xrider01

do you wash your own, or do you take your car to get washed?

i wash my own. no need in spending alotta dough getting it washed, when i can do a better job myself for much cheaper

rollerbldes

I don't have water hookup.

NgoRX8

iTrader: (1)

I take my car home to spend an hour or two washing it. I don't trust others to wash my car. I'll even tell the dealer not to wash it.

xrider01

well....i just got done washing my car. if you head on over to this thread you'll see why i washed my car at 1:30 in the morning

1.3L

I wash my 8 myself. Compared to my Ford Exploder and truck, it is SO easy. I spend maybe 8 or 10 minutes for the wash and rinse and about the same to chamois if off, depending how warm the air is. Next, I open all of the doors and trunk so I can clean and dry the door seals and then vacuum the floor mats, etc.
Total time for a good washing and cleaning is easily less than 30 minutes.

1.3L

TownDrunk

I wash my own, not for the $ saving, but because I want it done right. My wife's car (and my truck) on the other hand... I take those somewhere to have them washed because I'm not as concerned with the outcome.

Murph

I wash it myself, because I want it done right. I use the Mr Clean Autodry carwash kit. The car comes out perfect, without a single waterspot. I highly reccommend it.

xrider01

soap i use is McGuiars (sp?) gold . works superbly . then some armor-all on my tires. black is a very nice color when clean. but it's the only color to stay clean for the least amount of time.

tekk's 8

I wash my Baby myself. Although, I kinda get annoyned with that stream of water that comes out of the two rear windows and the front of the mirrors. But other than that, I don't trust car washes because I have heard too many sad stories of people's cars getting damaged there.

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

My car will probably NEVER see the inside of a car wash.

Always washed at home and yeah Tekk, that dripping water DRIVES ME INSANE!

I usally dry it then race around the block to get the water out then dry off the water that just came out.

I guess I could use a can of compressed air for this but its just not as fun.

KYLiquid

i wash and clean the car once a week, and wax it about every month.

when I wash it I also vaccume it out and armorall everything inside, still looks like a brand new car.

captain mercury

i dropped off my 8 with the guys at the bottom of my parking structure at work for the first time. i was nervous about the outcome, but was pleasantly surprised with the results when they brought my keys back up that afternoon. with the exception of some waterspots, it looked sweet-***-sweet. i live in an apartment with really no room for self-washing...so i dont really have a choice. i would definitely self-wash if i had the choice though

XDEEDUBBX

i wash my car every sunday morning as well as wax. I have almost 85 coats of wax on it (i always strip the previous coat first)...my car only see's about 10 hours of sun a week (always garaged, driven only on weekends, if that)kudos meguaiars tech wax!!

KYLiquid

i always find meguaiars to grease'y, I use all mother products, its not the best stuff on the market, but I like It, I use their 3 step wax and then put a show polish on top.

MrJynx

i wash my car, since all the car wash places are always busy they get pissed when i take the bucket out and hand wash it So instead of leisurly washing it i have to do a mad dash with washing while keeping the timer on so ppl don't get pissed and say I'm not paying so i should be hand washing..

Also anyone have any suggestions for getting rid of the annoying dead bugs/tree sap on the front bumper? i've never been able to get rid of all the crap and don't really trust anything that hasn't been tried on the 8 before..


MrJynx

xrider01

that is the purpose of waxing your car

zzrice

has any one tried paint protection kit? Is Ming paint protection any good?

staticlag

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