Date: 8 Apr 2003 15:12:02 -0700 From: lhulvarnopsamail.com (Lars) Subject: Re: conv top thru car wash?
onerpmnopsamo.com (Rob) wrote in message news:<44a41d1c.0304041150.27e6466enopsaming.google.com>... > <eklozanopsamphia.net> wrote in message news:<U2Mia.26981$TW2.4918071nopsam1.news.adelphia.net>... > > I bought a '97 SE convertible last year and the manual cautions against > > automatic carwashes. Is there really a danger of destroying the rag top? > > Does it make a difference if it's a brush or brushless automatic carwash? > > Hello from another owner of a '97 SE Convert! I think the concern is > more with the pressure and wear against the cloth from the carwashes > with lot of big brushes. I have had my car through those a few times > without problem, but try to avoid it. I do take it frequently, at > least in the winter, through a brushless wash, or a gas-station deal > that has some wiggling strips of cloth which don't seem to beat on the > car very hard. I do recommend keeping a piece of towel > handy...sometimes a fair amount of water comes through between the top > and the edge of the windows. (Seems to depend upon the angle of the > water jets as some car washes are much worse than others.) > > Cheers > Rpm I asked at the gas station and they told me lot's of convertibles used it (with brushes). Until now I did not believe the guy and have never seen any convertibles in a carwasher yet.......
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