@The Insider what about the collision avoidance settings?

 

^^^ The Insider hasn't posted since June in this forum. ^^^

 

sounds to me like PiVi Pro needs a 'car wash mode' to quickly disable what needs to be disabled. Has anyone talked to their detailing dept at the dealer? they might have some good tips.

 

mo kidding - on facebook, everyone says handwash only ???

 

well not to be to snarky but I find that on the internet/facebook whenever a new model of a car comes out and all the enthusiasts show up and get one, they're always saying hand wash only the spinny things will strip the paint off in one go.

I enjoy handwashing, on a nice day. It can be very zen. The rest of the time I want the salt spray from the ocean, the ice melt, or road surface tar/patching goo, or the other crap off and in a hurry. Sure paint has gotten a bit less robust over the years as we take the things that kill us out of the paint but it's not THAT bad. I'm not driving a show car, I'm pretty sure I'm going to destroy something the second or third time I take it off road. Whether it's a tree branch or a rock or me backing up too bast into a tree. So uh, the paint is not my priority. I don't just use the random wash at a gas station but I will use non-touchless ones. Our last car everyone said it'd strip the paint if you drove it through (Tesla Model X) it never did, and looked great coming out. Maybe if you own a rare and high value car, sure, but other than tips like 'turn off auto hold' (which honestly, should be off if it's in neutral, that's what N is for, disengage all transmission components) and turn off auto windshield wipers, etc. the dirt and gunk on the car is worse than the things washing it. you could always take your hose to it and spray off the big chunks if you're really worried.

But again, I'm not really into 'it must look new forever' type of car ownership, I drive it like I stole it until I get bored and find another one.

 

Agree - it is my DD !

 

+1

Even the soft cloth auto one will cause damage to the paint.

Also, many car wash places have staff with rags drying off your car as you exit the tunnel, those rags are being used repeatedly and you know what happens to the paint when they wipe them vigorously onto the paint.

Touchess rinsing off road salt and going to hand washing place periodically is my protocol

 

Thanks all for the help. And yes, when it’s below freezing outside and the car has road salt, etc, all over, I will take to an automatic car wash.

Curious issue has happened to me the last couple of times going through an automatic wash. I did all the stuff (wipers off, hold off, car in neutral ) except turning off the collision avoidance. When I got to the end of the conveyor, the car wouldn’t go into drive. I had to turn the car off and back on two times before it would allow me to select drive. Anyone else experience this? Any suggestions?

 

I take my 2020 through car wash occasionally. I do the following - in addition to Neutral, wipers off and folding mirrors I - Turn off auto stop start, Enter Settings and disable emergency braking and collision warning. I haven’t had any issues- I will not that at least initially the manual said do t use automatic washes. I have not check in a bit.

With those safety items disabled and especially start stop it has been ok in the wash for me. The start stop may shut off your motor if you u buckle your seat belt also but not sure of that relationship to being in neutral so I do it to be on the safe side.

Jim F
2020 P300

 

Totally second this. I do not get the whole "paint-protection-paranoia" and most people sell their cars 1, 2, 3 years later. Sometimes even before that. I guess the next owner gets the benefit of all that money dumped by the original owner, like I did when I bought my Defender pre-owned and with pristine ceramic coating applied. I mean how weak is this paint car manufacturers have been using that owners can't go through car washes without the car disintegrating in a couple of years? I will reapply the ceramic coating soon, but mostly for the ease of wash and really reduce the need to do so.