Car wash

[stockguru]

Just curious if all dealers offer complimentary car washes on weekdays. The dealer I bought from does but is not the closest to my house.

Has anyone tried to pull into another dealership for a car wash? Does it matter if you didn't purchase your car there?

[iMPAKT]

Originally Posted by stockguru

Just curious if all dealers offer complimentary car washes on weekdays. The dealer I bought from does but is not the closest to my house.

Has anyone tried to pull into another dealership for a car wash? Does it matter if you didn't purchase your car there?

this gave me the chills just thinking about the swirls and crappy job delearships do on washing the car. Buy some product and wash it yourself.

[ard]

Originally Posted by iMPAKT

this gave me the chills just thinking about the swirls and crappy job delearships do on washing the car. Buy some product and wash it yourself.

Me too, although many folks just don't have the same criteria as us....

I wouldn't let the dealer wash or detail the car when new! Paint was near flawless- actually better than expected.

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[PasPar2]

I dont event expect them to wash it when I bring it in for service (they washed it twice out of 4 times there). Local car wash is $12 and is a 10 minutes round trip from the house including wash time. Dealer is 25 minute drive away each way.... just not worth it.

[alexmish]

There is no "free lunch"... they will just rush through it and do crappy job

[piaabro210]

Actually Fields BMW Orlando is not too shabby other than its 50 mi from where I live. I agree buy your own product and do it yourself! You'll have better results.

[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.

[FreddyG]

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.

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.

[GoVols!]

Originally Posted by FreddyG

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.

I agree, but when it's 20 below 0, I'm not washing a car no matter what products I have.

[998M]

Agreed. Washing car yourself is best. That being said. If I washed my cars myself, I would not have any time left over to make money to buy the cars.
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