Five things you should never to do to your car!

PLAYON · 08-02-2008, 07:59 PM

CNN recently had an article on their website outlining the 5 "worst" things you can do to your car, most of them are self explanatory but here they are:

The 5 things are:
1) Sunny day car washes
2) Pressure washing a modern car's engine
3) Overloading the alternator/charging system
4) Installing "universal fit" wheels
5) Towing an automatic-equipped car with the drive wheels down

Here's the article for explanations of each:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayof...ef=mpstoryview

BayAreaE92 · 08-02-2008, 08:06 PM

Good Post...especially since #1 is by far the most common.

7pm Washes FTW

.:bHd:. · 08-02-2008, 10:02 PM

Why cant you wash your car when its sunny?

cryptkeeper · 08-02-2008, 10:05 PM

Dries too quick and leaves hard water and spots and possibly soap residue.

TiAg335i · 08-02-2008, 10:40 PM

I washed mine a couple times in the sun, but I made sure to keep everything wet so evaporation did not take place.

PLAYON · 08-02-2008, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cryptkeeper

Dries too quick and leaves hard water and spots and possibly soap residue.

+1, the best time to wash your car is "just after dawn -- and in the late afternoon, just as the sun is slipping past the horizon."

Vert McGurk · 08-02-2008, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .:bHd:.

Why cant you wash your car when its sunny?

here's what you do, if your into a sunny day wash

link

PLAYON · 08-02-2008, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vert McGurk

here's what you do, if your into a sunny day wash

link

meh I'd rather wait a couple hours, or wash it with some sort of cloud cover, the less product I'm applying probably the better. . .

ukthunderace · 08-03-2008, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vert McGurk

here's what you do, if your into a sunny day wash

link

hmmmm...wash car under cover or out of sun and dry with microfiber
-OR-
spend $450 for a deionizer that I have to continuously buy replacements/refills for hundreds of dollars more.

OBI_agent · 08-03-2008, 09:37 AM

Thanks op....I didn't know these tips

ChaneRZ · 08-03-2008, 03:00 PM

i wash my car at 8 or 9 am.

PaulBailey@ltbmw · 08-03-2008, 03:13 PM

Night Time Washes FTW.
Car stays wet and you can take your time and do a effiecient job
the sun makes you rush

DougLikesBMW · 08-03-2008, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukthunderace

hmmmm...wash car under cover or out of sun and dry with microfiber
-OR-
spend $450 for a deionizer that I have to continuously buy replacements/refills for hundreds of dollars more.

What? It's not a one time cost? Does this thing really work?

PLAYON · 08-03-2008, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougLikesBMW

What? It's not a one time cost? Does this thing really work?

looks bogus to me.

dexter · 08-03-2008, 08:37 PM

i think that whole sunny day car wash thing doesnt apply to me because my carwash uses de-ionized water, i think that makes a diiference right?

The_Blob · 08-04-2008, 01:24 AM

Sunny day car washes especially on a hot day can do damage to the paint. Think of it as a magnifying glass, the sun, and a piece of paper and you've got fire! I've done it before but I think for German cars, it's actually okay to wash your car on a sunny day. BMW paints are actually quite durable when compare to cheap water based paints on today's Japanese cars.

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