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5thGenCamaroChick · 07-17-2009, 11:00 AM

Be careful with the touchless washes, too. I've seen screwed up water jets that had super pressure build up really screw up some paint. Not to mention if you have vinyl stripes they'll peel em right off (actually, it's so concentrated it could probably peel the skin off your hand). Evidently debris will occasionally get into the lines and clog up the sprayer opening, resulting in extreme pressure. Also, you never know if the establishment is using quality soap or crap. Last but not least, it's hard for those jets to rinse everywhere, such as the space around the mirrors, trunk seam, etc. I'll use them on my other car but not my camaro. I hate hand washing but I think I'll be better off for it in the long run.

oldbowtie · 07-17-2009, 12:01 PM

My wife and I toured southern New England in June (back again in August) to attend a wedding. The maintance manager at the Best Western in Mystic, CT let me use a hose to wash my Camaro. (I always bring my stuff) So, the car was nice and clean for the wedding Saturday morning. Needless to say it was a big hit with all the groomsman...

heidi · 07-24-2009, 02:58 PM

Touchless is worse. Harsh chemicals clean the car. A touchless wash will keep a clean car clean, but not clean a dirty car. Many car washes do not use enough soap. That is the lubrication for the brushes so they don't leave marks. Some car washes use fresh water to rinse others use the reclaim for areas in water restricted areas. Never chance it, wash it yourself. I have seen a pickup go through a wash and then a nice Lincoln. The truck lost a chain in the brushes and the Lincoln took the beating when it went through. If you cherish it, wash it yourself.

Stingr69 · 08-06-2009, 05:40 PM

I hand wash most of the time BUT when you have some where to go RIGHT NOW and the car has bird turds and lots of dirt all over it, you need a wash, and you need it NOW. Mechanical car wash - HERE I COME.

-Mark.

rickerda · 08-06-2009, 05:54 PM

I kept expecting something BAD to happen. like the side mirror getting knocked off or a folding chair getting caught between the car and the MACHINE and just beating the hill out of the car

viper1cobra · 08-06-2009, 07:55 PM

I only hand wash and my own car. No one touches it but me. I agree that I NOT drive mine into a Car Wash.

nasty2ss · 08-06-2009, 08:15 PM

My car is 9 weeks old and never been washed no water has ever touched my car.

Andro · 08-06-2009, 08:44 PM

Ummm hell no!

Eddy9 · 08-06-2009, 08:48 PM

My Baby will never see the inside of a drive-thru car wash!! NEVER!!

logan1080 · 08-07-2009, 11:28 AM

Only car wash I go to is where I park in a bay and wash it myself with their pressure washer.

cliffy · 08-07-2009, 11:37 AM

Most of these cars went thru the dealer's car wash before you guys took delivery

EarliestMemory · 08-07-2009, 12:02 PM

Just curious - for those who live in places with cold winters AND who will drive your Camaro year-round - how do you plan to wash it in the winter? I always thought a good, soft-touch car wash was better than road salt - wrong?

Rickscamero · 08-07-2009, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarliestMemory

Just curious - for those who live in places with cold winters AND who will drive your Camaro year-round - how do you plan to wash it in the winter? I always thought a good, soft-touch car wash was better than road salt - wrong?

I live in Toronto, Canada..

I can't do the soft touch car wash, even in the winter... the part where you have to line ur wheels up to the track - freaks me out!

If I did do it - touchless - with no tracks...

Scarlett'sOtherRide · 08-07-2009, 02:30 PM

mine will be hand washed only. My Santa Fe is scratched to hell. But that is a combination of the crappy car washes here, the cats.. OMG the CATS! and my barn owners freaking pack of dogs. Car will NOT ever be taken to the barn. The husband thinks I am nuts, but I am getting a car cover and my baby will be covered every time she sits still for longer than a minute when home. Oh and I am wintering the car properly, at a storage place.
Not taking a chance of having someone slide into her because they cant drive.

08-06-2009, 08:44 PM	#64
Andro NOICE!!! ™ Drives: Force Fed 427 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GOT BOOST? Posts: 5,214 View My Garage	Ummm hell no! __________________

08-07-2009, 12:02 PM	#68
EarliestMemory RED HT RS Drives: 10 VR 2LT/RS Camaro, 06 Harley Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 577 View My Garage	Just curious - for those who live in places with cold winters AND who will drive your Camaro year-round - how do you plan to wash it in the winter? I always thought a good, soft-touch car wash was better than road salt - wrong? __________________

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07-17-2009, 11:00 AM	#57
5thGenCamaroChick Hey y'all :) Drives: Rosalee Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast TN Posts: 437	Be careful with the touchless washes, too. I've seen screwed up water jets that had super pressure build up really screw up some paint. Not to mention if you have vinyl stripes they'll peel em right off (actually, it's so concentrated it could probably peel the skin off your hand). Evidently debris will occasionally get into the lines and clog up the sprayer opening, resulting in extreme pressure. Also, you never know if the establishment is using quality soap or crap. Last but not least, it's hard for those jets to rinse everywhere, such as the space around the mirrors, trunk seam, etc. I'll use them on my other car but not my camaro. I hate hand washing but I think I'll be better off for it in the long run.

07-17-2009, 12:01 PM	#58
oldbowtie Drives: 2010 RJT 2SS/RS, 2013 Regal GS Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dublin, OH Posts: 293	My wife and I toured southern New England in June (back again in August) to attend a wedding. The maintance manager at the Best Western in Mystic, CT let me use a hose to wash my Camaro. (I always bring my stuff) So, the car was nice and clean for the wedding Saturday morning. Needless to say it was a big hit with all the groomsman...

07-24-2009, 02:58 PM	#59
heidi Drives: Black SS, Black Expedition Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 29	Touchless is worse. Harsh chemicals clean the car. A touchless wash will keep a clean car clean, but not clean a dirty car. Many car washes do not use enough soap. That is the lubrication for the brushes so they don't leave marks. Some car washes use fresh water to rinse others use the reclaim for areas in water restricted areas. Never chance it, wash it yourself. I have seen a pickup go through a wash and then a nice Lincoln. The truck lost a chain in the brushes and the Lincoln took the beating when it went through. If you cherish it, wash it yourself.

08-06-2009, 05:40 PM	#60
Stingr69 '69 Owned Since '79 Drives: '69 Z/28 LeMans Blue w/White Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: LR AR Posts: 1,847 View My Garage	I hand wash most of the time BUT when you have some where to go RIGHT NOW and the car has bird turds and lots of dirt all over it, you need a wash, and you need it NOW. Mechanical car wash - HERE I COME. -Mark.

08-06-2009, 05:54 PM	#61
rickerda Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT RS Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chester VA Posts: 513 View My Garage	I kept expecting something BAD to happen. like the side mirror getting knocked off or a folding chair getting caught between the car and the MACHINE and just beating the hill out of the car

08-06-2009, 07:55 PM	#62
viper1cobra Member Club Elite #131 Drives: 2017 50th Anniversary H50 2SS Join Date: May 2009 Location: Far West TEXAS Posts: 1,729 View My Garage	I only hand wash and my own car. No one touches it but me. I agree that I NOT drive mine into a Car Wash.

08-06-2009, 08:15 PM	#63
nasty2ss Drives: 2010 camaro 2ss IOM Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: rochester ny Posts: 767	My car is 9 weeks old and never been washed no water has ever touched my car.

08-06-2009, 08:48 PM	#65
Eddy9 Drives: 2010 Camaro Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 136	My Baby will never see the inside of a drive-thru car wash!! NEVER!!

08-07-2009, 11:28 AM	#66
logan1080 Drives: 2003 Crew Cab Duramax Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: canada Posts: 693 View My Garage	Only car wash I go to is where I park in a bay and wash it myself with their pressure washer.

08-07-2009, 11:37 AM	#67
cliffy Chevy Power Forever Drives: 1969 Dusk Blue Z/28, 2015 Red Z/28 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Flagstaff AZ Posts: 317	Most of these cars went thru the dealer's car wash before you guys took delivery

08-07-2009, 02:30 PM	#70
Scarlett'sOtherRide Drives: RJT Like the 67 and 69 before her. Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: North Central MA Posts: 72	mine will be hand washed only. My Santa Fe is scratched to hell. But that is a combination of the crappy car washes here, the cats.. OMG the CATS! and my barn owners freaking pack of dogs. Car will NOT ever be taken to the barn. The husband thinks I am nuts, but I am getting a car cover and my baby will be covered every time she sits still for longer than a minute when home. Oh and I am wintering the car properly, at a storage place. Not taking a chance of having someone slide into her because they cant drive.