I've been really lucky in keeping 'Nilla's engine compartment looking pretty clean using the DIY pressure spray places with a low pressure spray, not high power. I won't recommend it because I don't want to be responsible for anyone else's engine.

Here's Vanilla's three year old engine compartment...

 

Very clean - I like it

 

Pretty sure hat it is cleaner than new..... ....Tomas is the best.

 

Clean-up for the Oregon folks:

Given: The drive to Seattle will only be about 40-50 minutes.

Given: The roll in to the SE5 site will be NOON.

If you folks arrive here at the M&G area around 9AM, that gives everyone TWO HOURS to clean up after the trip.

IF YOU FOLKS WANT, I can lead y'all over to a DIY pressure spray car wash, with four stalls and pay vacuums, and adequate space to to clean your cars here in Tacoma. (Only about two miles from the M&G location.)

There is a MacDonalds across the street if anyone needs sustanance.

That way you could get your cars cleaned up from the long drive, and then head into Seattle.

In Seattle you could roll in at noon, and spend the hour before the show starts doing any last minute touch-ups of the cars.

Let me know.

(If nothing else, we should leave at least one car at the M&G location to meet up with any stragglers, but that shouldn't be a problem, as we can leave a local car that doesn't need the clean-up.)

Anyway, let me know. If we don't do this, we will be trying to find some place in Seattle to do it, and there are no guarantees.

(I have a request in right now to verify the earliest we can get into the garage, but for now the only word we have is "noon.")

Tom

P.S. That actually much cleaner than when I got her from the dealer brand new...

 

^ There aren't ANY DIY car wash places anywhere near Safeco Field. None that I know of anyway. I live Downtown only a 5 minute drive from the stadium and I've always searched and have never found anything. There is an Elephant car wash a few blocks south of the stadium on 4th AVE S but it's not DIY.

http://www.elephantcarwash.com/safeco_field.htm

If you're looking for DIY the closest is a Brown Bear car wash self serve station in the Fremont neighborhood. It's only 15 minutes away from the stadium but if you're not familiar with the area it's VERY EASY to get lost. That's where I usually take Penny to shine her up.

Brown Bear Car Wash
3977 Leary Way NW
Seattle, WA 98107

 

LoL just read the last page of posts and it looks like Elephant car wash was already mentioned. Probably should've read that last page before posting

As it's already been mentioned. There are plenty of parking lots you can park to do any prep work but if you actually need to hose off the brown bear I mentioned is your best bet. The place I work is only about a mile south of Safeco Field but unfortunately there isn't any plumbing to the parking lot for a hose. LoL I could sneak everyone into the car wash where they wash all the UPS trucks but I kinda need to keep my job :D

 

If only you had that kind of power, that would be cool =)

 

Updated:
1. Jenn & T +2 2008 White XB (Meet up in Vancouver)
2. Tyler scion71tc White TC (7am Meet up n Couve)
3. Don dibbz Torched Penny XB (Meet up in Couve 7am)
4. John GreyFox Hot Lava XD (7am meet up in Couve)
5. Stephen dodaddy Flint Mica Tc (7am meet up in Couve)
6. Michael SW/CF wide tC (Meet up in Vancouver)
7. fokai 06 XB White (9am meet up in Tacoma)
8. David 1994 honda civic cracked white paint (9am Tacoma)
9. Janesa 07 NBM tC (9am Tacoma)
10. Mike & Jenn XB (Matthews_Lewis_Racing6226 )(9am Tacoma)
11. Chris HiroHito 07 white TC (9am meet up in Tacoma)
12.Brian and Cindy(9am Tacoma)+08 SCM tC
13.Rick Smith 06 tC RS2 (9am Tacoma)
14. Benilda *maybe* (9am Tacoma)
15. Tomas '05 PW xB (9am Tacoma)
16. Brad (importspeed) (9am tacoma)
17. Allie (Adorian) (9am Tacoma) ( 05 fm tC & 08 bsp tC)
18. Anthony and brother Ben (AnthonyC) (noon hoping to meet at Exposed Saturday) (07 Black Sand Pearl tC)
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anyone wanna donate a round trip ticket so i can come and bring the mom's pizza box? lol

you all have fun, save me a sticker or something from the show..

ps i was rooting for the moose in tampa for the best mascot award at the rays baseball game......

 

Have mom charge your tickets to the shop, write it off as a business trip, lol, j/k. Too bad you can't make it up.

 

^

that's a good idea!!!

 

Anthony- are you caravaning or just meeting everyone at Safeco?

 

IF YOUR YEAR, COLOR and MAKE are not showing on the list, please update so I can get that on the list with the cell #'s. So far I have cell numbers for Tomas, Rick, Tyler & GreyFox.

PLEASE PM ME YOUR CELL NUMBER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!! So I can get the list done...preferably NOT at the last minute That way we can be organized and all that.

1. Jenn & T +2 2008 White XB (Meet up in Vancouver)
2. Tyler scion71tc White TC (7am Meet up n Couve)
3. Don dibbz Torched Penny XB (Meet up in Couve 7am)
4. John GreyFox Hot Lava XD (7am meet up in Couve)
5. Stephen dodaddy Flint Mica Tc (7am meet up in Couve)
6. Michael SW/CF wide tC (Meet up in Vancouver)
7. fokai 06 XB White (9am meet up in Tacoma)
8. David 1994 honda civic cracked white paint (9am Tacoma)
9. Janesa 07 NBM tC (9am Tacoma)
10. Mike & Jenn XB (Matthews_Lewis_Racing6226 )(9am Tacoma)
11. Chris HiroHito 07 white TC (9am meet up in Tacoma)
12.Brian and Cindy(9am Tacoma)+08 SCM tC
13.Rick Smith 06 tC RS2 (9am Tacoma)
14. Benilda *maybe* (9am Tacoma)
15. Tomas '05 PW xB (9am Tacoma)
16. Brad (importspeed) (9am tacoma)
17. Allie (Adorian) (9am Tacoma) ( 05 fm tC & 08 bsp tC)
18. getrdun2215le(9am Tacoma)08 SCM
19. Dave n Martha (Meet Up in Vancouver) xB RS2
20. Doug & Yvette (9am Tacoma) xB 05 BSP
21. Carl & Terry Hancock (9am Tacoma) 08 BBC xB
22. Tyrone USC_TY (9am Tacoma) 06 Indigo Ink xA
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DIY pressure wash sounds like a plan to me!!

thanx tomas!

 

x2 Tomas, i'll be there if you lead!! and I'll drag chris (cravin74) over there too, oh man his car needs help!!!

 

OK, folks, let me give you an idea of how easy the trip to the DIY pressure wash place will be:

The Tacoma M&G location is on 72nd st.

If one heads WEST 2.6 miles, without turning, then turns right into the car wash, you made it. Can't get lost, even following me.

Here's a Google Map with directions...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...=UTF8&t=h&z=14

And I'll be quite happy to either send you that way and wait for stragglers, or to lead you to the wash, so long as we leave someone at the M&G location to meet anyone who's late.

The parking area behind the wash should be sufficient to do the clean-ups, if not there are others right nearby.

See y'all Saturday morning.

Tom

 

Heading west on 72nd it turns into 74th then into Custer Rd. without ever turning off the arterial - just stay in the same lane all the way.

Here's the car wash:

 

those are great directions, but...... i still don't even know how to get to the m&g spot

 

Map and instructions are near the bottom of page 13 of this topic...

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...asc&&start=259

Most simply, Drive north on I-5 to EXIT 129 - 72nd st.

At the end of the exit turn right on 72nd street and go about 300 feet. (Move over to the closest of the two left turn lanes while traveling that 300 feet.)

Turn left into the strip mall, right past the Starbucks there at the entrance.

In about 150-200 feet, turn right in front of the BBQ restaurant.

Drive to the far end of the parking lot and stop in front of Factory Direct Furniture.

If all else fails, pull over, stop, and call me. I'm sending you my cell number.

Tom

 

That's my car wash spot. hehehe