What do the less fortunate do?
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What do the less fortunate do? Okay, so here's my deal.
I want to keep my car clean, but everything goes against me...
1) I live in an apartment, and don't have a garage. All the parking is on street or in a lot. I don't even have a carport. (I'm sure the college kids can sympathize.)
2) I live in San Diego, where it's really humid, and dew/frost forms on the car every night.
3) With all the fires here, the ash, dust and dirt are in the air constantly.
Result: Even if I did wash my car, by nighttime, windows would fog/frost up. By daytime, the fog/frost would drip, and the drips would form on the window, and the dust in the air would stick to the moisture overnight.
And *DING*-- instant dirty car.
What can I do? This takes all the desire out of even detailing my car, let alone even washing it.
What do others do? Especially those on a budget...
I'm not the ONLY one with out a garage, am I?
I want to keep my car clean, but everything goes against me...
1) I live in an apartment, and don't have a garage. All the parking is on street or in a lot. I don't even have a carport. (I'm sure the college kids can sympathize.)
2) I live in San Diego, where it's really humid, and dew/frost forms on the car every night.
3) With all the fires here, the ash, dust and dirt are in the air constantly.
Result: Even if I did wash my car, by nighttime, windows would fog/frost up. By daytime, the fog/frost would drip, and the drips would form on the window, and the dust in the air would stick to the moisture overnight.
And *DING*-- instant dirty car.
What can I do? This takes all the desire out of even detailing my car, let alone even washing it.
What do others do? Especially those on a budget...
I'm not the ONLY one with out a garage, am I?
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no your not ! i park mine in my yard (grass) and in the morning time i see all the condensation on it to but by the time the sun starts coming out it dries it up and voila car still looks like new so umm i don't really have that problem when washing!
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Rep Power: 0 I had that problem before. One of 2 things I did in the past was get an apt. with a garage. Another thing I did was get a white or silver car since you really can't see the water spots. Also, don't tint the windows...clear looks cleaner.
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I had that problem before. One of 2 things I did in the past was get an apt. with a garage. Another thing I did was get a white or silver car since you really can't see the water spots. Also, don't tint the windows...clear looks cleaner.
I had that problem before. One of 2 things I did in the past was get an apt. with a garage. Another thing I did was get a white or silver car since you really can't see the water spots. Also, don't tint the windows...clear looks cleaner.
. So there's no real recourse, not that I can really see. Just grin and bear, huh?Also, I work until night time (after the moisture starts accumulating), so the car cover wouldn't be really helpful. Unless I covered my car while at work, and it would kinda be weird sitting covered in a parking lot. Eh.
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