putting a pcar thru a auto carwash...
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The local Porsche dealer has a free automated car wash if you bought your car there. I tend to use that sometimes in the winter when the hard top is on. Hand wash in the summer w/ the soft top.
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I believe they do hand wash, its WAY cheaper than buying a machine and dealing with the EPA about building one....
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Ok sure the PC and some Menz IP can get out just about any swirl but you only have so much clear coat to work with. Any more than once or twice a year (every year) is really excessive. Why keep it looking swirled up in between PC sessions? On the rare ocassion I have to use a coin-op I take a small bathroom bucket, some Meguiar's brushes and sponges from Target with me. Those coin-op brushes are laying on the floor with rocks and sediments.
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I keep a large waffle weave in the car and ask the hand car wash guys to use my towel to dry. That probably cuts the swirling in half right there. When it isn't 20 degrees I use Optimum No Rinse maybe once a month. I rarely do a bucket and hose wash, overkill.
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I don't think there is a car today that is NOT designed to run all day and night in the rain! Water drains out. Why worry about it?
I hand wash, always!
I hand wash, always!
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I have driven through car washes a couple times recently. One was touchless and the other one was "high touch"
I don't think I am gonna go with the high touch one again but the touchless seemed to go well.
The engine always seems to sizzle a bit and some u can see some water evaporating from the spoiler....but I guess the engine should be able to handle that.
-Manil
I don't think I am gonna go with the high touch one again but the touchless seemed to go well.
The engine always seems to sizzle a bit and some u can see some water evaporating from the spoiler....but I guess the engine should be able to handle that.
-Manil
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I have driven through car washes a couple times recently. One was touchless and the other one was "high touch"
I don't think I am gonna go with the high touch one again but the touchless seemed to go well.
The engine always seems to sizzle a bit and some u can see some water evaporating from the spoiler....but I guess the engine should be able to handle that.
-Manil
I don't think I am gonna go with the high touch one again but the touchless seemed to go well.
The engine always seems to sizzle a bit and some u can see some water evaporating from the spoiler....but I guess the engine should be able to handle that.
-Manil
even with K&N intake?
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Ok sure the PC and some Menz IP can get out just about any swirl but you only have so much clear coat to work with. Any more than once or twice a year (every year) is really excessive. Why keep it looking swirled up in between PC sessions? On the rare ocassion I have to use a coin-op I take a small bathroom bucket, some Meguiar's brushes and sponges from Target with me. Those coin-op brushes are laying on the floor with rocks and sediments.
As far as the coin-op brush, the place I go to has them hanging and before I use them, I spray them down w/ the high pressure wash cycle thoroughly to remove any heavy duty crap on them.
I keep a large waffle weave in the car and ask the hand car wash guys to use my towel to dry. That probably cuts the swirling in half right there. When it isn't 20 degrees I use Optimum No Rinse maybe once a month. I rarely do a bucket and hose wash, overkill.
- 2003 350z
- 1994 Sentra SE-R
- 1995 M3
- 2002 M3
- 2004 996 C4S
- 2005 Murano
The only cars that were bought new from us was the 350z and Murano. The rest, I bought used. I had to restore the paint on the SE-R and 1995 M3 and Meguiar's Scratch-X, Color-X, and clay bar did a very good job... the paint isn't concours condition where no swirls will show up under flourescent lighting, but they look very good under the sun and the naked eye. I had to do a little restoration on the 2002 M3 and the current owner tells me that he still gets complements on how clean it is.
///Michael