Electric Car Collector

Keeping your car in excellent condition means finding out how to properly look after it. Car valeting not only allows you to keep your car looking terrific, but stops the car’s paint from becoming damaged by the problems of the climate.

Using the Right Techniques

Prior to starting, be sure to throw out any sponges or existing cloths you currently own. To replace them you’ll require a soft wash mitt made of wool. Never make the error of believing you can clean your vehicle with any sort of old thing. Wool wash mitts are capable of holding much more water, but more importantly, they’re the simplest way to clean your vehicle without scratching it.

Along with your new woolen wash mitt, use a two bucket method. One of the buckets will contain clear, clean water and the additional should have the mixture for cleaning. When you are rinsing your wash mitt, use the clean water to make sure that you’re not moving the dirt back on top of the vehicle. This really boosts the performance of both the shampoo and water mixtures.

You will also want a guard at the base of the buckets to help make the two bucket process much more successful. Bucket guards are intended to block your wash mitt from picking up the dirt that drops through the guard. When you’ve done with washing the outside of your vehicle, you’ll be wanting to dry it well using a microfiber or PVA towel.

Washing and Drying

Ensure you wash your car away from direct sunlight. Rinse your car completely initially, to help dislodge as much dirt as is possible. Start to wash your vehicle from the top and work your way lower. Work with a straight action with the wash mitt, overlapping a number of times to get rid of as much dirt as you can. Wash one place and then rinse it thoroughly. While rinsing, use a slow stream of water – avoid using any high force.

It’s a good idea to use two decent towels when it comes to drying your car. Carefully and gently dry your car’s exterior to avoid scratching it. Wring the towels as soon as they begin to hold the water. Use your first towel to do a lot of the drying. When it’s saturated, make use of the second towel to dry up any leftover water droplets on your car.

Polish and Wax

So now we go onto polishing your car. As you’re picking your polish, be sure it’s nonabrasive and be willing to make use of two or more various types for a superior shine. Polishing regenerates your car’s paint to a outstanding shine by taking away any kind of tiny defects.

A power car polisher may be used to make sure your polish is used the right way. It’s tough to produce the same results manually. Make sure to avoid hurrying while polishing. Work steadily and within 2 by 2 foot zones.

Finish off the polishing process by going side to side to guarantee the entire space is actually covered. Try to avoid contact with the side of the electrical polisher’s pad since this will result in uneven force and possibly harm the surface. The very last stage is to apply a carnauba wax or a decent artificial. You use the wax just like you’ve polished with the same alternative to work with an electric polisher. Putting on the wax manually will generally get a more desirable finish.

If you happen to keep to the whole car valeting process often, you can be certain that your vehicle will always be looking amazing at all times.

Learn more about car valeting. Visit our Car Valeting HQ website to find out about car washing, polishing and waxing and what it can do for you.

It is rather apparent that pollution due to smog emissions has caused drastic damage to the earth, environment and our planet natural resources. We can clearly see the derogatory effects of our oil dependency in the current global warming situation, which is an issue which warrants our immediate attention. Despite the International Oil Embargo in 1973, the United States is still continuing to increase its import of oil volume wise. We Americans have become quite accustomed to driving our big SUV’s and cars. Luckily there is a solution in sight for this dilemma and that is mass producing the evironmentally friendly electric car.

At the turn of the early nineteenth century, electric cars were actually more popular when compared with combustion engines vehicles. Unfortunately, what gave way to this preference was the cheaper price of combustion engine vehicles and the lower price of oil; both of which were championed by the major automotive companies in the United States.

Pretty much all of the vehicles built in the twentieth century all had combustion engines. Experts and scientists have recently confirmed that humans are largely responsible for the planet’s global warming and a large part is due to our cars averaging nineteen pounds of carbon dioxide emissions for every mile driven. However surprising it may be, around the nineteen eighty’s the large car manufacturer GM had begun gaining attention for its focus on alternative energies in light of this looming threat. During this time, there was further pressure for auto companies to design and manufacture “clean” products. For example, the state of California had passed its “Zero Emissions Mandate,” which required there to be a certain percentage of cars manufactured that emitted significantly less carbon dioxide and pollutants. And in the 1990′s GM assigned Saturn to market the EV1, the first electric car ever built for mass consumption on a large scale.

The sales campaign for the EV1 specialized on a threefold consumer question: how far? how fast? how much? From the very start the car attracted what seemed to be major interest. In fact, there was a long waiting list of people who were interested in purchasing this car. Interestingly, GM did not put these cars up for purchase and were only willing to lease them. Nevertheless, the drivers were euphoric about the EV1 as it produced zero CO2 emissions and was fast and fun to drive. Clearly, these drivers actually preferred electric over combustion, despite the car only averaging 60 miles per charge. Thus, the clean, quick and sleek electric car was more desirable than its “nuclear time bomb” counterpart. So what happened to this new and promising car?

The makers of the EV1 sternly insisted that there was no strong consumer interest despite having put millions into campaign ads, and that the waiting list was not a viable source for proving actual demand. Eventually, the hype was killed with GM removing all leased EV1s from the streets and turning them into demolished cubes. In defense of these roguish actions, among many other discussions, the auto industry argued that electric cars, because they were charged with electricity produced by coal, were even more detrimental for the environment. On top of this, the oil industry supported arguments against this emerging technology, and President Bush pushed for the inefficient and impractical fuel cell and hydrogen technologies to be the wave of the future and replace traditional cars.

The fact of the matter remains that this energy efficient electric car was repressed by the car industry on purpose. The government and oil industry also played a large role in this. What is even more shocking is that we as consumers did our part to support such actions by passively watching the advent of the electric car slip through our fingers. Luckily it is not too late to get this technology back and mass produce it. The EV1 was incredible and any car enthusiast would enjoy taking it out on a spin. Lets take the steps and measures necessary in order to make this car a reality.

Written by Jacqueline Cao: Ford dealer Irving, Ford dealer Grapevine