[urq] Wax coating

[MikeDes156 at aol.com]

My first "real" job out of High School was as a New/Used car mechanic at a  
Volkswagen/Porsche/Audi dealer. All the new cars that came in were coated with  
this "wax", and I had to steam clean it off as soon as they arrived at the  
dealership. A few times I went to the dock yard to pick up a new car and drive  
it back, but I always brought a scrapper to clean off the glass. I was told 
then  (late 70's early 80's) that the wax was to protect them from the salt air 
on  their long ship voyage from the Fatherland. The cars were sprayed with 
the wax  in Germany before the journey to the states. Just thought I'd share a 
bit of  this useless info.