how many times do you clean your car

[DSM10000]

I look out of the window and if it is raining then the car is being cleaned!

Living in a rural environment and having a house down a long gravel track gets it pretty dirty, then the local birds and our chickens do the rest.

 

[Igurisu]

Once every 3 months for a really good polish/wax inside clean and leather treatment. Once a week for a wash and once a fortnight vac inside.

 

[martyz]

I look out of the window and if it is raining then the car is being cleaned!

Living in a rural environment and having a house down a long gravel track gets it pretty dirty, then the local birds and our chickens do the rest.

Nothing worse than dirty local birds.

 

[c63chris]

Once a week for me and I thought I was obsessive .

 

[DSM10000]

I look out of the window and if it is raining then the car is being cleaned!

Living in a rural environment and having a house down a long gravel track gets it pretty dirty, then the local birds and our chickens do the rest.

Nothing worse than dirty local birds.

Yes, nothing worse than the dirty little cluckers!

 

[markjay]

I am a very meticulous person.

I wash my car every year whether it needs it or not.




OK, OK, I wash it every 2-3 weeks, but I keep the inside spotlessly clean and remove any rubbish or loose objects asap.

 

[corned]

how many times do you clean your Merc i clean mine three times a week thats wash and wax , and do the inside at lest twice a week

Have you noticed your car gradually getting bigger?

With three coats of wax per week, you are definitely going to fail any MB paintwork warranty paint depth test in a year or so. The coating will be that thick...

A recent photo of Mr B's car:

 

[LTD]

What is this 'cleaning' thing you refer to ?

Is that what the butler does ?

 

[DSM10000]

What is this 'cleaning' thing you refer to ?

Is that what the butler does ?

Oh dear me no! A gentleman's gentleman would never sully his hands with such a task. That is the job of ones driver!

 

[corned]

Indeed.

I can hear MOCA[FONT=&quot]Š trying to fish his monocle out of his Pimm's as we type...
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[developer]

I polish mine whenever I feel the need............














The car - whenever it's dirty, however, I can't go on a long journey in a dirty car - it drives miles better when clean - everybody knows that.

 

[WillDeBeest]

Had my car 21 days and not yet washed! Starting to show too as it is black.

What colour is it supposed to be?

 

[LTD]

Indeed.

I can hear MOCA[FONT=&quot]Š trying to fish his monocle out of his Pimm's as we type...
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At 9:41 pm., Mocas would be relaxing with a restorative single malt or a fine cognac.

Pimms is a daytime refreshment.

 

[LTD]

What colour is it supposed to be?

 

[markjay]

So did you mean 'how many times do you clean your car' literally?

Then the answe is never... I live in a flat in central London and can't wash the car in the street. It's done by the local 'hand car wash' guys for a fiver outside-only or a tenner inside-out.

 

[corned]

Lovely photo of a W211 in post #34.

 

[Mr B.]

Have you noticed your car gradually getting bigger?

With three coats of wax per week, you are definitely going to fail any MB paintwork warranty paint depth test in a year or so. The coating will be that thick...

A recent photo of Mr B's car:

hell yes

 

[bedwards1966]

Well when I bought the car it was weekly. That soon changed.
I soon came to realise that going down farm tracks that are muddy in the winter and dusty in summer makes the time and money spent using the jet-wash then shampoo/wax rather wasted, as it'll be mucky again within a day.
Now it just gets cleaned every few weeks to every couple of months depending on how things go - the interior goes much longer. It makes it look good briefly, especially if it doesn't get used for a couple of days, but it keeps the paint in better condition - especially important in winter when the gritters are out.
But even if I were in a position to keep it clean and had enough time on my hands, I don't see that I could ever clean it more than once a week, I'd realise the lack of a life and find something useful to do.

 

[John]

Despite the fact that has less rust than a modern MB, those panel gaps are pretty close on that...

 

[WillDeBeest]

I see it's been de-badged too.