Miata Mailing List: February 1996, Message #180
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   From: Paul Harrison 
Subject: Re: Car wash washes the inside, too
   Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 20:07:59 -0500

>Because of all the salt on the roads out here, I've started bringing my
>Miata in to one of those touchless car washes that features an underbody
>rinse.  Problem is, the high power horizontal water finds its way into the
>car at the tops of the windows.
>
>Do others have this problem?  Any recommendation for stopping it?  Any
>better way of getting salt off the bottom of the Miata?
>
>(And don't tell me to stop driving it during the winter---I WON'T!!!)

Benjamin,

   We have has the same problem.  Our solution is to use the towel we have
in the car for a window protector to hold over the leaks as the machine
passes each side. It gives my wife and me a good laugh rushing the towel
back and forth. At $4.00 a wash it's cheap entertainment :).

Paul Harrison
93' LE blk/red "Shadow"