Ca rin g fo r yo u r c a r
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Wa s h in g yo u r c a r
Ve hic le s w ith ra in s e ns or*:
Cle a n th e w ind s hie ld re gula rly. Wa x
fro m a uto m a tic c a r w a s he s o r in s e c ts , > Do n ot c le a n b y w ip ing w ith a d ry
for e xa m p le , c a n c a us e m a lfunc tio ns in
th e fu nc tio n o f th e ra in s e ns or.
Wh e n c le a ning th e h e a d la m p s ,
p le a s e o b s e rve th e fo llowing:
You c a n h a ve yo ur n e w B MW w a s he d
in a n a uto m a tic c a r w a s h. C a r w a s h
s ys te m s th a t d o not e m p loy b ru s he s a re
p re fe ra b le .
c loth . Ne ve r u s e a b ra s ive s o r s tro ng
s olve nts to c le a n th e c ove rs .
Re m ove d irt a nd c onta m ina tio n
(s uc h a s in s e c ts ) b y s oa kin g w ith
BMW C a r S ha m p oo a nd th e n rin s ing
with p le nty o f w a te r.
> Alwa ys u s e a d e ic e r s p ra y to re m ove
a c c um ula te d ic e a nd s now – n e ve r
us e a s c ra p e r.<
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Wip e a wa y to ugh d irt a nd lo os e n a nd
re m ove d e a d in s e c ts b e fore w a s hing
th e c a r.
Turn th e ra in s e ns or o ff in a uto -
m a tic c a r w a s he s . If yo u d o n ot,
d a m a ge m a y o c c ur if th e w ip e rs s witc h
on u ninte ntio na lly.<
To p re ve nt s p ots , d o n ot w a s h th e c a r
whe n th e h ood is s till w a rm , o r im m e d i-
a te ly a fte r a nd d uring e xp os ure to
s tro ng s unlight.
P a rts o f th e c a r th a t a re in a c c e s s ib le to
th e a uto m a tic w a s he r – s uc h a s d oor
s ills , d oor a nd h ood e d ge s , e tc . –
s hould b e c le a ne d b y h a nd .
Wh e n u s ing a n a uto m a tic c a r w a s h, b e
s ure th a t:
Afte r w a s hing th e c a r, a p p ly th e
b ra ke s b rie fly to d ry th e m . B ra kin g
e ffic ie nc y m ight o th e rw is e b e re d uc e d
b y th e m ois tu re a nd th e b ra ke ro to rs
c ould a ls o b e c orro d e d .<
In th e w inte r m onth s , it is e s p e c ia lly im -
p orta nt to b e s ure th a t th e c a r is wa s he d
on a re gula r b a s is . La rg e q ua ntitie s o f
d irt a nd ro a d s a lt a re d iffic ult to re m ove ,
a nd th e y a ls o c a us e d a m a ge to th e ve hi-
c le .
>
The c a r w a s h s ys te m is s uite d fo r th e
d im e ns ions o f yo ur ve hic le .
>
No d a m a ge w ill oc c ur o n ve hic le s
with a tta c he d b od y a c c e s s orie s (s uc h
a s s p oile rs o r a nte nna s ). C ons ult th e
c a r w a s h o p e ra to r if n e c e s s a ry.
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The w he e ls a nd tire s o f yo ur ve hic le
c a nnot b e d a m a ge d b y th e c onve y-
a nc e d e vic e s o f th e c a r w a s h s ys te m .
The ve hic le is c le a ne d w ith m inim um
b ru s h p re s s ure , a nd th a t a m p le wa te r
is a va ila b le fo r w a s hing a nd rin s ing.
If s p ra y w a nd s o r h igh-p re s s ure
wa s he rs a re u s e d , b e s ure to
m a inta in a n a d e q ua te d is ta nc e b e tw e e n
th e s p ra y s ourc e a nd th e ve hic le 's s ur-
fa c e . In a d e q ua te d is ta nc e a nd e xc e s -
s ive p re s s ure c a n d a m a ge o r w e a ke n
th e finis h, m a kin g it m ore s us c e p tib le to
s ub s e q ue nt a tta c k. In a d d itio n, m ois -
tu re c ould p e ne tra te to ve hic le c om p o-
ne nts , le a d ing to lo ng-te rm d a m a ge .<
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