Car washing is a waste
05-16-2011, 07:14 PM
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Saturday was a perfect day to wash my car, cool and cloudy. I was excited having just gotten tints and my car was filthy and had penises drawn in the pollen thanks to my friends. So i went out and bought $20 worth of new cleaning supplies to try and ensure my car would look good and for a while hopefully. I was very pleased after about 45min of work and it looked good the next day too. however today, i came out to my car after practice and there was a HUGE bird shit/diarrhea on the drivers side past the passenger door 
. I felt devastated, I couldn't help but loudly voice my disgust in the parking lot, yet i feel like this has happened every time i wash my car, which got me thinking... Are birds attracted to clean cars or nice cars?? Do any of you have this problem? How long can you typically go after a wash before getting dumped on?
Im pissed. I feel like my efforts were wasted, like i couldve just hosed off my car and been in the same situation but 20 dollars richer. I know it could be a lot worse but FML, this one was the size of the fuel door flap!
. I felt devastated, I couldn't help but loudly voice my disgust in the parking lot, yet i feel like this has happened every time i wash my car, which got me thinking... Are birds attracted to clean cars or nice cars?? Do any of you have this problem? How long can you typically go after a wash before getting dumped on? Im pissed. I feel like my efforts were wasted, like i couldve just hosed off my car and been in the same situation but 20 dollars richer. I know it could be a lot worse but FML, this one was the size of the fuel door flap!
05-17-2011, 12:13 AM
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Saturday was a perfect day to wash my car, cool and cloudy. I was excited having just gotten tints and my car was filthy and had penises drawn in the pollen thanks to my friends. So i went out and bought $20 worth of new cleaning supplies to try and ensure my car would look good and for a while hopefully. I was very pleased after about 45min of work and it looked good the next day too. however today, i came out to my car after practice and there was a HUGE bird shit/diarrhea on the drivers side past the passenger door . I felt devastated, I couldn't help but loudly voice my disgust in the parking lot, yet i feel like this has happened every time i wash my car, which got me thinking... Are birds attracted to clean cars or nice cars?? Do any of you have this problem? How long can you typically go after a wash before getting dumped on?
Im pissed. I feel like my efforts were wasted, like i couldve just hosed off my car and been in the same situation but 20 dollars richer. I know it could be a lot worse but FML, this one was the size of the fuel door flap!
. I felt devastated, I couldn't help but loudly voice my disgust in the parking lot, yet i feel like this has happened every time i wash my car, which got me thinking... Are birds attracted to clean cars or nice cars?? Do any of you have this problem? How long can you typically go after a wash before getting dumped on? Im pissed. I feel like my efforts were wasted, like i couldve just hosed off my car and been in the same situation but 20 dollars richer. I know it could be a lot worse but FML, this one was the size of the fuel door flap!
05-17-2011, 02:46 AM
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Wash the bird crap off before it etches your paintwork. 
05-17-2011, 03:01 AM
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Penises? Really? How old are they?
I think for most people, the level of car washing is inversely proprotional to how long you've had the car.
When I first got my current 535, I babied it, hand washed it only, only used a microfiber towel once and then washed it. That lasted for about a year and a half. Then I started going to the LaserWash. That lasted for about a year. Now I go to the new carwash in town that has spinning brushes and waving strips of cloth, so I can get the car really clean, albeit with swirl marks probably. I also get the car professionally detailed twice a year. Once in the spring, and once in the fall. Sometimes I skip the fall.
IMO, you are going to get swirl marks in the paint somehow, no matter how careful you are.
Maybe it's having an 18 month old, too. You're priorities change, and life's too short to be waxing my car right now.
When I'm an empty nester, or retired, maybe that will change back again.
I think for most people, the level of car washing is inversely proprotional to how long you've had the car.
When I first got my current 535, I babied it, hand washed it only, only used a microfiber towel once and then washed it. That lasted for about a year and a half. Then I started going to the LaserWash. That lasted for about a year. Now I go to the new carwash in town that has spinning brushes and waving strips of cloth, so I can get the car really clean, albeit with swirl marks probably. I also get the car professionally detailed twice a year. Once in the spring, and once in the fall. Sometimes I skip the fall.
IMO, you are going to get swirl marks in the paint somehow, no matter how careful you are.
Maybe it's having an 18 month old, too. You're priorities change, and life's too short to be waxing my car right now.
When I'm an empty nester, or retired, maybe that will change back again.
05-17-2011, 07:56 AM
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05-17-2011, 08:25 AM
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I keep a bottle of waterless car wash spray bottle and microfiber towel for those situations where washing is not possible. And yes get it off ASAP if possible for els etching will occur. Use California duster every other day to keep the car shiny and dust free, but use the duster when car is cooled down and not in the direct sun.
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