I have a new ‘24 CX-5. Historically I would get a car wash 4ish times a year. Usually hand wash. I live in a snowy/road salty part of the USA.
Online forums make car washes sound like you will destroy your paint.
Am I better off getting regular machine washes? Or infrequent hand washes?
I normally keep cars until they’re dead. And the town and surrounding towns (rural area) do not have touchless car washes.
The easiest way is probably to get it ceramic coated then do a weekly or bi-weekly rinseless wash. I still get out the pressure washer and do the full production when it’s warm but that’s probably done for the year here.