BaconLover24
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- Sep 24, 2013
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I've recently gotten a new car (not 2013 new, but new to me), and I've been treating her nice for a few months now. Washing weekly, waxing frequently, etc. I'm in maintenance mode now that I have done the long haul in polishing her to her former glory when I bought her.
However, my main issue, that I didn't notice nearly as much on my outrageously huge and white suburban, is that no matter where I park at my house, my sprinklers will soak my car every single night. This has gotten to the point that the nice washing and waxing I've done on Sunday is ruined come Monday morning due to the very hard water from my well coming through my sprinklers and onto my car. I've tried fixing their spray pattern as much as possible, but there is only so much I can do (Not my sprinklers, still living at home for while I'm at state college). They always end up, either from the wind or unlucky series of events, on my car.
On top of my sprinklers I have many neighborhood cats that love to nest on top of cars, mine included, and my entire driveway and street is covered by trees. Trees that only drop leaves or two or thirty are fine for the most part, I'll just brush em off in the morning. However, mine also leave a heavy coat of pollen I'm assuming all over my car, removing any look of cleanliness it may have had, on top of the leaves they drop.
So long story short, between my sprinklers, cats, and trees, my car is filthy the next morning no matter what i do the day before. Is my only option a car cover? I've heard many bad things about what they can do to my clear coat, but at this point I feel it's either I polish more often and go with the cover or deal with a dirty car 24/7.
I am a broke college kid, so the very expensive car covers are not ideal, but can be worked towards if they are my only option.
Please let me know what I should do, any help is very appreciated!
However, my main issue, that I didn't notice nearly as much on my outrageously huge and white suburban, is that no matter where I park at my house, my sprinklers will soak my car every single night. This has gotten to the point that the nice washing and waxing I've done on Sunday is ruined come Monday morning due to the very hard water from my well coming through my sprinklers and onto my car. I've tried fixing their spray pattern as much as possible, but there is only so much I can do (Not my sprinklers, still living at home for while I'm at state college). They always end up, either from the wind or unlucky series of events, on my car.
On top of my sprinklers I have many neighborhood cats that love to nest on top of cars, mine included, and my entire driveway and street is covered by trees. Trees that only drop leaves or two or thirty are fine for the most part, I'll just brush em off in the morning. However, mine also leave a heavy coat of pollen I'm assuming all over my car, removing any look of cleanliness it may have had, on top of the leaves they drop.
So long story short, between my sprinklers, cats, and trees, my car is filthy the next morning no matter what i do the day before. Is my only option a car cover? I've heard many bad things about what they can do to my clear coat, but at this point I feel it's either I polish more often and go with the cover or deal with a dirty car 24/7.
I am a broke college kid, so the very expensive car covers are not ideal, but can be worked towards if they are my only option.
Please let me know what I should do, any help is very appreciated!
. My father refuses to change the time in which he runs his sprinklers, and, due to laws (only according to him, I have yet to look them up), the only other time I would be able to run them when I am not there would be from 5-6. He does not want to do this.