Well I say short, I'm 5--9.

How the hell do I clean the roof?

I have lived in lower houses than this thing. For such a small SUV, its heitht is something else.

My car cleaning obsessive friend (Audi Quattro and P38 RR) telos me he just ignores the roof.

Apart from a set of ladders, what do people do?

Ladders, it's the only way to do it properly.

Or....if you can't see it why clean it????

He has a HSE with a pano roof he will be able to see it, maybe not through it but will certainly see it

Stand on the rear tyre or use a platform type ladder, that's what I use

If your also struggling to close the boot Chicken George Enterprises (unofficial forum sponsor) has a product to help

Land Rover provide a black round thing on each corner. They also have a set of roof rails as an extra to hold onto whilst cleaning the roof.

I started off standing on the sills and reaching, until my feet started to hurt (I must be getting old ).

I now use an extending handle car brush for the roof and larger areas, with a sponge to gut into the awkward bits. My neighbour lent me his extending brush to start with, then I bought one for myself; it works absolute wonders!!

Here's an example of one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002U0AG7K/?tag...B002U0AG7K

I bought something similar from a local car accessories shop in Bodmin for around £20. 12 Months later, it's still going strong and the head is hardly worn.

Do you remember the good old milk crate. A rare commodity these days but well worth hunting down. MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

The wise ones on here use one of these. Light enough to be pushed along with a foot when washing

http://www.towsure.com/product/Single_Caravan_Step_Plastic

A caravan step or long poll will probably be the answer.

Polising s going to be a bit of a though.

With my other truck...it is lower and I can do most of the roof. Its Ok until you look down from the house and see it has a dirt mohican.

If only the aft sunroof opened...or I was taller.

Discoveries of old used to have a ladder on the back. Now that was a good idea.

Dan. 2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE
2001 MGF
2007 Mazda CX-7 2.3T Petrol (Still in the family)
2004 MG ZT-T 180 + V6 Monogram
2011 Mazda MX-5 1.8 Miyako (PX'd for the Landie)
Others of the past of note have included
MGTF 160, MGF, Ford Puma, Volvo V40 T4, Volvo 940 Wentworth, Rover R8, Volvo 360 GLT, Chrysler Horizon GLS.

other steps are available! try a non caravan one it will be stronger, safer and less likely to annoy other motorists At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

A leopard never changes its spots

Kosovan's manage to clean mine without me lifting a finger! Tis' magic I tell ya, magic!  Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

I find cleaning the roof a pain. And I'm 5ft 11! Now I just take it to the Eastern Europeans down the road!
It's worth £18.

Don't listen to the chicken farmer, he still has last years mud caked on his tractor lights, the rest is on the road which in turn gets transferred to our cars.