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What day of the week do you wash your ES?

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Old 10-05-07, 05:55 PM
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Default What day of the week do you wash your ES?

I usually wash mine when it is dirty. Mine being a black car, it is every other day. Mind you that I do not hand wash too often, as I hit the touchless car wash down the street from my work.
So I was just curious as to how often you guys did it.
Old 10-05-07, 07:43 PM
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I hand wash almost every time 3 towels plus jam cloths. This includes hand drying door jams, opening up hood and drying the edges and inside, doing the same to the trunk and gas cap as well. Also had wiping my rims. Oh and don't forget to silicone the tires. On another note I have question about your retro fit HID LXMN is it the high beam low beam or both?
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I wash my ES at the very least once a week (usually Fridays after work...like today!) but sometimes more than once a week depending on the weather conditions. If it has rained, then I have to wash it as soon afterwards as possible b/c is always looks so disgusting from all the road spray. Can't stand seeing it looking dirty!
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I try to keep the ES pretty fresh so I wash once to twice a week.


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Old 10-05-07, 11:52 PM
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i like washing my car on Sundays!
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I'll wipe the Rims off every few days to keep the dust from building up. I'll wash Her any free day I got some time. No set Day.
But I'm bout to do a another good wax soon
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I wash mine the day before it rains, even though it's not supposed to rain. Let me rephrase, the day before there is a dust storm followed by enough drops to leopardize my car. It's been like that since I started driving. Everyone tries to convince me the world does not revolve around me, but I disagree
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I never wash mine unless its the winter and a lot of salt is on the road. I just spray wax like 3 times a week and hand wax it every other week
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^ I don't think i've seen you here yet B Dot and if I have welcome to CL anyways.
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I wash my car usually ever other day; yeah i'm obsessive.
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Once a week every Friday for da weekend....
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just finished washing her.... about once to twice a week depending on the weather....
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I usually wash her twice a week. once on Tuesday because the coin car wash is a dollar for 3 minutes :] Tuesday special, and I wash it on Saturday just because I want it clean. ha ha.
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Originally Posted by 99es3
I usually wash her twice a week. once on Tuesday because the coin car wash is a dollar for 3 minutes :] Tuesday special, and I wash it on Saturday just because I want it clean. ha ha.
That sounds like my washing cycle right there. After I've rinsed off with the spot-free rinse, I hit the highway for about 5 minutes to let the water fly off and cut down on the water spots.
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1once a month for my es330 i know im a lazy bum .

Also is there any wax that will stand up to the rain? I used black magic to give my car TWO coats but after 1 shower i see spots on my car T_T. any help?


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