ATT

I took my car couple of times for automatic wash, once with touchless and the other one on regular auto wash, both time, the engine cut off in the middle of the wash; is anyonre has the same experience?

bushburninc63

that is blasphemous running your c63 through a car wash. :O

riccardotumewu1

Really? i went twice to an automated car wash the standard one with like the mop looking things and it was fine... I turned of my A/C and lights, try that it could help.

ATT

I should get away form the auto wash; it is bad for me living in a snow region.

yooker

Swirlomatic

danielemccabe

wow, not to be a snob, but you really should not hit the auto wash with the brushes, especially i fyou have a dark colored car. it will swirl up your car really badly. the brushless isn't much better, because it blasts most of the dirt off, but then the guys who dry your car swirl around the rest of the dirt and scratch your paint. i'm a little nuts with car care, but then again, that's why my 03 C32 is always mistaken as brand new.

wusty

So your saying don't run it through an automatic car wash cause it swirls and don't do it touchless cause when you dry it, it swirls. So.......the other options in cleaning a car would be?

yooker

Optimum no rinse

wawy

Please take the time to hand wash and dry your car. Check out the mbworld detailing forum.....

superlubricity

. . . or pay someone to do it for you.

KCviper

I always hand wash/dry my cars. Takes a little more time, but don't trust anyone else....

superlubricity

I used to also but I happen to have one of the top local detailers in the same building I work in.

There is nothing quite like having your car spotless/swirl-free and ready before you head home. It has become an every-other-Friday ritual for me.

I will happily pay for that luxury during the wet winters.

GBlansten

I have hired a team of elves from the Middle Kingdom. They use the backs of live baby seals to spread the tears of the Mongolian Yak around on my car. No swirls yet.

On a side note do not believe the internet hype about using the tears of Yaks from Nepal or Tibet. They may be cheaper but your paint will suffer.

avengerboater

What?? Really?

For the rest of us regular folks, like me, who don't work in the same building as a top-notch detailer, we wash the car ourselves with our own hands.

superlubricity

I will in the Spring/Summer.

NickZag

There is a moisture sensor in the air box somewhere. Thats what the dealer told me anyway. I could see it activating if the pressure washer was pushing too much water in the airbox. He warned me that could happen in a car wash.

C63 Guy

Forget the tears of Yaks, that's like soooo three hours ago. I prefer to use the blood of the innocents. Gives a deep, devilish shine that no amount penance can undo.

I mean really, what's a virgin sacrifice now and again? There's plenty of them to be found here on the intarwebs.

Josh

Merc63

Yep, there is some small kind of, ram air intakes in the front grill. Sounds about right.

I go through the automatic spray touchless all the time with no problems though.

sjhugh

Automated car washes, touchless or anywhere someone is paid minium wage to wash your car is out. Even some so called detailers are a big risk.

Search the web and find all the dos and don’ts of car washing and the products required, such as the two bucket method, waffle weave dryers, plush micro fibre cloths and so on. Do it yourself and be sure it’s done right. The difference in how the car will continue to shine is remarkable.

By the way, Josh’s comment on virgin sacrifice is a bit over the top. Really, where can you find a virgin as set out in recommended practice these days? None of the boys on the forum count, their constant wanking puts an end to that.

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danielemccabe

i'm with you on washing on your own. in the winter, you just need to take your bucket and supplies with you to the high pressure sprayer (just be careful not to blast your car too close). the water in those is heated.

i love all the elv virgin talk, funny stuff.

AMGC60-3

Plus one.

AMGC60-3

, now thats funny..............

Quadcammer

please, most people that handwash their cars swirl them as well.

Swirls happen, its not a big deal to run it through the carwash.

Just get a decent detailer to go over it once every 6 months or once a year, and you'll be fine.

This is not some rare classic car. It will be fine with a few swirls that can be quickly removed by a competent detailer.

wankeldude

it's not tough to handwash and not get swirls. Taking swirls out every 6 months or year takes paint with it, whittling it away every time.

Quadcammer

Even a good handwashing induces swirls. Even with two buckets, grit guards, etc. It happens.

Yes, swirl removal takes minute amounts of clearcoat off. Then again, a decent detailer doesn't take off more than necessary, and it would be probably 15 years before you got even close to going through the clearcoat