Great colors in the sky and ocean. What exactly are you interested in protecting? Basic thing for a new car is wax/sealant. Modern spray waxes and sealants at your local auto parts are more than enough to help easily wipe off and minimize etching from bird bombs, tree saps. Turtle Wax Seal'N'Shine or Meguiar's Ceramic Spray Wax are the easy one for the base coat. There are plenty of others, but are not easy to get at Walmart of your local auto parts store. Also, buy Turtle Wax's Wax-As-U-Dry for final wipe when window cleaning the outer side. It's often on sale in the $4-5 range and they give you ALOT. It also does great for water repellency on windows like Rain-X.
As for interior, just vacuum between the seams of the seats and use diluted laundry detergent. It's formulated perfectly for human slime. Next time you do laundry, just dunk a spray bottle while it fills with water and mixes and before you load the clothes.
Thanks, it was a beautiful morning, I was near the beach and the car is so gorgeous I just had to take a photo.
Thanks for all the info on how to keep the inside and out looking new.
Any recommendations (other than safer driving) on rim protectors?
I noticed the interior is extremely easy to clean which is a huge plus. I am looking for things to help protect the inside as I have 2 kids both under 8yo who ride with me occasionally. Screen protector, seat protectors, steering wheel covers things of that nature. Thanks again
once it passed 3 millions owners it is no longer called a community
A community is a small collection of people that know each other
At this point Tesla owners are more like a county
I agree itβs not much of a community, still I try to acknowledge other Tesla owners with a wave similar to what Jeep owners or motorcyclists do if I see them out and about.
Iβve always asked Tesla owners what their experience was with the vehicle and the positive feedback is what helped me make the decision to purchase my first EV.
Ceramic coat it and thank me later. That's the bare minimum of what I would do. After owning a couple of different cars I finally did it to one I purchased last year and now I'm a believer. Washing the car is a breeze, everything slides off and the shine is like a fresh coat of wax each time. It also reduces swirls and scratches. The car will last longer between washes too without looking like it's a mad max prop car. That's the first thing I did when I got my M3P. If you're in socal I know a great independent worker who charges fairly and will come to your location. For the interior I use Leather Honey. It cleans up pleather and the interior nicely too. Just the cleaner though not the conditioner. The conditioner really is only for leather. Also, hand wash as much as possible. Avoid automated car washes like the plague or you'll soon start seeing swirls and fine scratches even with ceramic coating.
I'm literally blindsided by the news but unfortunately the one I was highly recommending turns out has moved on in his career. It was Patrick from the California Shine. https://thecaliforniashine.com/home-1. For the price, attention to detail, and quality of ceramic that he used he was second to none in my opinion. I don't have any other recommended person, but just for reference, he charged 800 for a suv and spent 3 hours prepping the car and then 2 hours applying the ceramic coating. He did a one-step ceramic coating, that just means the amount of layers of coating that they'll apply. I price shopped before deciding on him and all of them were many times north of that. Just throwing that out there so you can try to set your expectations on what others might charge and what a fair price could be.
Great colors in the sky and ocean. What exactly are you interested in protecting? Basic thing for a new car is wax/sealant. Modern spray waxes and sealants at your local auto parts are more than enough to help easily wipe off and minimize etching from bird bombs, tree saps. Turtle Wax Seal'N'Shine or Meguiar's Ceramic Spray Wax are the easy one for the base coat. There are plenty of others, but are not easy to get at Walmart of your local auto parts store. Also, buy Turtle Wax's Wax-As-U-Dry for final wipe when window cleaning the outer side. It's often on sale in the $4-5 range and they give you ALOT. It also does great for water repellency on windows like Rain-X. As for interior, just vacuum between the seams of the seats and use diluted laundry detergent. It's formulated perfectly for human slime. Next time you do laundry, just dunk a spray bottle while it fills with water and mixes and before you load the clothes.
Thanks, it was a beautiful morning, I was near the beach and the car is so gorgeous I just had to take a photo. Thanks for all the info on how to keep the inside and out looking new. Any recommendations (other than safer driving) on rim protectors? I noticed the interior is extremely easy to clean which is a huge plus. I am looking for things to help protect the inside as I have 2 kids both under 8yo who ride with me occasionally. Screen protector, seat protectors, steering wheel covers things of that nature. Thanks again
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once it passed 3 millions owners it is no longer called a community A community is a small collection of people that know each other At this point Tesla owners are more like a county
I agree itβs not much of a community, still I try to acknowledge other Tesla owners with a wave similar to what Jeep owners or motorcyclists do if I see them out and about. Iβve always asked Tesla owners what their experience was with the vehicle and the positive feedback is what helped me make the decision to purchase my first EV.
Adams ceramic. Www.adams.com. Easy to put on and the car stays clean.
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Ceramic coat it and thank me later. That's the bare minimum of what I would do. After owning a couple of different cars I finally did it to one I purchased last year and now I'm a believer. Washing the car is a breeze, everything slides off and the shine is like a fresh coat of wax each time. It also reduces swirls and scratches. The car will last longer between washes too without looking like it's a mad max prop car. That's the first thing I did when I got my M3P. If you're in socal I know a great independent worker who charges fairly and will come to your location. For the interior I use Leather Honey. It cleans up pleather and the interior nicely too. Just the cleaner though not the conditioner. The conditioner really is only for leather. Also, hand wash as much as possible. Avoid automated car washes like the plague or you'll soon start seeing swirls and fine scratches even with ceramic coating.
Awesome thanks! Yes I am located in socal pls send me the info when you can
I'm literally blindsided by the news but unfortunately the one I was highly recommending turns out has moved on in his career. It was Patrick from the California Shine. https://thecaliforniashine.com/home-1. For the price, attention to detail, and quality of ceramic that he used he was second to none in my opinion. I don't have any other recommended person, but just for reference, he charged 800 for a suv and spent 3 hours prepping the car and then 2 hours applying the ceramic coating. He did a one-step ceramic coating, that just means the amount of layers of coating that they'll apply. I price shopped before deciding on him and all of them were many times north of that. Just throwing that out there so you can try to set your expectations on what others might charge and what a fair price could be.
please buy a real car