S5 in drive thru car wash
#11
AudiWorld Super User
#12
AudiWorld Senior Member
My hand wash palace also leaves swirls. If I look at my car wrong, it leaves swirls. It's unavoidable.
#13
AudiWorld Senior Member
Once I find a decent car wash, I use that instead of washing my own car. Yes, it creates some level of swirl marks, which is why I buy colors that do not show swirls prominently, but a consistent washing and waxing regime keeps the finishing looking good for years. There have also been plenty of times non-commercial car washing was prohibited in my area because of water restrictions.
#14
AudiWorld Senior Member
I've never seen a touchless car wash that did the undercarriage. I'll have to keep my eye out for one. I'd like to use it in the Spring, once all the salt and other de-icers have washed off the roads.
#16
Club AutoUnion
I’m sorry — I didn’t notice the brand of the mechanism but next time I go through, I’ll try to remember to look for it. As it’s not really that close to my home & travels, I’ve only used it twice on 2 different vehicles.
#17
AudiWorld Senior Member
The one I use is a touchless, but also does full touch (if you want that). When I drive in, it sprays water in the undercarriage - which is why I like using it. Of course, we don’t usually have salt on roads, here in Dallas but normally treat with chemicals. Either way, it’s a good way to get it relatively cleaned topic to bottom, after which sometimes I’ll come back home and give it a more thorough wash.
#18
AudiWorld Member
The one I use is a touchless, but also does full touch (if you want that). When I drive in, it sprays water in the undercarriage - which is why I like using it. Of course, we don’t usually have salt on roads, here in Dallas but normally treat with chemicals. Either way, it’s a good way to get it relatively cleaned topic to bottom, after which sometimes I’ll come back home and give it a more thorough wash.
#19
#20
My problem w/ automatic washes is not necessarily the minor swirls they leave 99 times out of 100. Is the major swirls/holograms you get that 1 time out of 100 when the brushes happen to be loaded w/ grit - that you have no visibility/control of. I've had two previous cars whose finishes even non-enthusiasts would classify as "ruined" when using automatic washes that more or less worked fine many times before. Not much recourse when you can't prove the car wasn't like that before it drove through.