Car Wash

[rerruf]

Does anyone know if we will be able to drive through a commercial car wash or will we have to hand wash our Smarts? Not that it would be a big deal, I'm thinking baby wet wipes might do the job.

[jonnysan]

Too narrow to fit into the self guiding tracks and the side rollers won't reach in that far..Someone had a picture on here recently. Looks like a wand wash is a good as it will get until they make a special *SMart42* carwash!

[24-42]

Spit on it and wipe it off with a hankerchief

[SmartShanna]

Too bad I don't have a dish washer--I'd just put 'er in there

[Old smart]

After a rainy drive of a "clubman racer" (the Caterham) to the track, and facing SCCA tech appearance standards, I washed the whole car with a shop rag and a small bottle of Perrier. The Caterham may have had more surface area than a smart.

[lhoboy]

Originally Posted by rerruf

Does anyone know if we will be able to drive through a commercial car wash or will we have to hand wash our Smarts? Not that it would be a big deal, I'm thinking baby wet wipes might do the job.

Please don't ue a commercial wash on your car. It will put microscratches all over your finish. Wash by hand (coin-op spray bays are the best). Given the size of the car, it shouldn't take more than about 5 minutes.

[jonnysan]

This will give me a good reason to push myself over the edge and buy a good pressure washer. A pressure washer uses alot less water than just washing with a hose and pail in the driveway and with water becoming a scarcer and scarcer commodity, this makes sense. I can also use it to wash down the siding on my house in the shaded back to get the mold and mildew off.

[SmartBob]

(coin-op spray bays are the best)

That's my style. For $4 and a $1 for a chamois, I'm done and posing out front drying off my shiny new ForTwo! LOL

[a2jack]

Jonnysan's power washer seems to be the best idea, so far. But, it still does not solve the problem of cleaning the bottom.

A Smart with a dirty bottom is not Smart at all, especially when it's Michigan or NY road salt.

Since my former days were filled with micro-seconds and micro-waves...
Micro-scratches will not bother me at all.

Wife will be using this car "on the road" (this first winter) and will need to wash it often. As she is all dressed up I know she will not want to run it through a hand wash.

Another solution is needed. I'm still looking!
A2jack

[jwight]

After seeing the discussion and photos of the cabrio top I'd stay away from anything with pressure in the title - looks like it'll be easy to force water into/under the top.