, bloody stuff. Mine got a careful 2 bucket wash last night, no biggy though as I'm due to strip it back, tardis, clay, glaze, seal and wax it before the NW meet this Sunday.

[Stu vRS]

How very strange!

My car was covered in said dust the other day and I wondered where it had come from - I saw it in the work car park, no other car seemed to have any on?

[Ste j]

Tell me about it got 60 cars to wash on pitch at work on top of everything else!

[robk1]

+ 1 in s-east Kent, out washing both today!

[Tigger25]

Yes, me too. Had to wash it yesterday because I can't stand driving a dirty car!

[agentz]

Yep, both cars covered in the stuff here, just outside Edinburgh. Job for the weekend if it ever stops raining for more than five minutes.

[ckyliu]

Ditto, the storms made a real mess of mine, its almost got a mottled finish now. I can only presume it was caused by warm humid weather wafting dust in to the atmosphere before the heavy rain bought it all back down again over our pride and joys. Wasn't clean anyway, took the car out late on Wednesday evening... didn't know they made insects that big! Some of the splats are almost as big as the letter on the number plate, it's a state, scrubbed the windscreen and it still looks like a mass grave.

[Stormchaser]

Yes me also down here in Bournemouth.

[gallego1968]

My cat and van is caked in this dust and i only washed them last week.

[mannyo]

The wind has been blowing up from over the sahara towards the UK, down here on the costa del sol we hit 41c as a result. Pretty hot by normal standards on the south coast of spain where its usually around 30c in the summer.

My Audi parked outside the holiday villa is covered in it, and its not going to get a clean for at least another week as I am heading back to the UK starting today.

[XLBaconDoubleCheese]

My was dirty to start with so it's even worse now

[Jane_i10]

My car fell victim to this aswell..odd?

Mine was not as bad as the car posted above but i did ponder as to why my car is now covered in dust?

[Lazy Daisy]

I must live in some bizarre micro climate, I've not had any storms or any of this dust !!

[mbames]

My car missed out on this too... maybe because it was safely tucked up in the garage

[ChrisRs]

It was a South Westerly which left the SE largely dry and unaffected

[ckyliu]

The wind has been blowing up from over the sahara towards the UK, down here on the costa del sol we hit 41c as a result. Pretty hot by normal standards on the south coast of spain where its usually around 30c in the summer.

My friend who lives down in Jerez says the haze and all the particles in the air have disappeared there now. Somebody was brave enough to open the storm window at 6000ft and put their hand out and said after less than a minute it was covered in sand. Can't be good for your windscreen, or paint!