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> I take pride in the fact I haven't been to a car wash in probably 3 years and have likely gone myself less than 10 times total. You don't come off here as we

> I take pride in the fact I haven't been to a car wash in probably 3 years and have likely gone myself less than 10 times total. You don't come off here as well as you think you do.

paulmd 3y ago
Ya, he’s bragging about letting his frame and underbody rust out. (must be nice to live in a place without salt on the roads!)
- smt88 3y ago
  Most of humanity lives in a place without salt on roads (or doesn't own a car). I've never washed a car I've owned and my frame is fine.
  - pixl97 3y ago
    Depends where you live. In Texas you want to wash occasionally and reapply some type of wax or you'll lose your clear coat in a few years to UV damage.
- carlosjobim 3y ago
  Sand on roads, no rust.
Spivak 3y ago
I really don't get what this is implying, commuter cars are essentially self-cleaning. You're driving on roads where the worst that's gonna happen is some salt buildup in winter that isn't worth washing off in winter (and isn't rusting in winter) and then it washes itself off first rain of spring. This feels like one of those iceberg tips where I'm really glad I'm not in the kind of social circle where having a spotless car matters at all. I've driven four going on five cars to 200k miles having never gave any shits about car washes and haven't had any problems.
- 3weeksearlier 3y ago
  Depends on the climate. In parts of California, rain can be rare.
- rootusrootus 3y ago
  I think it’s pretty normal for people to want to take good care of things they’ve spent hard earned money on. Is driving a filthy car some kind of weird flex?
  - makeitshine 3y ago
    He's saying it rains and the car gets clean. I only needed to rinse my car off once a year, max, and did that with a garden hose. It was fine otherwise. Car washes are a waste.
    - rootusrootus 3y ago
      I live in the PNW where it rains pretty steadily most of the year and my car gets absolutely gross if I don't wash it once every couple months. Not dusty, I mean filthy dirty. Rain does not make the car clean, quite the opposite. All that water on the road getting kicked up brings muck with it.
      - snuxoll 3y ago
        I live in an area of the PNW where it snows and rains a lot during the winter, and rains more during the summer. Mud loves to stick to everything, and the Magnesium Chloride they use to de-ice roads loves to oxidize the frame of vehicles. I have everything at home to clean our vehicles, but I can’t just run the hose during the winter when it’s most important because of the MgCl; so I’ll take our rigs to the wash if we are in town (nearest car wash is 60 minutes away) to clean the undercarriage and minimize rusting.
  - sapling-ginger 3y ago
    A dusty car body is no more "filthy" than the soles of your shoes. Do you wash your shoe soles?
golergka 3y ago
Why would you assume OP owns a car or has any use for a rental one?
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WWLink 3y ago
I don't get it? When I wash my cars I like to go all out and clay them and wax them. And then the next morning there's a nice layer of dust. And the morning after that the morning dew has cemented that dust on. Even a 3 year old car that has been washed twice a week at an automatic wash is going to look a lot worse than a 5 year old car that occasionally gets a good hand wash. The constantly auto washed car is going to be full of swirls and maybe even a screwed up antenna or spoiler or rear wiper blade because car washes like eating those. Plus even the most aggressive automatic car wash isn't going to actually CLEAN a car. Even the laziest 20 minute rinse/soap/rinse/dry is going to clean a car better than an automatic car wash does. And if you use good microfiber towels ($13 for a pack of 36 at costco) and pretty much any microfiber sponge ($5 at walmart or whatever), and something like meguairs gold class wash and wax ($15 for a big bottle at walmart) you're set for at least 2-3 years. Err anyway... "doesn't take care of their stuff" - I reserve that for people who never clean the inside of their car, people who ram into curbs and mess up their bumper getting out, and people who slam their doors into other peoples' cars.
- kodt 3y ago
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> I take pride in the fact I haven't been to a car wash in probably 3 years and have likely gone myself less than 10 times total. You don't come off here as well as you think you do.

paulmd 3y ago

Ya, he’s bragging about letting his frame and underbody rust out. (must be nice to live in a place without salt on the roads!)

smt88 3y ago
Most of humanity lives in a place without salt on roads (or doesn't own a car). I've never washed a car I've owned and my frame is fine.
- pixl97 3y ago
  Depends where you live. In Texas you want to wash occasionally and reapply some type of wax or you'll lose your clear coat in a few years to UV damage.
carlosjobim 3y ago
Sand on roads, no rust.

Spivak 3y ago

I really don't get what this is implying, commuter cars are essentially self-cleaning. You're driving on roads where the worst that's gonna happen is some salt buildup in winter that isn't worth washing off in winter (and isn't rusting in winter) and then it washes itself off first rain of spring. This feels like one of those iceberg tips where I'm really glad I'm not in the kind of social circle where having a spotless car matters at all. I've driven four going on five cars to 200k miles having never gave any shits about car washes and haven't had any problems.

3weeksearlier 3y ago
Depends on the climate. In parts of California, rain can be rare.
rootusrootus 3y ago
I think it’s pretty normal for people to want to take good care of things they’ve spent hard earned money on. Is driving a filthy car some kind of weird flex?
- makeitshine 3y ago
  He's saying it rains and the car gets clean. I only needed to rinse my car off once a year, max, and did that with a garden hose. It was fine otherwise. Car washes are a waste.
  - rootusrootus 3y ago
    I live in the PNW where it rains pretty steadily most of the year and my car gets absolutely gross if I don't wash it once every couple months. Not dusty, I mean filthy dirty. Rain does not make the car clean, quite the opposite. All that water on the road getting kicked up brings muck with it.
    - snuxoll 3y ago
      I live in an area of the PNW where it snows and rains a lot during the winter, and rains more during the summer. Mud loves to stick to everything, and the Magnesium Chloride they use to de-ice roads loves to oxidize the frame of vehicles. I have everything at home to clean our vehicles, but I can’t just run the hose during the winter when it’s most important because of the MgCl; so I’ll take our rigs to the wash if we are in town (nearest car wash is 60 minutes away) to clean the undercarriage and minimize rusting.
- sapling-ginger 3y ago
  A dusty car body is no more "filthy" than the soles of your shoes. Do you wash your shoe soles?

golergka 3y ago

Why would you assume OP owns a car or has any use for a rental one?

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WWLink 3y ago

I don't get it? When I wash my cars I like to go all out and clay them and wax them. And then the next morning there's a nice layer of dust. And the morning after that the morning dew has cemented that dust on. Even a 3 year old car that has been washed twice a week at an automatic wash is going to look a lot worse than a 5 year old car that occasionally gets a good hand wash. The constantly auto washed car is going to be full of swirls and maybe even a screwed up antenna or spoiler or rear wiper blade because car washes like eating those. Plus even the most aggressive automatic car wash isn't going to actually CLEAN a car. Even the laziest 20 minute rinse/soap/rinse/dry is going to clean a car better than an automatic car wash does. And if you use good microfiber towels ($13 for a pack of 36 at costco) and pretty much any microfiber sponge ($5 at walmart or whatever), and something like meguairs gold class wash and wax ($15 for a big bottle at walmart) you're set for at least 2-3 years. Err anyway... "doesn't take care of their stuff" - I reserve that for people who never clean the inside of their car, people who ram into curbs and mess up their bumper getting out, and people who slam their doors into other peoples' cars.

kodt 3y ago
Garage