Car Wash goes terribly wrong

[Mustang5ohMan]

Anyone who use's those car washes needs their heads examined

Depends are you driving a 2012 Taurus that just needs a basic clean?

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[jwt]

Laughing at everyone who thinks you can wash your car using 2 pairs of gloves and warm water in -40

3 choices, don't drive your car, don't wash your car and leave the salt brine build up or touch-less, take your pick

 

[Tom14ct14]

Laughing at everyone who thinks you can wash your car using 2 pairs of gloves and warm water in -40

3 choices, don't drive your car, don't wash your car and leave the salt brine build up or touch-less, take your pick

I only see one option there, Don't Drive the care when salt is on the ground.

(Just to make sure, to each their own. But that is my rule)

 

[460Fred]

Laughing at everyone who thinks you can wash your car using 2 pairs of gloves and warm water in -40

3 choices, don't drive your car, don't wash your car and leave the salt brine build up or touch-less, take your pick

If you’ve never lived in a cold climate, you just don’t know.
I was pretty young (25) when I moved to Colorado from S Cal in ‘84. Let’s just say that first year was a real learning experience.

 

[lenFeb]

I washed my Audi S4 at the same car wash for 9 years, in the winter 3 times in the week. I do full detailing once a year. The car is like new. However, with GT350 I would not do this due to very poor quality of paint. I read somewhere that guys measure thickness of the paint and it shows as twice thinner than normal(weight savings )

 

[matthewr87]

I washed my Audi S4 at the same car wash for 9 years, in the winter 3 times in the week. I do full detailing once a year. The car is like new. However, with GT350 I would not do this due to very poor quality of paint. I read somewhere that guys measure thickness of the paint and it shows as twice thinner than normal.

Yeah the paint on these things is definitely of poor quality. I have a couple of areas of peeling paint on the bumper cover behind the front seam where the edge of the cover meets the wheel arch. It is not very noticeable since it is mostly on the interface between the bumper cover and the fender so I am going to live with it. It looks similar to the well-documented C7 bumper paint peeling issue. I saw a similar problem on the car I had for Track Attack.

 

[526 HRSE]

Funny, the slappy things aren’t mentioned as a reason not to take it through a commercial carwash in the Supplemental....


CLEANING THE EXTERIOR
Washing Your Vehicle
Do not drive your vehicle through an automated, commercial car wash due to the vehicle’s low ground clearance and tire width. Wash your vehicle by hand, or by using a touchless commercial wash with no mechanical tracks on the floor. Do not use a power washer or high pressure wand. See the Owner’s Manual for information on cleaning products and vehicle care.

All you have to do is check your ground clearance prior to entering. We have a chain of automatic car washes where i live. I have only found a single location so far that I couldn't get into - and it's an older building. The car wash is not touch-less but it's pretty light.

 

[milner_7]

Depends are you driving a 2012 Taurus that just needs a basic clean?

No if your driving a vehicle you want to keep in nice condition

 

[Labradog]

Laughing at everyone who thinks you can wash your car using 2 pairs of gloves and warm water in -40

3 choices, don't drive your car, don't wash your car and leave the salt brine build up or touch-less, take your pick

I choose #4: Don't live in a place that gets to -40

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