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Originally Posted by Tero
Haha ya I'm in the same boat. About 2000 miles a month all highway, so I get rock chips and window dinks all the time. Live in an apartment also, so my car is under a tree every night. Normally I don't care too much, I take it to the wash once a week spend about an hour on it, and normally it isn't bad. It's to my liking, just yesterday for some reason the smudges from the microfiber were atrocious and noticeable from 15+ yards back...
I guess I'm still in the baby phase since I've only had the car for a month, before I freaked out over the smallest thing, now I look at the front and just say, damn thats a lot of chips...oh well... But washing it and having swirl marks is something I can kind of control, so I want to avoid it if possible.
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This is my sixth new car so my baby stage for it was about a week and I know that anything I do while washing it is the least of my worries. Worst thing I ever did was wax my brand new Lancer wearing a jacket with metal buttons on the cuffs. Didn't notice I had been dragging the button over the paint until done half the car. It was nasty and I make sure to never do that again.
To be clear I am not criticizing those that treat their car like a precious jewel but simply pointing out that it is a car and the paint is specifically made to be able to take some contact and is able to be washed.