I recently bought a 2017 Panamera Turbo. Love it. Where I live, all the car washes (except self serve) require one to drive on to a belt that pulls the car through the car wash. (There is one, Kaddy, which seems to have a more benign system.) I have never been crazy about those types of car washes. But how aggressive is it to use them with a Panamera with rear steering?

 

I would be far less concerned about the carwaah drive mechanism than I woukd be about the damage that most carwashes will do to your paint.

 

Please don’t send it through there. Have it hand washed only. Really the car is so small its easily done in a hour, my daily is a Raptor which requires at least 3 for a ****ty job.

 

Oh, my. I use a leaf blower to dry mine to limit the amount of touching. This question makes me shiver.

 

The occasional usage of a car wash isn’t going to destroy your paint. Some folks are just overly protective. That said, I drive mine everyday and in the winter use a touch less car wash to rinse the grime off. Then dry by hand. If you do use an automatic car wash with scrubbers, double check the height of the track before pulling in. Don’t want to scuff the wheels.

Best to just wash it by hand if you can. Ceramic coating it helps keep it clean. If you PPF the whole car, go nuts.

To be clear mine is a ‘14 with serious miles and had paint imperfections when I bought it. So my take my opinion with a grain of salt.

 

Both things can be true:
1. Touch-type car washes will give you paint swirls
2. Not washing your car for extended periods because you are scared of paint swirls can lead to much worse problems - corrosion, paint etching, clogged drain tubes, etc.

Of course hand wash is best, but that's not always feasible. The occasional touch-type car wash can be a necessary evil in certain locations, especially when road salt is involved.

New advancements in ceramic coatings can help significantly with prevention of swirls if you are able to invest in that.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I am not willing to put it on one of those conveyer belts, and I am not set up to wash a car at home (though I could be), so I have been taking it to a self-wash place. I just use the sprayers, not the brush. The one nearest me has seen better days, so I am looking for an upgrade.

 

Don't take it to a high school fundraiser parking lot wash special either.......

 

I'm lucky to have a touchless car wash nearby. My panny was dented by regular felt slapper car wash

 

Touchless is still bad, they're using the same glove over and over again.

 

I trust you have an intake filter on your blower. The idea of taking a leaf blower without an intake filter, to my car makes me shiver.

 

Can you recomend a good blower with an intake filter?

 

Sorry. I'm a microfiber towel guy.

 

lol why?!

the air your blowing is not filtered. You guys are off your rocker

 

what? This is ridiculous! I put an air filter in a pole in front of my car to filter the air when I drive to keep only clean air hitting my car. I can’t see around it but you gotta do what you gotta do to keep the paint virgin!