Keeping the car clean (hand wash or drive through)?
07-30-2006, 02:43 PM
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To those that live in areas with winters (snow), how do you keep your cars clean during the cold?
It seems a lot of you baby your cars and hand wash them with high quality soap and waxes.
But the question is: when the weather doesn't permit....what do you do ?
Resort to drive through car washes ?
Do you use high pressure or soft cloth car washes in the winter...or summer ? Unless you have a very large garage, I can't imagine anyone hand washing the car in the winter!
My dealership offers free car washes every Saturday all year round....the problem is, a lot of e60 owners claim that you should never let the dealer wash your car as they'll scratch it.
Are you guys that meticulous ?
It seems a lot of you baby your cars and hand wash them with high quality soap and waxes.
But the question is: when the weather doesn't permit....what do you do ?
Resort to drive through car washes ?
Do you use high pressure or soft cloth car washes in the winter...or summer ? Unless you have a very large garage, I can't imagine anyone hand washing the car in the winter!
My dealership offers free car washes every Saturday all year round....the problem is, a lot of e60 owners claim that you should never let the dealer wash your car as they'll scratch it.
Are you guys that meticulous ?
07-30-2006, 04:46 PM
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Fortunately, my hose spigot is inside my garage, so I can wash the car right in the driveway when it gets chilly. Tho, I won't wash when it's below 40F... too damn cold. Rather be inside by the fire with a cognac thinking about the warmer months and the next layer of Klasse I can apply come springtime.
07-30-2006, 05:26 PM
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I use a hoseless wash system called QEW (Quick and Easy Wash) by Protectal. Since I do not use a hose unless the car is exceptionally dirty I can wash in almost any temperature.
07-31-2006, 09:58 AM
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I jsut wash the car in the garage in the winter and get a bucket of hot water so I don't freeze my hands.. still cool in there but better then outside in blistering cold
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i always hand wash...NEVER use a car wash/drive-thru.
if its up to 40F then its not that bad. if its snowy or the roads are salted, then i dont think theres a point of washing your car...it will get dirty within a couple of miles anyways, so if its blistery cold, then just live with it....much better to have a dirty car for a couple of weeks than have permanent scratches.
oh, and i put on 2 coats of collinite wax at the beginning of winter and it lasts thru all of winter no problem.
if its up to 40F then its not that bad. if its snowy or the roads are salted, then i dont think theres a point of washing your car...it will get dirty within a couple of miles anyways, so if its blistery cold, then just live with it....much better to have a dirty car for a couple of weeks than have permanent scratches.
oh, and i put on 2 coats of collinite wax at the beginning of winter and it lasts thru all of winter no problem.
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