Hey everyoe, thanks for the words of sympathy, hugs all around - I did the baby-wipes thing, and guess what?? It works!!! Like a dream! In fact I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to clean their vachetta.
Now all the awful rain dots on the vachetta have disappeared and the vachetta is as good as new. In fact I went into the store today and the SA remarked that my Speedy is as good as new!!
I'm over the moon. Thanks to the super tips posted in the forum, it has saved my rain-drenched new speedy