Do you wash your vert in a car wash?

[Superspeed]

I always wash the car by own hand, first spraying it carefully with luke warm high pressure water. After that with buckets of luke warm water, quality shampoo and a wash mitt.

I never challenged the soft top and the sealings by washing in a car wash. Untill now. Some of you might remember i had a major car crash in october. The body shop had to remove the top and all interior to fix the car. Everything seems to be well done, but I wanted to test if the car would withstand very high water pressure, like in a machine wash where the lack of brushes is compensated by higher pressure.

Sorry to say, but the car failed the test. A waterfall from the top of the A-pillar made my left thigh completely wet, and on the other side I had to protect the nappa seat with a swim towel.

I complained to the body shop, but their conclusion after testing it with a hand held pressure washer was that everything is normal. Their test did not result in any leak at all.

So I wonder about your experiences guys. Are your verts water proof?

[RDT]

Very sorry to hear that.

Picked up my new convertible last week, and on the first day it rained it leaked onto the front passenger seat. Not much, but a leak nevertheless. I've not taken her out in the rain since, and I'm hoping it was a one off, although I suspect not! We'll see.

[jettie1767]

I have not taken my vert out in the rain or thru an automatic car wash. I wash it myself when it's nice and warm out.

[TopDownInFL]

I washed both my last two 6er verts in the car wash occasionally, but mostly did it by hand. RaggTopp is THE cleaner and protectant for your top.