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So what the video showed is that other than a professional quality detailing (whether you are skilled and patient and free enough to do it or you pay big bucks at a high class detailing place), machine car wash is still the best option.
That is consistent with the (exasperating) research I've been doing. Right now what I do is I take the car to the machine wash and then I use a waffle weave microfiber cloth to dry off the remaining water. That avoids the water marks shown in the video.
It does remove the luster a little bit and it does create tiny swirl marks. But most of the time there is no serious damage to the clear coat and the paint. So the protection of the body panels stay intact most of the time.
Once in a while a serious scratch would occur because some foreign object didn't get removed by the pressure water. I wish there were a better alternative. I wish car manufacturers made cars with replaceable plastic panels on top of the metal panels. You can replace them after they get scratched up if you want the car to look nice. But if you just want to prevent corrosion to your metal panels, you can keep using the old plastic panels.
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