GREAT write up and AMAZING pics...although it was hard for me to even imagine my 35d looking like that. While we might have Sky high DMV fees, expensive gas, fires, earthquakes...California keeps our cars nice and shiny most of the year. We are on week 2 now of electric blue skies, 70-75F, breezy...awesome CA winter weather!!

When you pull the car in the garage with all that ice and snow...do you have drains in the garage floor? What happens to all the melt off??

It's really hard to look at these pictures :-o I cannot even imagine this!!!!