Quick Spray & Wipe Vacation Cadillac Wash

A vacation is like a car show, except your car is the only gearhead entry.

We are in South Carolina visiting from Texas. My Cadillac naturally arrived covered with 1,180 miles of road grime, bugs, dust, and dirt. One might simply head to the nearest car wash on arrival, then touch up. I wanted to try the DIY Spray Detailer on this full car problem including grimey wheels.

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The wheels in the STS-V get pretty dirty, but are luckily fairly easy to clean.

Today I used the DIY Spray Detailer and microfiber towels, as with the rest of the car. The main difference is I used more detailer as a rinse, I did the wheels last so no grime went back to the rest of the car, and I used the dirtiest towels.

I took this photo midjob so one car see the clean and dirty sections of wheel. All in all, spray on, wipe off.

After shots

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Summary

All in all I am happy with the result. The iphone hides imperfections but the V looks clean in person as well. Bringing along a bottle of spray detailer and a bag of microfiber towels seems an easy vacation addition.

Why Cadillac?

People ask me, “Why Cadillac?”

I often respond with a rambling if thoughtful analysis. I want to tighten that into a pithy and persuasive response.

Cadillac is the ultimate expression of the American Grand Touring machine.

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Driving my V-Series Cadillac is the equivalent to dating a Super Model who is also an Olympic athelete, a trained masseuse, a great dancer, has a great personality, and comes from a good family.

I enjoy my Cadillac because it focuses my sensibilities on finer details.

Cadillac is the essence of luxury performance — grace, power, and style in a finely made American automobile.

What do you think — Why Cadillac? Hit the comments!

Roadtrip in Gas Stop Tweets

Roadtrip! As we traveled from Texas to South Carolina I tweeted our progress at gas or food stops. The Cadillac STS-V is a great touring car — plenty of room, gobs of power. It is a fun car to drive which makes long trips better. The STS-V has the 4.4L supercharged Northstar engine , making 469 hp and 440 lb ft of torque stock, or around 500 crank hp with intake and exhaust as my car has.

First gas stp on the road near Longview.

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Unfortunate selection of places to stop; in Louisiana.
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We had 340 miles done by this pic, with 840 to go.
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340 miles to go. Feels downhill from here but starting to be a long day. It rained along the way so the V needs a good wash.
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Only 65 miles to go! Nothing was open by this time. Everyone needed a stop but after midnight only the gas pumps were on. Even the Mcdonalds was drivethrough lane only.

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Shot from the stairs above the V while unpacking after arriving safely in South Carolina. We saw lots of deer on the way along highway 17 so that added excitement (!)
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