do you auto-wash or hand-wash your car?

[Maverick]

Just wondering what everyone else does. I auto-wash every two weeks or so.

 

[PsychoAndy]

I dont wash mine. I like the layer of schmutz thats accumulated. I can write messages and stuff.

-PAB

 

[NogginBoink]

I have to hand wash my convertible. The high-pressure water jets get water in the car between the windows and the retractable roof.

 

[vi edit]

Hand job...err wash.

 

[DougK62]

I only auto-wash when it's bitterly cold out and I want to get the gunk off really bad.

I never wash my car at home - too easy to scratch it.

I usually use the high-pressure do-it-yourself washing stations. They've got the lowest likelihood of scratching.


Of course, it all depends on how much you care about your car and how much mjoney you have

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

i use dish soap and a rag...all you car detailers out there, dont flame, it's a silver hyundai
next car (hopefully a audi a4 ) gets the whole weekend for a car "wash"

it's not like i drive them anyways (parents)

 

[Hammer]

I use to hand-wash, now I auto-wash. I don't have the time anymore and it does a good enough job if you do the laser wash.

 

[Paulson]

Well, my dad works at a bus garage, so I go up there and wash my truck...

they have a wash bay with a pressure sprayer, so first I spray down the truck (with water and soap) and then I scrub the truck down with a brush they have there (very soft bristled) and then I rinse it off with the pressure sprayer...

after that, I shamy it all off and make the tires look like they're wet...

 

[UCDznutz]

hand wash. in fact, i think i'll go do that right now. its been a long time since i last washed it

 

[N8Magic]

I voted for hand-wash, although i'm lazy and take it to the local full service wash place.

Does that still count?

 

[eplebnista]

Auto-wash

 

[ElFenix]

when i lived across the street from it i used the self-wash thing... you know the one, you put quarters in the side and it operates until time runs out. haven't gotten my car washed since i moved. ah well.

 

[Maverick]

I don't handwash for the following reasons:

getting some dude to hand wash it costs like $15 bucks (twice the cost of most expensive auto wash)

doing it yourself takes too much time (and sucks in winter)

you get a discount on autowash if you buy gas with it

 

[iamwiz82]

hand wash. I do take the Jeep to the wash bays with the super high pressure spray to do the undercarriage, though. The mud and dirt will not come off with a normal hose.

 

[Kevin]

I'll won't be hand washing my car for a long time. Last time I did it, I totally screwed it up. I had these tree sap dots around my car that I couldn't get off. I used a harder sponge than normal and it came right off no problem. Then my car dried and boy was I screwed. Scratches all around the car. Had to bring it to a detailer who buffed them out and cleaned the entire exterior of my car. Cost about $100 but was well worth it since I had no clue how to fix it.