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gunbuster · 01-06-05, 02:34

After living for years in New York City where I never wanted to own a car, I packed up and moved to sunny (well, now rainy) San Diego. Needing a car, I treated myself to a '02 BMW 330ci in Orient Blue Metallic. The car is beautiful looking and I love the color...

But.. it doesn't take long to get dirty.

Now I'm the sort of person who, once deciding to do something, will try to do it the "right" way. So I found out about autopedia through the BMWCCA and Bimmerforums. I bought 2 boxes worth of goodies from Autopedia (the perfect shine system base kit and the Souverin kit). Picked up some extra MF towels from another place and I'm all ready to wash.

Except I have no idea where to do it.

You see, I live in a condo in downtown San Diego. I don't have a driveway where I can spend a nice Sunday detailing the car. So how do people get it done??

As I've looked at the car more and more, I've noticed that there are some light swirl marks on the trunk that are visible from certain angles in the light.

So any recommendations for what I should do? Plus, it's raining all this weekend.. ugh. I'd like to find a place where I can take all day to wash, clay, polish, glaze(?) and wax the car...

I don't have a PC either, but seems pretty hard to use that without having a proper driveway...

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gunbuster Registered User gunbuster is offline Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5	Newbie car owner in San Diego! After living for years in New York City where I never wanted to own a car, I packed up and moved to sunny (well, now rainy) San Diego. Needing a car, I treated myself to a '02 BMW 330ci in Orient Blue Metallic. The car is beautiful looking and I love the color... But.. it doesn't take long to get dirty. Now I'm the sort of person who, once deciding to do something, will try to do it the "right" way. So I found out about autopedia through the BMWCCA and Bimmerforums. I bought 2 boxes worth of goodies from Autopedia (the perfect shine system base kit and the Souverin kit). Picked up some extra MF towels from another place and I'm all ready to wash. Except I have no idea where to do it. You see, I live in a condo in downtown San Diego. I don't have a driveway where I can spend a nice Sunday detailing the car. So how do people get it done?? As I've looked at the car more and more, I've noticed that there are some light swirl marks on the trunk that are visible from certain angles in the light. So any recommendations for what I should do? Plus, it's raining all this weekend.. ugh. I'd like to find a place where I can take all day to wash, clay, polish, glaze(?) and wax the car... I don't have a PC either, but seems pretty hard to use that without having a proper driveway...