Sunset Orange doesn't show the dirt either. It just becomes a bit less bright. I've never washed my car in the two and a half years I've owned it. The dealer washes it when it gets a service but that won't happen next year because I'll be taking it to an independant.
United Utilities would applaud you. Just got an email from them asking us to economise. The wording's quite funny/ironic - in order to avoid a hosepipe ban we would be grateful if you didn't use hosepipes!
Heh. So far here in the South Midlands there seems no indication of restrictions. I've been discussing it on another forum and according to the official government publication in May most of our aquifers were exceptionally full, with only one at 'normal' and rising steadily (apparently geography means it lags behind the others). Same deal with reservoirs with only one being below normal but even that was described as 'of no concern'.
Most of our water comes from underground so it's good to know there's plenty down there but they obviously lag behind surface rainfall and as we haven't had any rainfall for two months now I imagine that come winter they won't be looking so rosy.
Mind you the problems in NI and some in Northern England appear to be down to filtration and pipe capacity rather than lack of actual water which is a different problem.
But the golf courses around here are looking sad. My own had irrigation problems earlier this week so even the greens were suffering but hopefully they've fixed that. The one I'm at tomorrow is on the top of a hill and has sandy soil so I'm expecting everywhere except the tees and greens to be brown. Last time it was like that I got my longest drive ever - 310 yards if I remember correctly. A third of it was probably roll