Jimrpa
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- Jim
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- 2021 Infinite Blue Premium Mustang Mach E ER AWD
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So, I took my car for it's first wash today. I braved the tunnel (hey, if it's good enough for Bentlys, right? ) After the guy got done doing all the stuff with the wheels, and all the interior stuff (which frankly was a waste of time, other than cleaning the finger-print magnet of a screen), they give me back my car. I walk around the front to get to the driver's door and I notice the hood is covered in water spots! I've never had water spots at this car wash before. They're a great car wash (they detail all the volvos, audis, mercedes, teslas (and boy do they have horror stories about teslas) and I think bmws from the local dealers for delivery). They really know what they're doing. The guy goes and grabs the owner. He comes out, takes one look and says "yeah, we've seen this before. This car has been sitting outside for a while, hasn't it?" So, I tell him about my car's long spring break in Mexico after being manufactured and before it's slow trek here. He assures me that it's not a problem - they can definitely take care of it. They have a process, but I'm going to have to leave the car with them for the better part of a day, and the sooner they get the car, the better. Apparently, the process involves some kind of very careful treatment with a special acid, then the normal routine of hand clay bar, and wax (I think there's a hand wash or two someplace in that process as well, since there's this acid process in there). And, of course, no more just using whatever wax gets sprayed on through the tunnel. From now on, hand waxing only, every third wash.
I'm wondering how many other cars have suffered water spots from being left outside for so long? This is really annoying - I probably could have been spared this had they put some kind of cheap plastic tarp over the car while it was sitting in the lot.
I'm wondering how many other cars have suffered water spots from being left outside for so long? This is really annoying - I probably could have been spared this had they put some kind of cheap plastic tarp over the car while it was sitting in the lot.
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