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What's the longest you've gone NOT washing your IS?

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Old 07-07-08, 02:08 AM
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Default What's the longest you've gone NOT washing your IS?

Got mine in February and have yet to wash it. *It never rains in Southern California* Was kinda hoping it would, as washing is a fun chore.
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doesn't need to rain for you to have to wash your car. i get a nice protective layer of dust and road grime after a week of driving. not to mention bird poop and loogies spit by truck drivers. longest i've gone without washing was 3 weeks. and after i washed it i felt like i just bought myself a new car
Old 07-07-08, 02:17 AM
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LOL I'd be pretty pissed of someone spit on my car. How often does this happen with the truckers?
When I do have to wash mine, I am picturing a river of black running down the driveway from all the caked on brakedust on the inside of the wheels- the parts I can't reach when wiping it down.
Old 07-07-08, 02:19 AM
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usually after meets i dont detail my car for like 2days at the LONGEST.. other than that its everytime i drive her
Old 07-07-08, 04:04 AM
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i just got mines a week ago and i've wiped her down everyday, just to keep it that "just came out the dealer look". seeing her clean is just so addicting.
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11 days. yes i counted. hard to find time to wash a car when u have to work 5 days a week during finals >_>
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15 days. I rained at least every other day since delivery... 1st real break in the weather was this weekend. 4th of July so I gave my baby it's first bath. Damn she looks good.
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dman i think i've gone maybe 2 months probably 3 months max during the winter. i know i caught one nice day in december......new england weather...
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I went two weeks on my black paint without a car wash.

The only ***** about going so long without washing these cars is the brake dust that starts collecting on the wheels...makes them harder to clean.
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you are all spoiled with that nice year long weather. if you saw what we went through this last winter in Chicago you would have been thankful to wash your car every 2 weeks. Glad I have a garage and didnt do too much driving but it was virtually impossible to get a car was as it was too cold.

Now that I dont have the rims on my car I am a little more lax about washing the car....
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Originally Posted by Fizzboy7
LOL I'd be pretty pissed of someone spit on my car. How often does this happen with the truckers?
lol not too often, since i try not to follow trucks too closely.

socal's weather isn't thaaat great for car washing, especially since its been so hot recently. the only way i can wash my car is if i get up around 7-8am, and hopefully get the car wiped down dry by 10. after that, the sun gets too bright and hot, and car washing gets pushed to the next day. and since i'm usually lazy and get up around 10, i usually dont' get a chance to wash the car very often... so 2 weeks is the norm
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I can go for a long time without washing the IS just because I do a quick detail after I drive it.
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2 weeks tops. I just tried that ONR stuff on my car, and it works pretty well (not for really dirty cars though).
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I went 4 months without washing it. Although, it wasn't driven a mile during those 4 months
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There was a time for about 4 months i didn't care what my car looked like (too much rain, a lil snow, etc) but i hadn't washed my car since the beginning of May to yesterday!


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