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Im losing the will to live with this problem...has anyone found a pad that doesnt blacken their front wheels within 25 miles of `spririted driving`?

You could learn to enjoy wheel cleaning.

"I'm not being much help, am I Dad?"

Chocolate teapot Dicky

Go on, you know you want to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBKcr1lM3rQ

And after all these years I find I've been getting one of my favourite quotations wrong

And they miss the punchline, "Oh yes, it'll have sand in it."

Rich old pal you really need to get out more ...why not head down to Goodwood this sunday and i will buy you a bacon roll and a cuppa

Mmmm... Bacon roll.

There are certain female members of the family who consider the prospect of driving for an hour and half to spend time around cars and eating bacon rolls as being close to insanity.

What do they know?

Thanks very much for that, Al, I'll do my best although I've got a nasty feeling there's a family do on. This normally entails driving an hour and half to endure some dodgy relations or flogging round someone else's shops for hours on end. Insanity.

If it's okay, I'll let you know later.

Tell you what Mr Darstardly i will buy 2 bacon rolls at 8.30 and if your not there by 8.40 i will eat yours and call you immediately to let you know how nice it was

You threaten to eat a chap's bacon roll and you call me Dastardly!

Sorry just got in and noticed your reply Ricardo... i wonder where Als been? i hear you ask... ive been outside cleaning them blinkin wheels again Back on topic... anyone re the original question???

Stop braking?
T

Wheel cleaning made easy:

Autoglym's wheel cleaner spray* and a bucket of warm water with two capfuls of their conditioning car wash stuff. Do one wheel at a time; spray it, leave for a few seconds, agitate any stubborn areas with an old toothbrush**, then wash it off with the soapy water. Done. If you keep on top of it, all four will only take five minutes tops. Take the car round the block to dry the discs and you won't even have to use a chamy.

A former neighbour who ran a tyre bay swore by old fashioned hard car wax*** worked well into the surface of the wheels. The waxing is hard work, but only done annually. The wax stops the dirt from getting engrained and it comes straight off with soap and water. Again, if you keep up with it.

Unfortunately you have to choose between the two methods as the wheel cleaner sprays are pretty agressive and, I think I'm right in saying, will take the wax off.

* Other wheel cleaning sprays are available
** You have discovered the joy that is an old toothbrush when car cleaning, I suppose? Badges respond particularly well to a visit from a manually operated oral hygeine bristle device.
*** Was it Simoniz in the yellow tin? Anyway, the one in the yellow tin was the one he recommended.

[If you're wondering, years ago I spent a day at Aston Martin being schooled by their top valetter for an article I was doing for the owners club magazine. I've had nice clean cars ever since. Except the stupid Vectra, of course, which I deliberately neglect. How any car brought in to replace an RS2 expects to be treated well is beyond me.]

I wondered why they were so easy to clean (they've had one layer of wax already).
Thanks
T