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Car washes and aerials..

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Wanted to take our car through the car wash but couldn't get the aerial off when it came to go through and didn't want to risk it snapping off.. can anyone give me any advice? It's a Rover 25....
Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
Que sera, sera. <3
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  • piggeh
    piggeh Posts: 1,723 Forumite
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    wash it yourself :) Great weather for it.
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  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,344 Forumite
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    I'd have a read of the signs on the carwash, I know one of our local ones at a BP garage explicitly states not to take a certain Rover model through it, could well be the 25

    wash by hand yourself or gto a hand car wash place, or a garage with the jetwash facilities may be your best bet
  • A hacksaw :D
    This country is called Great Britain. It would be called Amazing Britain if it wasn't for people like you pulling the average down
  • Heva2015
    Heva2015 Posts: 233 Forumite
    When I had a rover 25 I was told not to take it through car washes.
  • chrisw2k
    chrisw2k Posts: 64 Forumite
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    Interested to know why you were advised not to take your car through a car wash Heva.. ? Just had a look at the ariel on my Rover 25 and it unscrews fine...
  • Heva2015
    Heva2015 Posts: 233 Forumite
    Because of the spoiler type thing on the top of the back window. They said that sometimes the brushes can flip it off. you know the black thing that is more of an extension of the roof.
  • SemperFi
    SemperFi Posts: 2,743 Forumite
    We lost the clio aerial last weekend. My Pops tried to do a good turn taking it through the car wash. Sigh
  • saintjanet
    saintjanet Posts: 723 Forumite
    SemperFi wrote: »
    We lost the clio aerial last weekend. My Pops tried to do a good turn taking it through the car wash. Sigh
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  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    Thanks everyone.. hubby managed to get it off with a pair of pliers and a bit of force. :)
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • immoral_angeluk
    immoral_angeluk Posts: 24,506 Forumite
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    Heva2015 wrote: »
    Because of the spoiler type thing on the top of the back window. They said that sometimes the brushes can flip it off. you know the black thing that is more of an extension of the roof.

    Seriously? Took ours through yesterday and it was fine? Surely the sensors would make the machine realise it was there??
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
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