Few G6Et Questions (Might Apply To Fg Xr6 Too?)

[TRA1NR]

I use touch free automatic washes all the time. I am a lazy bastard though!

[shrunk]

The question is does anyone have decent evidence to support carwashes damaging a vehicles paint work any more than a hand wash.

A car wash is enclosed using a significant amount of water and foam (in most cases) and most modern carwashes have done away with the old bristley brushes.

At home you are doing it in the open, exposed to all the dirt and grit etc that is carried in even low wind conditions, after wetting your car these will settle and you'll scrub them accross your paintwork in irregular patterns (most/all hand washed cars show this in abundance in the swirls you see in certain lighting conditions).

So unless you're handwashing your car in an enclosed envinronment, with a few bucket loads of water and a lot of foam - you're probably not much safer than a carwash.

This video from 5th Gear

shows the carwash (old brush type) might not be perfect, but gave less damage than the other means evaluated in the test.

This is not to say I'm going to make the carwash a regular thing - I prefer to handwash, but when it's a -1 degree celcius Christchurch day, you can understand a lack of motivation to play outside with a hose.

Edited 04/05/12 02:20 AM by shrunk

[ovaxitd]

just remember that next time you see a dirty as fk 4x4 he might have used it b4 you after selling cars for 4 years I have seen my fair share of paint damage not telling you what to do but more of a heads up... imo id rather a dirty car then a scratched to fk one..

[dre]

Pretty sure anyone who cares about the car but uses them tends to rinse the brush pretty well when rinsing the car at the start.

[tuono]

I'd never use the brush....,again.I did on my wife's car once. Not good! The brush free auto washes are fine I reckon.

[mcinnes]

  On 01/05/2012 at 1:46 AM, shrunk said:

Only owned her a couple weeks, and have a couple questions I havent been able to answer using search so far....

1. How the hell do you retract / fold in the side mirrors?? Hoping the answer to this isnt 'manually'!

2. iPhone integration / music playback was working ok, display said 'not supported' but still able to skip tracks with steering wheel controls etc, but now it's simply identifying the phone as 'auxillary' and steering controls no longer work.. any ideas? I haven't updated the OS on the iPhone at all during this time.

3. Boot popper on key remote - should this actually 'pop' the boot open, or simply unlock it?

Other than the above, pretty stoked with the car so far - priced up a local xcal3 tune and injectors so that will be on the cards as soon as I can convince the wife that it's all in the interest of economy gains...

Im having the same problem as you are with number 2!!! I cant get mine to show up on screen, but I can change songs with wheel controls :s

Im taking mine into ford on Tuesday. I'll update this with what they find

[Guest XR09]

I dont use a bucket, or a sponge. Well one the paintwork.

1. good gurney with suds feed. 1. micro fiber washing mitt. I use a sponge and brush on my wheels Also got a swirly attachment that I can clean underneath and in the engine bay with.

A Karcher 3.9 gurney. I've had it five years now. It does the whole house if need be. I have had it running five hours solid at a time and no worries. Just kept pumping.

Think I got the whole kits for $399 on specsh. Great value, specially when cleaning the dirt bikes.

Using a bucket and sponge your just throwing flth back on your car and increasing the chances of swirl marks.