Get the Rigid 2 in 1 vac blower, it works perfect. My car seems to shine perfect when i blow dry her. I would not touch her with a towel.

 

Would it be possible for the leaf blower to suck up a small particle and shoot it back at the car an scratch it?

 

Only if you held it two inches off of a dirty garage floor.

 

I do not have a lot of experience with leaf blowers, so I have a question.

The gas powered varieties use a gas/oil mix in the engines, correct? Meaning they don't have a seperate oil tank for lube. Where do these machines exhaust at? In the air steam, or off to the side?

My #1 fear is I'll pick something up that exhausts into the airflow, and will shoot trace amounts of oil onto my S.

 

Most gas powered leaf blowers aren't powerful enough to use as a car dryer. The ones I see blow around 150 mph. My electric one blows 195 mph.
Most gas ones exhaust out the side but this doesn't mean some of it couldn't get sucked into the intake.

 

Water blade followed by big blue.

 

Oh, and I never actually answered the posters question.

A wet Egyptian cotton handtowel. One pass, wring it out, repeat. That combined with the multiple Zaino coats makes for some easy drying. I may have to invest in the leaf blower approach as the temperature starts to drop.

 

Blower followed by micro fiber towels. I used to use synthetic chamois but like the micro fiber towels much better.

 

Really? Might have to try that.

 

Just bought a black 05 this past Friday and planning to wash for the first time this weekend.

Where can I get the micro fiber towels and what is a california water blade?

When drying with the blower only, does it leave mineral deposit behind?

Thanks in advance for the help.