1. Watering the flower beds (35%)
2. Refilling the paddling/swimming pool (27%)
3. Washing the car (26%)
4. Watering the vegetable patch (21%)
5. Watering the lawn (17%)

• Despite £1,000 fine, 39% say they don't care who catches them and would break the ban at any time
• 23% admit breaking the ban in the middle of the night to avoid being caught!
• 21% of the South East have no idea that they live in a hosepipe ban region and 17% have made no changes to their car washing behaviour since the bans were introduced.

• An enterprising white-van man from Enfield has found a novel way to make his filthy van look good on eBay Motors without breaking the hosepipe ban
• Stewart King (32) has turned his White Ford Transit into a work of (grime) art with a tribute to his heroes 'Dirty' Christina Aguilera plus football stars Becks, Ronaldinho and Rooney out of dirt.
• The van, listed earlier today on ebaymotors.co.uk has already received 6 bids since he listed the van this morning.

• With Met Office predicting rising temperatures in coming years, ebaymotors.co.uk commissioned motoring designers MIRA, to design a drought busting solution for one of the biggest ban problems - residential car washing.
• The 'Car Wash 2020' could feature in driveways across the UK's neighbourhoods in the future, causing a major public rethink on water saving.
• The inflatable car wash unit uses just four litres of recyclable water compared to 135 litres used when washing a car by hosepipe.
• The design is inspired by a 'dishwasher effect' using a mixture of steam and water mist. Images of this future thinking concept are available.

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