Looks great Dr Mike. White is one of the more forgiving colours to maintain and if you are unfortunate enough to get any swirls on your paintwork, white hides them quite well.
It’s a good feeling, knowing your car’s well protected against the weather. I gave my car ‘the works’ a couple of weeks ago so it’s also well protected against the elements; there’s some quite impressive water beading on the paintwork when it rains, and weekly/fortnightly washing is currently a doddle as any dirt cleans off easily.
The ease of washing the car after you've waxed it is an added bonus. Inevitably the weather's carp, so the less time you have to spend faffing about with cold water in cold weather the better.
My nephew has installed a hot water outside tap at his new house. Naturally I called him a pansy, but as winter looms I'm starting to accept that it might not be a bad idea. My apartment block only has cold water available from the outside taps, and juggling with buckets of warm water in the lift or down two flights of stairs will probably not end well.
Still, I would rather put up with the (minor) difficulties of washing my own car through the winter months than hand it over to any of the local "we'll scratch up your paintwork for £15" hand car wash establishments favoured by most of my neighbours.
