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View Poll Results: Car washing interval?
Weekly 8 53.33%
Fortnightly 2 13.33%
Monthly 1 6.67%
Quarterly 2 13.33%
Biannually 1 6.67%
Annually 1 6.67%
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Old 11-21-2009, 04:59 PM
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How often do you wash your Mercedes Benz?

Simple question

Please post how much you drive and your climate too!

If you wash in between one of the poll options, just round the interval down.
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Old 11-21-2009, 06:30 PM
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Roughly every couple of weeks, normal driving conditions.
Gold doesn't show dirt much, but they sure do look good after a wash!
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Old 11-21-2009, 11:45 PM
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500SL: Quarterly, only taken outside in nice weather, garaged otherwise.

300D: bi-weekly when in use, but is taken out rarely during the winter. always garaged.

300SEL: bi-weekly, garaged. Driven regularly

E320: Weekly, outside. Driven regularly. Probably going to get garaged soon.
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Old 11-21-2009, 11:51 PM
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I've only driven mine on nice days, and have only washed it twice since I got it a year and a half ago.

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Old 11-22-2009, 12:02 AM
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Well my SD is no jewel visually, oxidized crappy re-paint bronze. What time i spend on it is towards its drivability and maintnace. When i finish my truck I'd like to freshen the SD up all around and then i'll keep her in cleaner skin! I did get my hands on some nice CLK320 lightweights that i put on it and that forces me to keep it washed up more cause they look so good cleaned up!
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Old 11-22-2009, 12:31 AM
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Right now, I wash about once a month. I'm really not driving (once or twice a week)...so, it's just to keep the dirt / dust from accumulating (it's parked outside).

I tried explaining to my girlfriend that it's easier to just keep a car clean by washing it regularly, rather than having to spend lots of time scrubbing stuck on tar, bugs, etc.

I detailed the outside of my mother's car. It hadn't been washed in over a year, and driven daily. That was a 9-7PM job
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Old 11-22-2009, 01:06 AM
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I wash the SDL at least weekly
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Old 11-22-2009, 10:59 AM
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Whenever I have a chance and the weather is clear. Lately, that has not been very often . . . I like to wax all of my cars about this time of year in preparation for the winter.
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