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Originally Posted by GoVols!
The only time I do not wash the X myself is in the winter when it is well below freezing for several months at a time and my hose is frozen. My local dealer hand washes cars and does it inside their building. IMO, a crappy wash is better than no wash when the alternative is driving around for a month or two with the car covered in salt and chemicals. You guys living in the South have it made. I washed religiously at least once a week when I was back home in TN.
As a preemptive strike, I always walk over and tip the guys BEFORE they start washing mine.
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That's a good idea to tip them first, but my pre-emptive strike is to ask them not to wash it! It takes me less time to wash it, than it does to fix all of the stuff that they can do to the paint, but I do understand your thinking.
Our dealer just had a Free Service Clinic and the mechanics looked at me like I had three heads when I asked them not to wash it. It also cut an hour that I had to wait because I skipped the wash. That's a win/ win to me!
Optimum car wash products makes a product that is rinseless and it works as long as you follow the directions. I use that in the winter. It surprisingly works pretty well, that and we also have a Very Nice touchless car wash Very near our house that does a Great job for those times that I'm not feeling like washing it.