Miata Mailing List: December 1997, Message #47
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From: 	"jhayter" <jhayter@ada.com>

Subject: Re[2]: auto car wash 

Date: 	Mon, 1 Dec 1997 12:03:44 +0000





     I've used this type of car wash during the past four winters.  I try 

     to limit the high pressure water applied to the painted surface.  I've 

     done it mainly to remove salt from the underside.

     

     Now I have my wife's old jeep to drive in the winter.  It's much 

     easier to clean under.

     

     HTH,

     Jim

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Jim Hayter - jhayter@ada.com (work) jhayter@abcs.com (home)

Red '93 B

Terre Haute, IN



     





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Subject: Re: auto car wash 

Author:  <hbarta@wwa.com (Henry C. Barta) > at internet

Date:    12/1/97 11:47 AM





> From realbig.com!miata Mon Dec  1 10:25:40 1997

     

    [...]

     

> my advice to you:   hand wash and wax that baby

> and love every stroke of it.     garranteed to look 

> better and look better longer than an auto-wash.

     

    Reasonable advice. But... Here near Chicago we can get weeks 

    of below freezing temperatures. And it gets colder as you go

    further north. Where can you hand wash in the middle of winter? 

    Are there places that rent heated stalls? (when I used to be

    a member of a volunteer fire department, access to a heated 

    equipment bay was one of the perks.)

     

    What about the coin operated high pressure spray washes? Does 

    anyone have experience or opinion regarding these? (I'm asking 

    about the ones where you use a wand to spray whatever part of 

    the car you want to wash.)

     

    hank