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How often do you guys wash your beast?

Old 08-21-2011, 05:02 PM
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How often do you guys wash your beast?

Once a week? Once a month?

Do you do it yourself or take it somewhere?
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Wash my beast every morning--------------was the car once a week
Old 08-21-2011, 05:13 PM
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I don't even let the dealer wash it. I found the hard way that even the people that suppoose to be professionals in car washing are slacking.

I take my time and wash the car and dry it with high quality materials. I really sweat and work hard to wash the cars but the results are far better than any person washing your car.

Keep in mind that the mentality of most car wash is to finish your car quick to have the next car done and there is a lot of compromises.

With this being said I typically wash the car like once a week although it dosn't get that dirty because it stays in the garage for many hours.
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Depends. But 2-3 times a week all summer. (I have one of those monthly unlimited car wash plans). 1 full detail in the fall.
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AMG's get 1/week
ML get's 1/month
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Old 08-21-2011, 05:59 PM
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Maybe once every 2 or 3 months, when it's really dirty. I mention it only because I already know I'm going to be an outlier.
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daily driver (Range Rover sport) gets washed once every 2 weeks.

Sports cars are always clean, usually washed after every ride
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My cars typically get washed every 4 to 5 days, depending on the weather. If its just dusty, I will just spray thew car down and wipe it off.
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When it gets dirty. Approx once a week
Old 08-21-2011, 07:13 PM
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wash 1-2 time a week. I either wash it or go to my buddies Hand Car wash. Gets waxed every 3 months and fully detailed twice a year..
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Mercedes Finish - We have a 2007 ML500 which has been parked outside in Texas Sun since new... it get's washed 1/month and never waxed since new.... I gave it the 1st wax job 2 wks ago.... and I was amazed at the very low amt of build-up on the paint..... no clay bar... just a one-step wax job and good as new. These MB's must have a very high quality finish.
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I wash it only when it's very dirty... so I would say once a month since it's my week-end car. Between washes, I use my California duster... amazing product which saved me so much time.
Old 08-22-2011, 12:06 AM
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Once or twice a week...

I always hand wash it and invested in a high quality water deionizer system a while back so after washing I rinse it with the DI water, pull it in the garage and let it air dry. No spots and it saves me a ton of time previously spent drying the car and getting water out of the mirrors and other places it likes to hide.

The car gets a full detail every 3 months.
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I **** on the rear bumper once every so often to get the soot off...that and a few spritz of gasoline from the pump. Once in a while I may give her a quick run down with the gastation squeegie...
Old 08-22-2011, 12:33 AM
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At least once a week, some times once every 3 weeks when its covered.
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I try for once a week (usually do), but never go more than 2 weeks without getting one. It's mostly for the brake dust that I'm too lazy to clean myself, haha. It's usually relatively clean on the outside and inside.

Wax whenever the seasons change, and full detail once a year.

I take it somewhere, I used to do it myself but I'm lazy.. There are good car washes out there, keep looking til you find one!

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Whenever she wants me to.



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I misread this post as "how often do you guys wash your breast"... oops
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Originally Posted by Roswell
I wash it only when it's very dirty... so I would say once a month since it's my week-end car. Between washes, I use my California duster... amazing product which saved me so much time.
I did a Google search and found their website (http://calcarduster.com/default.asp), but they have a million products. Which specific product do you use/recommend?
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I use this one:

http://calcarduster.com/originalDuster.asp

It wipes the dust on the rear bumper with one strike... awesome product & will save you tons of washes. Be sure to put the duster in the newspaper before first use to remove the excess oil.
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i wipe mine down after every drive. full wash just depends how dirty it got. but it typically gets a full wash every other drive or so.
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2-3x a week, with quick dusting/spray detailer in between. I have OCD especially when it comes to my car. I like it to look showroom perfect at all times.
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I feel you Walter... I like my car to be dust free... that's why I didnt go black car like yours... hahaha!

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