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Originally Posted by Jeffblue just fill some buckets with hot water and wash in your driveway. Put on a winter hat and watch wife and kids slip and fall afterwards.

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Old 01-17-2012, 11:08 AM   #11 (permalink)
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just fill some buckets with hot water and wash in your driveway. Put on a winter hat and watch wife and kids slip and fall afterwards.

either kind of car wash is bad IMO. Touchless uses harsher chemicals to eat through dirt without having to actually rub it away, and conventional car washes are abrasive and swirl up your paint.

the harsh chemicals used to clean off your car in a touchless wash are probably worse for your paint than the road salt and dirt they are supposed to remove and cause more damage than actually just letting them sit there until you can hand wash it.
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for me, i dont just take it to any auto-wash. it's one of the better ones in my area that do a fairly good job cleaning the car and do under-carriage washing that dont damage the car other than some minor swirlage. in the winter it's more about preservation of the chassis and its components than its paint.

this is one of the main reasons why i dont drive my Z in the winter cause i can't wash salt off of it completely. yah, you can bucket wash at those silly booths but hey, you got salt again on the way home.
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