My car is only a month old, and already it’s getting some lint and stuff in the cracks that the vaccum at the car wash won’t get out. Even if I take it to the super-duper they-do-it-for-you car wash, they don’t suction out those little bits of detritus down in the rug by the gearshift and emergency brake.
How can I get my beloved car as clean as when I bought it? Do dealerships have some sort of super-vacuum?
If they don’t clean that detritus out for you, I suggest you find a different car wash. The place where I took my car to be cleaned got every single speck of dust - especially under the e-brake where I could never successfully clean myself - out of my car. I believe they used a high-powered vac in conjuction with a high-pressure blower; they’d blow the debris free into the vacuum’s path.
(Sorry - for some reason I thought this thread was in IMHO. Apologies for not having any actual factual answer.)
(how do people always get confused about where they’re reading?) In any case, you did provide an answer that was factual, right?
In my last cheap car ('95 Civic), I was able to take out the vast majority of all of the plastic trim pieces from the inside of the car and run them through the dishwasher. While that was happening, it made access to vacuuming really, really easy. After the dry cycle, a coat of Armor All and then snap the pieces back into place. Always came back looking just as good as new, even despite the fact that I was a smoker. Since I’ve started driving “better” cars, though, I find that the manufacturers are generally more clever in how they attach most of their trim pieces, so I don’t go that far any more. On the other hand, I no longer smoke or eat two meals a day in my car, either, so that makes up for the non-removability of the trim!
Meh, it was on the edge anyway. And you did provide an answer: drive to South Africa and find a car wash.
