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Old 09-20-2008, 09:08 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by meemooer View Post
but the "slickness" to the paint is so microscopic. the small voids that the polish/wax fills can only be seen under a microscope.
Honda did release an article last month about how if "...Large vehicle owners wash and wax and keep their vehicles clean they can see an increase of 10%mpg hwy" Of course it said results may vary. Maybe they should just come out with "aero" packages like Dodge did w/the Daytona Superbird.
Go find a car that hasn't been waxed in 5 years and one that has just been waxed that day and try to slide a cloth across the paint of both and see what the results are. The cloth on the one that hasn't been waxed probably won't slide at all and the cloth will probably slide onto the ground on the one that has just been waxed. Rain X does the same thing to the glass that wax does to the paint.
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