How often do you wash your PiP, what precaution you take

brought her home april 24th. 3500 miles later, haven't washed her yet. probably should tho. cleaned some seagull poop off a couple times.

 

SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!

You really should take better care of your PIP

 

Waxing the front end helps alot with bugs in summer....they wash off much easier.

You can use a car duster if you dont see rain for alongtime, but you want to dust it off frequently so the soot does not build up too thick.

Dan

 

mia culpa, i've never really been a car guy in that way.

 

No car wash places near you?

slip em five bucks n da car wash machine does da rest

 

The big downside of dodging regular washing: you will be missing the inevitable minor dings and scratches that occur, and they will start quietly rusting. Mark my words, LOL.

Not drying it by hand, just letting it drip-dry, is almost as bad: you don't spot the issues. Bi-yearly waxing too, better do it.

 

n/a

 

I'm proud of you, not like that Bisco gal

 

I stopped hand washing my vehicles.. Every time I would wash them the madder I would get due to inconsiderate people banging the doors into my car.

 

I just washed mine for the first time. Blizzard Pearl doesn't show the dirt that much, but once I started I could see just how dirty it was.

And the doors kept locking and unlocking....lol. I thought that while I was scrunching over the Key Fob was doing it. Nope, I read a bit more of the manual and it says in there that will happen if you don't remove the Fob from your pocket while washing. Something to do with water on the door handle sensor.

 

I hand wash mine as needed, usually every two to three weeks, unless it rains. In between, I use a duster, window cleaner, and Maguires Quick Detail, which removes water spots, bird droppings, etc. Regular waxing makes it all easier.
I take my clients' cars to carwashes if asked, but never my own.

 

Wash once, sometimes twice-weekly. 5k miles and have waxed once. I use a local car wash. They charge me $10 a wash plus tip


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Once a month. As for precautions, I go to hand wash places to avoid swirls/scratches on the paint. Also, I get the automatic wax which doesn't last long, but I believe last for my monthly wash/wax interval. The paint on my 2004 still looks quite good, but I also did annual hand waxes myself for the first few years before getting tired of it.

 

i washed my 08 probably twice in 4 years. i find that it gets to a certain level of dirty and kinda stays that way. not really noticeable cause it happens so gradually. after almost 5 years now, it still looks like new.

 

I wash it somewhere between 4~8 weeks, leaning toward 8 most times, most of the year. In dead of winter: whenever it warms up a bit, to get the salt off.

Wheel wells always get special attention: in my experience that's the place rust will start. If you're just using a carwash, you're guaranteed to have a nice poultice of mud/salt in there...

 

Have they now started to sell PiP's in Canada?

 

Yes although there are very limited numbers of them being delivered now.

 

So really ... Is there any precaution (other than with the regular cars) need be taken?
I am getting mine next month and do not want to do something wrong at the very beginning.