Washing the car with the star

[Corned]

Washing the car with the star?

I would have thought a sponge would work better? Else wouldn't you scratch the paintwork?

:lol:

 

[whitenemesis]

Boom, tish!!

 

[drmw]

One advantage of automated car washes is they often as not have an under-body wash option. Very useful especially come the winter months. Or at least for the one wash come spring!

IIRC one isn't allowed to wash one's car beside the road/ on the driveway in Germany? What type of auto-wash do they have. Must be plenty of MBs going through them there!

DON'T mention the winter or we'll start getting posts about how useless MBs are in the snow, the need for winter tyres below 15 degrees (or you'll fall off the road) and whether or not to turn off traction control.

 

[alexanderfoti]

You really need to find some experts with experience of the brand

Your siganture has just cracked me up

 

[Andy.M]

You really need to find some experts with experience of the brand

Mmmm did someone earlier mention a £5 hand job?

 

[aquiss]

Mmmm did someone earlier mention a £5 hand job?

I wonder how many folks after they got their cars washed, walked across the road for some help? :lol:

 

[roop_the_loop]

My car is well over due a bath and I don't fancy doing it. I am aware the car wash swirls the paintwork but my concern is the 3 pointed Star on the bonnet.

Would a car wash rip it off or damage it?

I asked the same question in an earlier thread, and the consensus was that the star might fold flat but wouldn't be damaged. Since then I've used various automatic washes, and indeed there haven't been any problems (and only once has it folded down, which was easy to fix - with a slight twist it pretty much just pops back up).

Inevitably though, questions in this area immediately prompt a debate on automatic vs. jet vs. hand wash, rather than answering the question per se! Which it seems is one of those eternal unanswerable ones, like whether 'silver' is or isn't a good colour for a Merc...