Stupid car wash!!!!!
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From: La
Stupid car wash!!!!!
Wel, today I was running my 4RX through a wash before I get it dropped off to get some wrap work done.
Paid for a wash, entered and folded the mirrors like I was advised to do by the wash. As I was sitting there, I thought to myself “Man, I hope this thing doesn’t rip my....” BOOOM!
There goes my driver side mirror. So pissed right now!!!
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Sorry to hear that man. Hopefully they repair it for you.
Just for future reference and I'm sure you'll never do it anymore.. Never take your car to an automatic car wash. Even at the dealer.
Esp. with dark colored cars if you put your car in the sun at an angle you will see tons of swirl marks. It uses the dirt on your car to scratch your paint even more. So stay away. Also, there is a chance something breaks haha
If you can't wash it at home with the 2 bucket method, go for a touchless car wash.
Just for future reference and I'm sure you'll never do it anymore.. Never take your car to an automatic car wash. Even at the dealer.
Esp. with dark colored cars if you put your car in the sun at an angle you will see tons of swirl marks. It uses the dirt on your car to scratch your paint even more. So stay away. Also, there is a chance something breaks haha
If you can't wash it at home with the 2 bucket method, go for a touchless car wash.
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In our neck of the wood most car washes are touchless type. Still some old ones where I never go. Slapping car with whirling brush does no good for the car. Old wash method wastes too much water as well.
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And other cars' dirt!
Touchless is better, but since I read in the manual that there are sensitive parts to pressure (like the side lights beside the fog lights), I am hand washing since day one that I own my RX! I am not even using my pressure washer on it.
And the paint still looks new!
Touchless is better, but since I read in the manual that there are sensitive parts to pressure (like the side lights beside the fog lights), I am hand washing since day one that I own my RX! I am not even using my pressure washer on it.
And the paint still looks new!
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Well. This is just me and what i think. I own a Lexus NX Fsport before. Hand washed it every time. Sometimes took me from 3-4 hours to finish "spraying" and cleaning stuff on the car. When i traded in for the RX. The dealer didn't even care to look at my car. They asked for the registration only. It's true going thru the car wash may scratch your car or like the owner up here. However, it saves me at least 3 hours from the manual wash. Over the time, i stop caring so much about small scratches here and there. Because at the end no one cares about how good you take care of it.
Just my thoughts....
Just my thoughts....
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Something is weird here. The mirror will fold in both directions and I don't imagine every car that goes thru that car wash has their mirror broken. Whether or not the mirror is folded or not, the car wash is still responsible. I don't think they can say it was like that before it went into the wash.
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Something is weird here. The mirror will fold in both directions and I don't imagine every car that goes thru that car wash has their mirror broken. Whether or not the mirror is folded or not, the car wash is still responsible. I don't think they can say it was like that before it went into the wash.
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mirror needs washing too. But then I mostly go to a touchless car wash. The owner of wash should pay for the damage. Specially almost brand new car here. It sucks!
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Well. This is just me and what i think. I own a Lexus NX Fsport before. Hand washed it every time. Sometimes took me from 3-4 hours to finish "spraying" and cleaning stuff on the car. When i traded in for the RX. The dealer didn't even care to look at my car. They asked for the registration only. It's true going thru the car wash may scratch your car or like the owner up here. However, it saves me at least 3 hours from the manual wash. Over the time, i stop caring so much about small scratches here and there. Because at the end no one cares about how good you take care of it.
Just my thoughts....
Just my thoughts....
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From: La
Maybe whirling brush and mirror got tangled up? In this case folded or not it won't make a difference, IMO. I think something si wrong with the car wash? I never fold mirros when I I wash cars.
mirror needs washing too. But then I mostly go to a touchless car wash. The owner of wash should pay for the damage. Specially almost brand new car here. It sucks!
mirror needs washing too. But then I mostly go to a touchless car wash. The owner of wash should pay for the damage. Specially almost brand new car here. It sucks!
On a good note, the owner of the wash contacted me a few hours later and was very nice and took complete responsibility and didn’t hesitate to order a mirror and take care of the little scratches it made when it busted and dangled around as I drive out in a hurry.
He did have cameras, but he was willing before even viewing them. But I’m sure he quickly went to view them when I sent him a quote direct from Lexus when he saw the $900+ quote for a mirror. Lol.
The lesson to be learned here... “never take your car to a carwash”
i do agree with a lot of you all with the swirls.
