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My two cents on car washing:
In general the less effort and chemicals that you use to wash your car the better it will look over time. Power washers and abrasive chemicals will make your car look pretty today, however over time they will remove your wax. They basically clean by removing the top coat of what ever is on your car and this includes the grim that is in it. If you wash your car gently, it will help protect your car's finish, and overtime will leave your car looking awesome.
My suggestion -- get a good terry cloth or micro fiber mitt, a bucket, some nonabrasive auto shampoo, and a few micro fiber towels. Don’t hose your car down with you hose’s maximum setting. Just let the water sheet off your car and don’t use circular motions ever!!! On the hood and rear deck lid use front to back (or visa versa) motions for washing and drying. On the sides use only an up and down motion. Eventually, all the "swirl" marks on your car will be in the same directions and will be polarized so that when people look at the car, the light that is caught in the "swirls" will be polarized 90 degrees out of phase of the look angle, and will therefore be almost unnoticeable.
I love washing my car, its actually one of the things that I look forward to on the weekends. In no time your car will be like a big mirror like mine.
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