Yesterday, the white Golf got it's first was this year. I have always used Fenwicks bike cleaner on the wheels, spray on, leave to dwell and power wash off. This time, as the paint really needed some decontamination, I used it on the whole car, to great effect. After powerwashing that off, it got a snow foaming, followed by a 3BM wash using lots of AG shampoo. After one pass with the wash mitt, I used a DoDo clay mitt in the second bucket of clean, shampooy water, followed by a second pass with the wash mitt and a powerwash rinse. Having rinsed again with an open hose, it looked like it was about to rain, so the tyres got dressed and that was it...for now.
I found a couple of stone chips on the bonnet, but have a chipex kit waiting in the wings. They will get addressed, hopefully tomorrow, then it will be left for a couple of days before it gets a couple of fresh coats of Auto Finesse Illusion wax.
The interior has been hoovered within an inch of it's life, and I have just coated the mats with AG Lifeshine interior Scotch Guard type stuff, just to see if it's any good.
Given that the car is just over a year old now, and it's not had much love. I have to say it's looking pretty good. If you can stand it, my extreme minimal contact over the winter aproach, could be the way forward in preventative maintenance.