Curious to know peoples thoughts on how often they actually wash their cars and how in depth each of those washes is? I guess everyone is different and I suppose a possible answer is 'I wash it when its dirty!!'
I generally wash my M340i and Z4 once a week (the Z4 usually less as its a weekend toy only, pretty much), sometimes twice depending on how much driving I've been doing/weather conditions. When I do wash it, I use AG Polar Blast/Polar Wash/Polar Seal. Then dry it off using a couple of Turtle Wax drying towels. It's a time consuming (ish) process if you do it correctly, but the end result is worth it. Wondering though, does anyone do a sort of 'maintenance' wash in between their 'full' washes? Or to avoid paint swirls/scratches are you just as well going the whole hog every time with a two/three stage process?
A mate of mine has the mantra of 'everytime, no matter how careful you are, you put a wash mitt anywhere near your paint, you can potentially cause damage' and as such he actually lets the car go longer between full 3 stage washes even if it looks dirty. I'm not sure if he has a point there, surely if there are more dirt pareticles built up on the paint if you leave it longer then there's more likelihood of you damaging paint?
