New Car with Black Paint, are automatic car washes that bad?

[QtownTaxiGreg]

Black shows dirt the fastest. Good luck with that once every quarter wash!

 

[OlderThanDirt]

PPF, ceramic and ONR hand washing can be your best friends with a black car.

This one has driven the distance to the moon… It had full front PPF and ceramic when new. Just replaced the PPF and redid the ceramic. The old PPF was beat to hell with even some large tears on the front bumper. When the PPF was removed there was literally no damage and the paint is still like new.

I do use touch less car washes on occasion but only the minimum wash to get the grit off.

 

[SalisburySam]

Twice a month? We've got unlimited wash passes and go about every other day on average using 5 different locations and 8 different Teslas and I've never seen an issue. This whole "soft paint" thing is incredibly overstated IMHO.

I once had a sheriff tell me one of the best ways to avoid a speeding ticket, among many others, was to never wash your car. I can’t quite do never, but can live with a couple of times a month. For us the Model 3 is the 2nd vehicle, more for kicking about and road trips where Supercharger alternatives do not exist. Now our Spectre on the other hand…

 

[father_of_6]

I once had a sheriff tell me one of the best ways to avoid a speeding ticket, among many others, was to never wash your car.

Huh? How's that work?

 

[EVer Hopeful]

I once had a sheriff tell me one of the best ways to avoid a speeding ticket, among many others, was to never wash your car

Did he say why?



Was it this guy?

 

[QtownTaxiGreg]

Huh? How's that work?

Guess grunge reflects less radar than polished paint?

 

[father_of_6]

Guess grunge reflects less radar than polished paint?

That's the only thing I can think of. Seems that one could devise a paint that shatters or absorbs the radar entirely.

 

[fredzos]

so a matte wrap would help reflect less radar as well?

 

[QtownTaxiGreg]

That's the only thing I can think of. Seems that one could devise a paint that shatters or absorbs the radar entirely.

That was a great Mythbusters episode.