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New MINI - but bad weather
So, I should be getting a MINI sometime in mid-December.
Being as I live in Minnesota this would be a bad time of year to try and wash/wax/ect a car. This forum has a lot of people that agree on one thing - that these steps should be done in the first 50 miles of ownership. They also all agree it needs to be done before winter, especially where there are going to be very salty roads and an attatched garage to come home to every night.
This all adds up to me to dillema that I won't really be able to do anything for the car until Spring other than drive through touchless (although apparently some water-recycling nightmares make that an un-atractive option as well) car washes.
Any ideas? I haven't taken good care of a car's looks for about three years now as I just started giving up on my Cavalier when it was 10 years old. This car is supposed to be an 8-12 year car for us, so I want it to last and look good. I've read all the stuff about what to do over the last couple weeks, plus have a major gearhead friend here at work. My only concern is what to do for now. Will the dealer prep wash/wax be enough for the winter? If not, then what do I do to "fix" it?
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