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Haven't washed or waxed the car since mid-April. Drive 13 miles each way work and back daily, park in parking lot with hundreds of other cars near an airfield. Looks

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Old 08-16-2012, 06:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Haven't washed or waxed the car since mid-April. Drive 13 miles each way work and back daily, park in parking lot with hundreds of other cars near an airfield. Looks pretty good!

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When I ordered a CoverKing windshield sunshade, I received a free auto brush. Has some sort of wax impregnation. Just brush the car every 5 days or so, dirt comes off, and not much seems to stick to the slick surface left. Working fine so far.
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no way you must have snuck a wash in there real quick, since april thats like 4 months. !!


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no way you must have snuck a wash in there real quick, since april thats like 4 months. !!




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I haven't ever washed my car. I dust it every day and quick detail it when needed - i.e. bird crap, rain residue etc.
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^^ yep +1, same here!

edit: well, I've washed it before. But I dust and detail and haven't washed in 3 months now
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no way you must have snuck a wash in there real quick, since april thats like 4 months. !!



On deep thought, I think you might have been right. I washed it once around June 6th or so after a 1000 mile road trip. I had to get the bugs off! Sorry for misleading--it had slipped my mind!
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Haha so your statement about April is invalidated! Nice
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Haha so your statement about April is invalidated! Nice
True! But still haven't waxed. Rain beads. Dirt washes off in rain. Duster works fine.

And I didn't have to admit the mistake! I could have lied...
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^^ yep +1, same here!

edit: well, I've washed it before. But I dust and detail and haven't washed in 3 months now
I've washed my car twice in the past 2 weeks

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^^ Haha, you can thank Alf for my newly aquired dusting habit! Did he tell you his new SP3's arrived!?
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^^ Haha, you can thank Alf for my newly aquired dusting habit! Did he tell you his new SP3's arrived!?
lol, its ok my StopTech pads make me wash my wheels more than I have to.

I haven't talked to him in a few weeks but I thought he had to wait until later in the year for them to arrive.
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I've washed my car twice in the past 2 weeks

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Oh mine is clean. I clean my Z pretty much every day (sometimes twice a day). I just don't wash it.
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Oh mine is clean. I clean my Z pretty much every day (sometimes twice a day). I just don't wash it.
Clean maybe but swirl-free?
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