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Do not use automatic car wash!
- Thread starter Mike Tuccelli
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green1
Active Member
Well there's a can of worms...
There are lots of people who insist that Tesla's paint is softer than any other auto-maker's paint, they claim that California's strict environmental rules wouldn't allow Tesla to use decent paint.
There are a whole bunch of other people who say there's no proof of this whatsoever and the paint is just as good as on any other car.
You do NOT want to stand between these two groups of people...
SW2Fiddler
We Are Cognitive Dissidents
Oh my that's for sure. Religious War breaks out over this.
I'm an automatic wash infidel, I got White because I knew I lack the discipline that the gorgeous Black or Deep Blue deserve, got Pearl Multi-Coat to class it up, and CQuartz Finest to improve the odds for my poor abused car. [emoji2]
Blue Wave is delighted to see us roll up and $6 makes her look FANTASTIC again.
Oh and I park Pearlie May in my driveway ... under a pine tree. I will submit to my flogging now.
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Infidel here too, and my basic black P85 visits Utopia Car wash in Fremont about 1/week. Monthly like $35 unlimited access. Frequently get upgrade class service for free. No issues with my paint and the workers drying and tidying up after the wash do a great job.
Basic black paint and no issues for me with automatic wash. Vive la infidel!
Basic black paint and no issues for me with automatic wash. Vive la infidel!
CHG-ON
Still in love after all these miles
There is NO WAY that my girl is ever going through one of those, much less be washed by anything else than these two loving hands!
SW2Fiddler
We Are Cognitive Dissidents
"Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches
Had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches
Had none upon thars."
Had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches
Had none upon thars."
mknox
Well-Known Member
Well, I bought my car to drive, not put on a pedestal. I have racked up 65,000 miles in under 3 years and drive in every Canadian road and weather condition imaginable. And while I enjoy spending a summer Saturday hand washing my cars, they go through automatic washes as soon as the garden hose gets put away. Do I have swirls in the paint? Probably if you look close enough, and maybe I'll spring for a good clay bar and detail job when the weather turns nice again, but I hardly think it looks like "crap" and certainly looks better than this:
Gizmotoy
Active Member
To my knowledge, my car's been washed by hand exactly once: when I had it detailed after delivery. 2 years later, still shiny. Far fewer swirls than my neighbor's P85D who hand washes. I just got a compliment on how fantastic it looks last week, actually. Clearly automatic (touchless) washes are not damaging the hell out of my paint or making it look like crap.
green1
Active Member
I'm ok with them being passionate about THEIR cars, I just wish they were sometimes less passionate about MY car....
