And then there was the time I was at the car wash, working it over with one of those long-handled brushes. I noticed that the soap starting turning green, like Irish Spring. Wow, cool soap! When I rinsed it off, I realized that I had scrubbed the paint off. 😳 I was petrified to tell my dad, who had just had the Beetle repainted a few years prior. I got home, told him the paint looked weird. He went out and looked at it (the paint was still there, but had turned a "matte green.") I thought he was going to be furious, but he just shrugged and told me not to wash it with those brushes anymore... I guess it had been a cheapo paint job. So then I had to hand wash it with a bucket and chamois!