It's a dirty beast

[Wibbaboo]

The rear windscreen on my S90 is filthy to the point of obstructing visibility. Only driven 800 miles and all motorway. Also Bright Sliver shows up every bug I've splattered.
Anyone else have a dirty beast ?

[GJB]

Originally Posted by Wibbaboo

The rear windscreen on my S90 is filthy to the point of obstructing visibility. Only driven 800 miles and all motorway. Also Bright Sliver shows up every bug I've splattered.
Anyone else have a dirty beast ?

My V90 is the same b problem.ut it has a rear wiper and washer so no major

[Quacker]

Originally Posted by Wibbaboo

The rear windscreen on my S90 is filthy to the point of obstructing visibility. Only driven 800 miles and all motorway. Also Bright Sliver shows up every bug I've splattered.
Anyone else have a dirty beast ?

The answer is to give it a wash. It’s that buggy time of year and it will last until early October.
I’ve never really understood why saloon cars don’t have rear wipers. All my cars get covered in dust during dry weather, so I make sure that every car has a rear wash/wiper and that the dashcams peep out or glass that is in the wiper’s swept area. Door mirrors and surround cameras are given extra washes with plenty of water as required.
It helps if your windows and external mirrors are coated with RainX.

[DeZemBer]

Mine is not so much of the rear windscreen but the brake dust on the wheels really made it look bad

[Quacker]

Originally Posted by DeZemBer

Mine is not so much of the rear windscreen but the brake dust on the wheels really made it look bad

The brake dust is a bit ridiculous. While they may choose the pad compound for maximum braking efficiency, obviously they wear far quicker than average, going by the dust deposited in just a short day after a thorough wash.
Apart from anything else, all that dirty brake dust must be mixed in the air we breath, which may be as bad or worse for us than diesel particulates.

I only comment on this because I have other vehicles that pollute the wheels far less and even to near zero. Near zero include the Land Cruiser, fitted with ceramic pads, the Ford Ranger which is also an automatic and a Fiat Panda.

Very clean wheels which have some dust deposit but very little from one month to the next include my Honda CRV and Nissan Qashqai. The Nissan is prone to rusting up its rear discs though, needing new discs every three years by the look of it, and more often than it should need pads.


Another area where the D5, or specifically my D5 is dirty is around the exhaust tips. It seems to throw as much soot out of the exhaust as many older cars without filters. It is filthy compared to the pristine cleanliness of the exhaust tip internals of the three other cars and trucks I have with filters. I suspect that exhaust gas leaks past the filter, around the sides, or something. It is not something I would consider 'normal' for a filtered diesel exhaust in 2018

While I'm at it, the wheel arch extensions are not wide enough at the points where they meet mudflaps, allowing all kinds of rural road dirt to fan up the sides of the doors. I've fitted 19" 235 width tyres and matching wheels which help a bit, because they are narrower, but it is still pretty bad. Luckily I don't have silver paint LOL.

[DeZemBer]

Originally Posted by Quacker

The brake dust is a bit ridiculous. While they may choose the pad compound for maximum braking efficiency, obviously they wear far quicker than average,.

Read in another thread saying that the cost of changing the pads are 400 quid both front and back! Ouchhh....

[Quacker]

Originally Posted by DeZemBer

Read in another thread saying that the cost of changing the pads are 400 quid both front and back! Ouchhh....

Im guessing that there are big savings to be made by using independent mechanics and buying pads from motor factors.

[weemark]

Originally Posted by DeZemBer

Read in another thread saying that the cost of changing the pads are 400 quid both front and back! Ouchhh....

At the last service needed new rear brake pads on my XC90 D5 Inscription Pro - cost inc pads and labour was £137 which I didn't think too bad - sure I could have saved a few quid by going to the local independent but that's more time and faff and I for the sake of maybe saving 30 or 40 quid it wasn't worth bothering with

[AndyJudge]

My car is minging after the 650Mile round trip at the weekend. Massively fly encrusted on the front & then the dark blue paint has a lovely mottled brown patina due to the dusty rain we had.

Will break out the snow foam & sort it either one night this week or the weekend.