Cleaning your X5 inside and out

[X5FX]

+1 on the wife and kids...my wifes car is a mess, the kids hate to ride with me because I dont allow food and drinks, but my X5 always looks great!

Originally Posted by MD11F

It's the bane of my wife and kids, but this alone keeps my car 90% cleaner than any of my friends cars..

I am psychotically anal about keeping it clean too... I use static dusting cloths to keep the dust off the dash, as well as compressed air bottles. I also use a damp (and well wrong out rag) wetted with high quality drinking water to wipe down the interior surfaces.. A bit of Lexol leather conditioner on the seats once in a while. Lastly, for the exterior, I go to those cheap $1.25 coin washes and use the high-pressure wax for cleaning, and the spot free rinse for final rinse.. I do the wheels, and wheel wells often, and I do the undersides of the car as well. ..and the car is like-new inside and out.

[LobsterX]

Originally Posted by X5FX

+1 on the wife and kids...my wifes car is a mess, the kids hate to ride with me because I dont allow food and drinks, but my X5 always looks great!

Where's the fun in that? I guess "to each his own..." Me and my wife always go on road trips and we always eat in the car/SAV. Of course I clean the interior after we get back home and thats not a biggie as long as we had fun. We'll be having our first baby in the next few weeks and Im pretty sure there will be alot of feeding and diaper-changing inside our vehicle after that! And Im looking forward to it!!!

[X5FX]

I guess you fart in the seats too huh?

Originally Posted by LobsterX

Where's the fun in that? I guess "to each his own..." Me and my wife always go on road trips and we always eat in the car/SAV. Of course I clean the interior after we get back home and thats not a biggie as long as we had fun. We'll be having our first baby in the next few weeks and Im pretty sure there will be alot of feeding and diaper-changing inside our vehicle after that! And Im looking forward to it!!!

[Quicksilver]

Have at it............

Originally Posted by LobsterX

diaper-changing inside the vehicle

[vinuneuro]

Originally Posted by 888

and forever gorgeous

[X5FX]

no problem Lobster, its just that when I want to spend time with my family eating, I do it at a dinner table or at a restaurant...my kids dont remember much about the good times spent staring at the back of my head.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by X5FX

no problem Lobster, its just that when I want to spend time with my family eating, I do it at a dinner table or at a restaurant...my kids dont remember much about the good times spent staring at the back of my head.

Try 12 hour/1200 km drives with two kids under the age of eight. You will remember the good times when they got snacks, it is a great distraction. This was pre-DVD era. Cheerios down the back seat was just not something worth losing sleep over. Spilled drinks wipe up. It is a car. After it is sold, there will be another one. Just my $0.02.

[LobsterX]

Originally Posted by X5FX

no problem Lobster, its just that when I want to spend time with my family eating, I do it at a dinner table or at a restaurant...my kids dont remember much about the good times spent staring at the back of my head.

Thats not what I posted my comment for. I was responding to your post when you said "the kids hate to ride with me because I dont allow food and drinks". I want my kids to enjoy riding with me. And if there's a restaurant they wanna eat at, we'll stop and eat there. But with 8-10 hour drives, I dont want to be stopping every 2-3 hours just for a snack.

And yes, i do fart on my seat once in a while...dont you?

[mtech8]

Has anyone installed this in their 2nd row?

http://accessories.bmwusa.com/ItemVi...&productId=832

It's the BMW Cotton Poly Seat Savers. Wouldn't that solve the problem of making a mess inside while allowing the "little ones" to enjoy themselves in the car?

[soda_stereo]

I might need to buy that for when my baby rides in the back, but i just cant get over for how hideous that looks. Then again jelly and soda stains on leather seats will be worse.