yup! i just ended up with the 80v Kobalt because it had a special going for it where it came with a free 2nd battery.
I agree. The side mirrors take the longest to dry with an air blower. After drying the whole car, I wrap a towel around each side mirror after blowing air on them so it doesn't drip on the paint until it's all dry by itself. I even wait a couple of hours before taking the wrapped towels off, and it still drips a lot of water once I drive.
I use this one that I've had since 2015 SKIL 8600 AA Blower
I'd be worried about smacking it into my paint (inside the confines of a carport). And I use a broom, heh.
just washed it and blew it dry an hour ago. the Stinger has more nooks 'n crannies than an English muffin!
I remember the first time I washed the Stinger: for the last two years I had been washing a '94 Plymouth Voyager (repainted, ergo worth of attention): these "nooks 'n crannies" you speak of were almost overwhelming: I could hardly comprehend all of the planes and surfaces and angles, and TWO grilles ferpetesakes. The rear was worse than the front: underside of decklid, back around the exhaust stubs, underside of diffuser, depressions behind the fake vents behind the rear wheels: the sides with the "pinched waist" design and brake vents: just a LOT of "nooks 'n crannies" alright. It took a while to grow intimately familiar with them all, but finally my hands and towels would flow naturally over the least of them like washing your own familiar face.
I use a foam gun and one bucket to wash the car, give it a good foaming, then wash it using two different towels, one for the exhaust and the grill, and one for everything else. After washing the car, and drying the majority of the exterior, I'll proceed to open ALL the doors, the hood, the hatch and the fuel filler door. I then grab a second towel and dry off all of the water that has gotten into those areas. Finally, I'll dry the front grill, the exhaust and the wheels. I takes me about an hour from the time that I start filling the bucket until I am putting away everything at the end.
Yup, I do the same. Problem is even after I've dried all of that with a towel, the water that gets inside between/under the deck lid and the hatch will still drip. Can't get in there to wipe it dry unless I remove the deck lid each time I wash the car. The rest of it isn't too bad.
Did my normal wash today, then pulled out the cordless leaf blower to get the majority of the water off, then dried. I then did the whole open everything, grabbed the leaf blower again, and then blew more water off. Still used two towels, but both were much less wet. Really didn't add much time.
Yeah most cars have fairly modest sills. The sills on the Stinger are big enough the Israelies and Palestinians would fight over them.
