Not really. There will still be water trapped in the crevices of the boot lid
and potentially under the bonnet. In the case of Mk3's, another place that
water can accumulate is inside the overriders. Maybe a long drive on the
freeway... :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou
To: Jeff McNeal ; spitfires@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Car-wash
A short drive on the freeway has the same effect...
At 01:51 PM 10/11/01 , you wrote:
>Mike,
>
>If you're confident in all of your hardtop seals, then go for it. That
would
>be my main concern. So long as passenger compartment leakage isn't a
problem,
>then your second concern should be THOROUGHLY drying your car after the
wash
>-- in ALL the nooks and crannies that a commercial blower won't reach. My
>tool of choice for this job is my electric leaf blower attachment for my
shop
>vac. Run it down all the seams, under the bumpers, etc., until the entire
car
>is bone dry. So long as water isn't allowed to pool anywhere on your car,
you
>should be fine. With all the effort that I put into drying my car, washing
it
>with a soft brush and bucket of suds is the least time consuming part of
the
>equasion.
>
>Take care,
>
>Jeff McNeal (San Diego)
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