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I've never taken it to an automatic car wash, with or without brushes. Mine only gets handwashed.

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Nope!! I usually hand wash it, it's a great bonding experience! hehe. I've only taken it to a place once, and it had to be fully handwashed off of the track/rails since it has wheels! ;)

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i have...soft cloth only...no bristles washes such as a free BP carwash with fill up. it does a good job in between detailed washings.

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I live in a condo development on the edge of San Francisco Bay, and we are not allowed to wash cars there (they say the soap,etc will drain into the Bay). My only alternative is to use the car wash--so far, so good. BTW, my former car was a Miata, and it fared just fine at the car wash.

Pete

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I have never and will never take my XF through a car wash, although Indy317 has taken his car through a car wash and he said it was OK.

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haven't even used a hose yet! 18,000 miles.

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I've only washed mine by hand so far. I don't believe it would be possible to take this vehicle through an automatic wash without damaging the wheels since they are lip-less rims and the low profile tires offer no protection to keep them from scraping against the guide rails!

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Only hand wash my XF. I'm used to washing a motorhome and dually pick-up, stacker trailer, etc., so the Crossfire is a piece of cake! I guess it's dependent on if you have time to wash it yourself. I would never take it through an automatic car wash. I guess if I couldn't wash it at home, I'd find a "quarter-wash" that only uses fresh water(not recycled water). I took my last car through one of those leather cloth strip, brushless carwashes and they use presssure wands at the beginning of the sequence. They accidentally scraped the tip of the wand on the car and scratched it pretty deep, but you can never prove that it was done there. Don't need more stress. Washing it at home is actually a stress reliever.

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That's a true car babe! hah

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I handwash mine once a week. However, it take the majority of dirt, grime and squashed bugs off with a power sprayer first. That way I'm not wet sanding the car while I'm washing it.

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I have taken mine, once thru a touchless automatic. I have driven the car after some melting and with roads covered in salt (and thus car covered in salt), I needed to get the underbody flushed really good, so I risked it. It had wide guides that appeared to be plastic covered, wheels did seem to hit as they went in, but didn't leave any marks. However I will not bring it there again because I don't want to risk it.

I also live in an apartment building with no way to hand wash. I have taken it to a self wash place, only problem is it is very hard to angle the nozzle up under the car to try to rinse off any salt. Still trying to find a soft cloth hand wash place that does high pressure underbody flush.

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You are talking about your car right?

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your supposed to wash it? No one ever told me that :) Maybe that is why they asked the color at the dealer before servicing instead of just looking at it.

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very carefully....i ride the inside of the rim along the rail.

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Oh right that too !

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I am way to busy and the weather is way to cold to be washing the car myself. I have been using the same hand car wash for over a year. The car is in great shape and the rims are not scuffed (well by the car wash anyway).