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Originally Posted by popoff
Personally, I enjoy washing my car. I find touchless carwashes don't really do a good job in getting the car as clean as I want it to be. I don't trust the hand car wash places since I always have concern that they will use a dirty towel to dry my car which could possibly lead to scratches and swirlmarks. I've had dealers tell me, on several occasions, that a swirl free car is a good indication that the vehicle has been well maintained.
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I do both kinds of washes.....
and my car stays beautiful and shiny and at 17,600 miles the finish is almost flawless.
I do use the "hand car washes" that usually charge $9.99 per wash for most of my basic cleanliness.
Then, about three or four times a year, I give the car the FULL ZAINO treatment in my driveway, with the claybar grit removal and the multiple layers of Zaino to make the finish feel like the smoothest glass and shine like nobody's business !!
I had a black 1992 Infiniti Q45 a few years ago and the first day I bought it, on a Friday, I spent most of the afternoon and some of the early evening putting several coats of blue Zymol on the car. That night I drove to Wal-Mart and parked the car and was walking toward the door when these two ladies said to each other (not knowing I had gotten out of the car)
"Whew, will you look how shiny that black car is? Dang that car is shiny !!" 
From that moment, I realized that hand cleaning and polishing is the best way to take car of a car. But it does not have to be done EVERY TIME the car is washed. Even if you are a "finish freak" you can save yourself some time by sprinkling in a few "paid hand washes" in between your own personal brand of TLC......
