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Old 11-27-2009, 07:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
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For everyone who uses their 370 as a daily driver how will you keep your car washed and waxed in the winter?
I have ONE word for you: A garage and ONR !

(well, more than one word but you get the idea...)
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For everyone who uses their 370 as a daily driver how will you keep your car washed and waxed in the winter?
Except for people on the west coast, for everyone who uses their 370 as a daily driver how will you keep your car washed and waxed in the winter?
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I plan on doing the same thing I do during Summer. Weekly washes, and daily wipe downs with a detailer spray.
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I plan on doing the same thing I do during Summer. Weekly washes, and daily wipe downs with a detailer spray.
So I was thinking more about how the cold weather will affect how you keep your car clean. Are you going to be out with buckets and a hose when it drops into the 50's, 40's, 30's ? Or will you go to a coin-op spray wash or maybe an automatic wash? What about going waterless and doing the whole whole thing in the garage including waxing?
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So I was thinking more about how the cold weather will affect how you keep your car clean. Are you going to be out with buckets and a hose when it drops into the 50's, 40's, 30's ? Or will you go to a coin-op spray wash or maybe an automatic wash? What about going waterless and doing the whole whole thing in the garage including waxing?
I'll have a bucket of water in my driveway in the 40's if I have to, yep. I'll probably wait to wax again (just waxed 2 days ago) until March or so. Most of my cleaning will be in the garage with just a detailer spray though.

Mind you, I'm in Georgia. My winter days will still be sunny and in the 50's mid afternoon.
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So I was thinking more about how the cold weather will affect how you keep your car clean. Are you going to be out with buckets and a hose when it drops into the 50's, 40's, 30's ? Or will you go to a coin-op spray wash or maybe an automatic wash? What about going waterless and doing the whole whole thing in the garage including waxing?

As I said... ONR !

For wax, I use Ultima. Paintguard Plus+. I can tell you (as the label does), put it on in October and the water beads up till March. It's a bit expensive, though. Something like $70-$80 a bottle (a bottle is rated for about 50 waxes, though).
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In the winter (under 40) I wash my car in my closed garage with low water flow so not to splash all over the walls. I have plenty of florescent lighting to see and just squeegee the floor when done.
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In the winter time I usually frequent the power spray DIY wash places, just to get road salt off of the car periodically.

Most people do two major details a year... one in the Spring and one in the Fall. I did my fall detail, so the car is sealed with a few coats of Poorboy's EX. It will not be waxed at all between now and my next detail. I'll just periodically wash it to get rid of the grime.
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Except for people on the west coast, for everyone who uses their 370 as a daily driver how will you keep your car washed and waxed in the winter?
What about Arizona and most of Nevada?

The question should be: "For people in areas subject to inclement weather, ...?"

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