Vehicle wash

[nuke'em ttg]

My last truck rusted bad, this one i'm hittin the wash more. When the ladders are on the rack i gotta hit the power wash joint. If i get a day off i take the ladders off and drive thru.

[Jimmy Neutron]

I used to always hand wash, but no longer have time. Now it's a quick run through a brushless car wash and a couple of hand waxes a year.

[chester]

Wisconsin. If I wash it any time between October and March, it's filthy the next day. So definitely a good drive thru after winter to get the salt off the bottom. After that, only when it gets really bad.

[Ursa Majoris]

I let the guys at Mister take care of it. Undercarriage, full wax, whole nine yards every time I take it there. There's so much salt on the roads in Minny you can't wait to clear it off or you'll reduce the useful life significantly.

 

I get the "buy 4 get the 5th free" deal.

[whoopazz]

Not much need in Carolina - too cheap to pay anyway. Wash and wax at home couple times a year.

[BeeR]

I haven't hand washed or waxed my car in years. Occasional power wash. For some reason the finish on it is such that a power wash and it looks great and still looks shiny.

[Chargerz]

Drive thru when it needs it.

[Ursa Majoris]

Drive thru when it needs it.

Which it never does.

[Big John]

Drive thru when it needs it.

I was thinking of your job when you wrote this.

[Chargerz]

I was thinking of your job when you wrote this.

[SheikYerbuti]

Living in Jersey, waiting for it to rain was almost always enough. Rain water is so different in the desert, now when it rains you have to wash the car the next day or you can't see through the windshield.

[Furd]

I "detail" it myself. Wash/clean/polish/wax and/or sealant. I try to wash it every week in the summer and every other week in the winter. Wax and/or seal it twice a year.

 

Its a hobby.

 

I cringe when I drive by the local Jax and see the attendants sanding down a nice car after it has been scoured and beaten with wet, dirty mops.

Edited January 1, 2012 by Furd

[Rovers]

Hand wash maybe 6 times a year, wax two to three times. Truck is almost 3 years old, people think it's brand new.

[Kid Cid]

I "detail" it myself. Wash/clean/polish/wax and/or sealant. I try to wash it every week in the summer and every other week in the winter. Wax and/or seal it twice a year.

 

Its a hobby.

 

I cringe when I drive by the local Jax and see the attendants sanding down a nice car after it has been scoured and beaten with wet, dirty mops.

+1

 

It may be a touch expensive, but the Zaino family of products is hands down the best stuff out there.

[The Irish Doggy]

One of the many perks of the Honda Odyssey is 12 free car washes at the local car wash. I almost use them all in the winter. An extra fiver gets the inside rug vacuumed, windows washed, and console wiped clean too. Can't beat it. There is a cheap automatic spray drive through that I hit at other times.

[Furd]

+1

 

It may be a touch expensive, but the Zaino family of products is hands down the best stuff out there.

 

 

Well, its really good stuff, (I have a garage full of their products and still use some of them.) And its not that expensive since you use so little of it at a time.

 

But I don't like the way it looks on a black car. I switched to Blackfire Wet Diamond.

 

I'll go back to the Zaino if my next car isn't a dark color.

[Scooby's Hubby]

Company car (Yukon XL). It big and it gets dirty. 90% of the time I go to the best drive thru and get the works $10. I use their vacuum for free. Their wash even armour alls the tires and has a fragrance with one of the soaps so I turn on the a/c full while I go through.

Edited January 2, 2012 by Scooby's Hubby