I'm really worn out. I sometimes wonder how long it takes to do a standard MINI compared to the Clubbie but I doubt it's any faster. I've finally finished my car. It was hot outside all the time so I could only do the car in sections.
Day 1: I rinsed off the dirt and washed the exterior. Next, I sprayed wheel cleaner and scrubbed off the really bad sections where the brake dust was building up the most. I rinsed and wiped down any leftovers. Next, I dried off the car and used a Mother's clay bar on the exterior. That took quite a while. I applied the first coat of Meguiar's wax. After that, I was too tired to continue.
Day 2: washed the windows on both sides. (You'd be amazed how dirty the windows are on the interior side! Even after only a month.) Added a second thin coat of wax. The rubber seals looked really dry so I went over them with Armor All. I wiped down the metal floor plates in the door wells and Armor-alled the plastic frames. Vacuumed the entire carpet and seats and rinsed off the floor mats. Checked under seats for anything missing. (Hey, we all lose stuff under our seats. It's a gold mine under there!) Removed the second coat of wax and spent some time trying to soak up any water leaking from the impossible-to-reach areas.
I think I lost a pound or two sweating in the 95-deg. heat. I hate it when the weatherman is wrong. He said five days ago that it was supposed to be 80! Oh well, washing and waxing are necessary evils in car maintenance. Sadly, Kazzie has a nice chip on the Clubdoor. Some moron must have hit it with a shopping cart.

So, how long does it take you to wash and wax a Clubman or an R53?

 

Forgot to add: I'm out of wax so I went online and snapped up two cans of Meguiar's #16. Other forums on car care swear by it so much that they're willing to pay $50 a can on Ebay. I paid about $19 CDN a can. Since I got it from a Canadian site, I saved about $4-5. The stuff won't arrive for another two weeks. I'll see how that goes compared with my plain-ol Meguiars.

 

None, someone else does it for me.

 

It takes me about 2 hours for a wash and wax, a full detail is 4 hours.

 

It takes me about 2 hrs to wash and wax too on my clubman. If I'm not too tired, I will also do the window and the armor oil the inside.

 

Maybe about 2 hours to porter the inside and out. I have it all down since when I was a punk kid I used to do it for a living. Thank the lord no more.

 

Geesh, it takes ZERO effort and time compared to washing and waxing my Honda Element! Less then 2 hours....

 

ten minutes at the self service car wash. Seriously I drive way too much and work 60 hrs a week, no way in hell am going to waste two hours of my free time washing and waxing a car when I could spend that time out Mt or Road Biking

 

Two hours or so for a standard clean up, add another 1.5 hours if the wheels are seriously cleaned.

 

Personally, I wouldn't use Armor-All on the door seals. Einszett's Gummi-Pflege has been around for quite some time and works wonders on restoring and protecting the rubber bits.

 

It's the wheels that take the longest amount of time. My clubbie has 7500 miles on it... When is the excessive brake dust going to stop? Ever?

 

Nope.