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Question Car Washes

For the Macan I run it through a car wash about twice a month ...NEVER the 911 !!
First I thoroughly clean the wheels...using a 30/1 mix of Dawn and 3 brushes ... takes about 30 minutes, car wash does not clean the inside of the wheel, then one of the Tire coatings
The car wash I use is Brushless" has strips of ?? comes out dry ($ 10 outside only) hardly pays to do it myself, as you drive in, there are 2 "extra" services over the "basic" wash, Graphene and ---something else--?
for an extra charge...IIRC these car washes have to recycle the water ??
So, my question is (Inquiring mind) isn't there Graphene already in the water???
Yeah i know First World Problem !!!
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Just be careful of the spinning wheel cleaner.
Had one couple months ago that kept going in the front bumper.
$2600 scratch and new bumper that their insurance paid for.
Hand ceramic wash from me now.
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Originally Posted by Terry Adams
Just be careful of the spinning wheel cleaner.
Had one couple months ago that kept going in the front bumper.
$2600 scratch and new bumper that their insurance paid for.
Hand ceramic wash from me now.
Ouch...
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This September my Macan Turbo will turn 5. Currently at 80,000 miles. Aside from the TCC leak at 30k she’s been flawless. At 75, I no longer abuse any of my recent runs of vehicles since everyone was my DD. I’m the only one that washes our cars. Not even my wife is allowed. I bring my vehicles into my garage at a 45 degree angle. Lots of room. No fear of water spots. No sunburn. A car wash? Nah. Btw, when I had my garage redone I had them use a waterproof 4x8 sheets run horizontally. This allows me to use a hose and not worry about overspray and melting sheet rock.


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Originally Posted by ///Bruce
This September my Macan Turbo will turn 5. Currently at 80,000 miles. Aside from the TCC leak at 30k she’s been flawless. At 75, I no longer abuse any of my recent runs of vehicles since everyone was my DD. I’m the only one that washes our cars. Not even my wife is allowed. I bring my vehicles into my garage at a 45 degree angle. Lots of room. No fear of water spots. No sunburn. A car wash? Nah. Btw, when I had my garage redone I had them use a waterproof 4x8 sheets run horizontally. This allows me to use a hose and not worry about overspray and melting sheet rock.
Washing in the garage is great! I switched to rinseless washing a few years back to better accommodate my early morning hours spent in the garage.

I use handheld pressurized foaming and non-foaming pump sprayers for the bath and most importantly, a portable, spotless water filtration unit to avoid any water spots.



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