8 easy car wash tips everyone needs to know

Cleaning your car to perfection is a fine art, but you don't need to be a professional detailer to achieve that showroom shine. Here's some top tips which will help you improve your car wash routine with minimum effort and maximum results.

1. Start with a clean bucket

It may seem like common sense but if you store your car wash bucket in the garage or the garden shed chances are that it's going to have collected a layer of dust and dirt by the time you dig it out again. Give your bucket a good rinse before you get started and you won't have lost before you've started.

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8 classic cartoon cars we all wanted to drive as kids

I grew up on a healthy diet of Saturday morning cartoons. I spent hours curled up on the sofa in my Spiderman pjs munching on sugary cereal staring at the screen as I kicked butt with anthropomorphic sea life; solved crime with men in lycra wearing their underpants on the outside; and foiled the nefarious schemes of Old Man Jenkins the janitor right from the comfort of my improvised pillow fort.

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But for me the most memorable kids shows always had really cool set of wheels because really, the cars saved the day. They could do anything, be anything they needed to be with gadgets galore to get our heroes out of the worst scrapes the animators could throw at them. Forget Ferrari, I want a Hana-Barbera model! That's why I'm paying homage this week to 8 of the best classic cartoon cars...