Is this weird........

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i will NEVER take my car to a drive through car wash. it causes scratches in the paint. no matter what you say, it does, it doesnt get the car NEARLY as clean, and it doesnt allow you to inspect your car while washing it...

its about PRIDE, and feeling PROUD of what you spent YOUR money on...

(/me waits for something said about my car)

What kind of car do you drive?

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i will NEVER take my car to a drive through car wash. it causes scratches in the paint. no matter what you say, it does, it doesnt get the car NEARLY as clean, and it doesnt allow you to inspect your car while washing it...

its about PRIDE, and feeling PROUD of what you spent YOUR money on...

(/me waits for something said about my car)

What kind of car do you drive?

whats it matter to you?

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
whats it matter to you?

I'm not going to make fun of it. I am just curious to know if it's justified in washing to that extent.

My car is probably nicer, but I don't consider mine worthy of being nearly spotless.

Sometimes I'll go nearly two months without washing it. It's a piece of machinery that's used outdoors, it's supposed to be dirty.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
whats it matter to you?

I'm not going to make fun of it. I am just curious to know if it's justified in washing to that extent.

My car is probably nicer, but I don't consider mine worthy of being nearly spotless.

Sometimes I'll go nearly two months without washing it. It's a piece of machinery that's used outdoors, it's supposed to be dirty.

its a 2005 Malibu MAXX. i take pride in ANYTHING i own that costs me more than $10.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
You are a moron. Washing it by hand gets the car way cleaner.

Washing your house by hand may get it cleaner too, but tell me, does a house or a car really need to be that clean?

Unless you have a "show car" of some sort, you don't need it that clean.

A typical 5 dollar wash will protect it from rust and dirty and will maintain the value. Going extra and washing it by hand will not improve any further than that.

Smoke crack much? TAKE CARE OF YOUR PAINT!!!!

If I take my car to the automatic "touchless" car wash, the car may "look" somewhat clean when it comes out, but it is never full clean. If I take my finger and rub across the paint, it still has black grime on it. Those water jets can't get that stuff off.

I use a microfiber cloth to wash my car and I get all of that dirt/grime off. I use that Armor-All Powerwash Gel that you just squirt on when the car is wet, then wipe then and wash off. Then while the car is still wet, I use Eagle-One Spray-on wax, then wax it dry with one of those synthetic drying cloths.

Takes me maybe 25-30 to wash the car/wheels and another 10 if I use the wax. Add another 10 if I do the windows/windshield inside and out.

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
whats it matter to you?

I'm not going to make fun of it. I am just curious to know if it's justified in washing to that extent.

My car is probably nicer, but I don't consider mine worthy of being nearly spotless.

Sometimes I'll go nearly two months without washing it. It's a piece of machinery that's used outdoors, it's supposed to be dirty.

Then what warrents looking clean all the time. like MIKEMIKE said it's about being proud and inspecting your car and being able to do other regularly scheduled maintenence on your car. Who cares if you drive a 10 year old car it'll last longer if you keep it clean, especially up here in the northern states, the salt grime is incredibly corrosive to your car and you'll see the first time it's sunny and clear winter day in Michigan there are 50 cars waiting in the drive through car wash because people know what that salt is doing to their paint, shocks/struts/undercarriage etc.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
You are a moron. Washing it by hand gets the car way cleaner.

Washing your house by hand may get it cleaner too, but tell me, does a house or a car really need to be that clean?

Unless you have a "show car" of some sort, you don't need it that clean.

A typical 5 dollar wash will protect it from rust and dirty and will maintain the value. Going extra and washing it by hand will not improve any further than that.

Smoke crack much? TAKE CARE OF YOUR PAINT!!!!

If I take my car to the automatic "touchless" car wash, the car may "look" somewhat clean when it comes out, but it is never full clean. If I take my finger and rub across the paint, it still has black grime on it. Those water jets can't get that stuff off.

I use a microfiber cloth to wash my car and I get all of that dirt/grime off. I use that Armor-All Powerwash Gel that you just squirt on when the car is wet, then wipe then and wash off. Then while the car is still wet, I use Eagle-One Spray-on wax, then wipe it off with one of those synthetic drying cloths.

Takes me maybe 25-30 to wash the car/wheels and another 10 if I use the wax. Add another 10 if I do the windows/windshield inside and out.

i dont go THAT far... but i do wax my car. i need to wax it this coming week while cool, and wash it EXTREMELY well. i use the local car wash, but not the drive through part, the handheld sprayer thing as thats all i have and can do, its better than nothing, so ill go home clean my car from inside to outside completely. and wax the outside fully.

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: AmdEmAll
You are a moron. Washing it by hand gets the car way cleaner.

Washing your house by hand may get it cleaner too, but tell me, does a house or a car really need to be that clean?

Unless you have a "show car" of some sort, you don't need it that clean.

A typical 5 dollar wash will protect it from rust and dirty and will maintain the value. Going extra and washing it by hand will not improve any further than that.

Smoke crack much? TAKE CARE OF YOUR PAINT!!!!

If I take my car to the automatic "touchless" car wash, the car may "look" somewhat clean when it comes out, but it is never full clean. If I take my finger and rub across the paint, it still has black grime on it. Those water jets can't get that stuff off.

I use a microfiber cloth to wash my car and I get all of that dirt/grime off. I use that Armor-All Powerwash Gel that you just squirt on when the car is wet, then wipe then and wash off. Then while the car is still wet, I use Eagle-One Spray-on wax, then wax it dry with one of those synthetic drying cloths.

Takes me maybe 25-30 to wash the car/wheels and another 10 if I use the wax. Add another 10 if I do the windows/windshield inside and out.

ding ding ding welcome back troll

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
I don't understand people who wash their cars by hand.

It takes me about 5 hours to wash my car, but about 5 minutes and 5 bucks to wash it at car wash.

Just spend the 5 bucks.

Washing by hand may get a "bit" cleaner, but a car is a piece of machinery, it doesn't need to be sterile.

5 hours..goddamn how big is that car?

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
I don't understand people who wash their cars by hand.

It takes me about 5 hours to wash my car, but about 5 minutes and 5 bucks to wash it at car wash.

Just spend the 5 bucks.

Washing by hand may get a "bit" cleaner, but a car is a piece of machinery, it doesn't need to be sterile.

5 hours to wash your car........ what do you have ......... an 18 wheeler. I can wash my car in 30 minutes. Great exercise also

Washing a car by hand is a lot cleaner since most car washes here are the no touch jet spray types.

Cheers,
Aquaman

No kidding. Spending 5 hours to wash (not wax) a car is idiotic. That's about as dumb as attempting to scan 700 maga......ah, nevermind.

[pees in blueweasals butt]

Cheers,
Aquaman

I lol'd with toothpaste in my mouth.

 

[MikeMike]

JLGatsby hasnt returned... i wonder why.

 

[MikeMike]

o yea, back to the OP.

its weird because Rain Water isnt as clean as drinking water and most likely will leave worse spots then drinking water.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i dont go THAT far... but i do wax my car. i need to wax it this coming week while cool, and wash it EXTREMELY well. i use the local car wash, but not the drive through part, the handheld sprayer thing as thats all i have and can do, its better than nothing, so ill go home clean my car from inside to outside completely. and wax the outside fully.

Well, whatever floats your boat, but I'd rather be doing other things than washing a car that is going to get dirty again in a few days.

I don't think cars were meant to be that clean.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i dont go THAT far... but i do wax my car. i need to wax it this coming week while cool, and wash it EXTREMELY well. i use the local car wash, but not the drive through part, the handheld sprayer thing as thats all i have and can do, its better than nothing, so ill go home clean my car from inside to outside completely. and wax the outside fully.

Well, whatever floats your boat, but I'd rather be doing other things than washing a car that is going to get dirty again in a few days.

I don't think cars were meant to be that clean.

Less than an hour on a Friday afternoon or during the weekend ain't gonna hurt anyone. For me at least, 25 mins just to wash and be done with it.

Even if you don't wash it all the time, wouldn't you rather do it right yourself, vs getting some half-ass wash at a car wash? Just think, if you keep going to the car wash, you're leaving behind dirt each and every single time that isn't being removed by the water jets.

It's especially bad with brake dust on your wheels. After a while, that sh!t will just bake onto your wheels.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i dont go THAT far... but i do wax my car. i need to wax it this coming week while cool, and wash it EXTREMELY well. i use the local car wash, but not the drive through part, the handheld sprayer thing as thats all i have and can do, its better than nothing, so ill go home clean my car from inside to outside completely. and wax the outside fully.

Well, whatever floats your boat, but I'd rather be doing other things than washing a car that is going to get dirty again in a few days.

I don't think cars were meant to be that clean.

i may not be NEARLY as old as you, nor do i want to say im as "successful" as you like you want us to believe... but.

if you want ANYONE to have a good impression of you... KEEP YOUR STUFF CLEAN. the first impression anyone gets of you in person is the car you drive up in.

if i was a professional and hiring someone... i would make sure they keep their stuff clean, and that means they will care about their work and everything else. its about PRIDE again.

you would have NEVER lasted where i worked over the summer. if it was dirty, it got cleaned. i cleaned EXCAVATORS off, yes the things that dig dirt. i cleaned shovels, i cleaned DUMP TRUCKS, wheel loaders, bull dozers... etc. it was clean, every day they washed all the vehicles before leaving for the day. showed up clean and came back dirty, but it was the presentation of CLEAN that people saw, and immediately it means "they care"

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Less than an hour on a Friday afternoon or during the weekend ain't gonna hurt anyone. For me at least, 25 mins just to wash and be done with it.

Even if you don't wash it all the time, wouldn't you rather do it right yourself, vs getting some half-ass wash at a car wash? Just think, if you keep going to the car wash, you're leaving behind dirt each and every single time that isn't being removed by the water jets.

It's especially bad with brake dust on your wheels. After a while, that sh!t will just bake onto your wheels.

I really am serious when I say it takes me 5 hours. Maybe I'm just slow. Even really an hour is too much. I mean, scrubbing down a car really takes the energy out of you.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i may not be NEARLY as old as you, nor do i want to say im as "successful" as you like you want us to believe... but.

if you want ANYONE to have a good impression of you... KEEP YOUR STUFF CLEAN. the first impression anyone gets of you in person is the car you drive up in.

if i was a professional and hiring someone... i would make sure they keep their stuff clean, and that means they will care about their work and everything else. its about PRIDE again.

you would have NEVER lasted where i worked over the summer. if it was dirty, it got cleaned. i cleaned EXCAVATORS off, yes the things that dig dirt. i cleaned shovels, i cleaned DUMP TRUCKS, wheel loaders, bull dozers... etc. it was clean, every day they washed all the vehicles before leaving for the day. showed up clean and came back dirty, but it was the presentation of CLEAN that people saw, and immediately it means "they care"

I get your point, but I still contend that vehicles in general, unless they are for "show" purposes, were not meant to be so clean.

This is also comparable to people who shovel their driveway or rake their leaves. I'm not a slob, but I don't shovel the snow or rake the leaves. It's the outdoors, I believe it's supposed to look like that. Same with cars. I keep it reasonably clean, but I'm not trying to impress anyone.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: NFS4
Less than an hour on a Friday afternoon or during the weekend ain't gonna hurt anyone. For me at least, 25 mins just to wash and be done with it.

Even if you don't wash it all the time, wouldn't you rather do it right yourself, vs getting some half-ass wash at a car wash? Just think, if you keep going to the car wash, you're leaving behind dirt each and every single time that isn't being removed by the water jets.

It's especially bad with brake dust on your wheels. After a while, that sh!t will just bake onto your wheels.

I really am serious when I say it takes me 5 hours. Maybe I'm just slow. Even really an hour is too much. I mean, scrubbing down a car really takes the energy out of you.

and you are supermodel material. i think you are like 5'8 245 lbs... i can wash/dry my car in 20 minutes myself. my dads Avalanche takes 35 minutes, like 10 minutes if there are 2 or 3 of us.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i may not be NEARLY as old as you, nor do i want to say im as "successful" as you like you want us to believe... but.

if you want ANYONE to have a good impression of you... KEEP YOUR STUFF CLEAN. the first impression anyone gets of you in person is the car you drive up in.

if i was a professional and hiring someone... i would make sure they keep their stuff clean, and that means they will care about their work and everything else. its about PRIDE again.

you would have NEVER lasted where i worked over the summer. if it was dirty, it got cleaned. i cleaned EXCAVATORS off, yes the things that dig dirt. i cleaned shovels, i cleaned DUMP TRUCKS, wheel loaders, bull dozers... etc. it was clean, every day they washed all the vehicles before leaving for the day. showed up clean and came back dirty, but it was the presentation of CLEAN that people saw, and immediately it means "they care"

I get your point, but I still contend that vehicles in general, unless they are for "show" purposes, were not meant to be so clean.

This is also comparable to people who shovel their driveway or rake their leaves. I'm not a slob, but I don't shovel the snow or rake the leaves. It's the outdoors, I believe it's supposed to look like that. Same with cars. I keep it reasonably clean, but I'm not trying to impress anyone.

how the hell can you be successful then if you dont care what your lawn looks like, what your buildings look like, what your car looks like...

wtf do you do when you have to take a client out to lunch? push the ****** off the seat and tell him to sit?

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
and you are supermodel material. i think you are like 5'8 245 lbs... i can wash/dry my car in 20 minutes myself. my dads Avalanche takes 35 minutes, like 10 minutes if there are 2 or 3 of us.

Not really. I'm 5'11, 120lbs, and it takes me 20 minutes just to prepare and clean up (combined), let alone wash the thing.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: NFS4
Less than an hour on a Friday afternoon or during the weekend ain't gonna hurt anyone. For me at least, 25 mins just to wash and be done with it.

Even if you don't wash it all the time, wouldn't you rather do it right yourself, vs getting some half-ass wash at a car wash? Just think, if you keep going to the car wash, you're leaving behind dirt each and every single time that isn't being removed by the water jets.

It's especially bad with brake dust on your wheels. After a while, that sh!t will just bake onto your wheels.

I really am serious when I say it takes me 5 hours. Maybe I'm just slow. Even really an hour is too much. I mean, scrubbing down a car really takes the energy out of you.

Yeah, I think you're just slow

Here's what I did this evening:

1) Spray down the car (took about a minute)
2) Squeeze gel on passenger side of car and wash (one squirt each for rear flanks, rear door, front foor, front 1/4 panel). Wash. Rinse. 4 mins tops
3) Squeeze gel on hood, front bumper. Wash. Rinse. 2 mins.
4) Squeeze gel on rear hatch, rear bumper and roof. Wash. Rinse. 4 mins.
5) Repeat #2 for drivers side. 4 mins
6) Clean wheels. 6 mins.
7) Rinse car off with Mr. Clean Auto Dry spot-free rinse cycle.

DONE in less than 30 mins.

 

[TraumaRN]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i may not be NEARLY as old as you, nor do i want to say im as "successful" as you like you want us to believe... but.

if you want ANYONE to have a good impression of you... KEEP YOUR STUFF CLEAN. the first impression anyone gets of you in person is the car you drive up in.

if i was a professional and hiring someone... i would make sure they keep their stuff clean, and that means they will care about their work and everything else. its about PRIDE again.

you would have NEVER lasted where i worked over the summer. if it was dirty, it got cleaned. i cleaned EXCAVATORS off, yes the things that dig dirt. i cleaned shovels, i cleaned DUMP TRUCKS, wheel loaders, bull dozers... etc. it was clean, every day they washed all the vehicles before leaving for the day. showed up clean and came back dirty, but it was the presentation of CLEAN that people saw, and immediately it means "they care"

I get your point, but I still contend that vehicles in general, unless they are for "show" purposes, were not meant to be so clean.

This is also comparable to people who shovel their driveway or rake their leaves. I'm not a slob, but I don't shovel the snow or rake the leaves. It's the outdoors, I believe it's supposed to look like that. Same with cars. I keep it reasonably clean, but I'm not trying to impress anyone.

Haha I'd laugh if you were in my town, you'll get a ticket for not raking your leaves or shoveling your driveway in the winter.

And 5 hours....yeesh my car takes 30 minutes. I mean do you have COPD that you get that tired from washing your car?

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
how the hell can you be successful then if you dont care what your lawn looks like, what your buildings look like, what your car looks like...

wtf do you do when you have to take a client out to lunch? push the ****** off the seat and tell him to sit?

No no no, I think lawns should be taken well care of, and the inside of my house is absolutely spotless, but my point is, that is the "indoors," as opposed to something that is "outdoors."

Outdoors is supposed to be dirty, and a car is something that is operated outdoors.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
how the hell can you be successful then if you dont care what your lawn looks like, what your buildings look like, what your car looks like...

wtf do you do when you have to take a client out to lunch? push the ****** off the seat and tell him to sit?

No no no, I think lawns should be taken well care of, and the inside of my house is absolutely spotless, but my point is, that is the "indoors," as opposed to something that is "outdoors."

Outdoors is supposed to be dirty, and a car is something that is operated outdoors.

I'm not a slob, but I don't shovel the snow or rake the leaves

which is it now.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Yeah, I think you're just slow

Here's what I did this evening:

1) Spray down the car (took about a minute)
2) Squeeze gel on passenger side of car and wash (one squirt each for rear flanks, rear door, front foor, front 1/4 panel). Wash. Rinse. 4 mins tops
3) Squeeze gel on hood, front bumper. Wash. Rinse. 2 mins.
4) Squeeze gel on rear hatch, rear bumper and roof. Wash. Rinse. 4 mins.
5) Repeat #2 for drivers side. 4 mins
6) Clean wheels. 6 mins.
7) Rinse car off with Mr. Clean Auto Dry spot-free rinse cycle.

DONE in less than 30 mins.

So do you chug an entire pot of coffee before you do all this? :laugh: