PSA on Car Washes

[Silverator]

Stopped going to car washes when I bought the Jeep.
Hand wash now with the two bucket process and enjoy the experience

Ditto! Same here.

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[Camaroboi13]

Because some people live in apartments/condos that don’t allow you to wash your own vehicle there

Take it to your mom’s house and wash it. You probably have friends that wouldn’t mind letting you wash your car there. If not, find new friends. I’ve never seen an apartment complex that did not have at least one place to wash your car.

 

[Mightytalldude]

Ditto! Same here.

You get a better look at the health of the paint, especially with the galvanic corrosion issues and any potential damage from an errant car door.

 

[Zaptrac]

Take it to your mom’s house and wash it. You probably have friends that wouldn’t mind letting you wash your car there. If not, find new friends. I’ve never seen an apartment complex that did not have at least one place to wash your car.

None of my family live in this state. No one i know is rich enough to pay 1 million for a house. And some cities here don’t allow you to wash vehicles at your house because of chemical run off

 

[yoda13]

Had a 2000 Camaro SS that had damage inflicted upon it by an automatic car wash (obviously not a modified Jeep) and it was a battle to get the damage covered(6 months long). After that I swore I’d never use another automatic car wash! I never have!!!! So to all that say you don’t have time I can wash a lot of cars in 6 months! We do really have time. Time( hours and seconds) we don’t count but waste a lot of.

I, personally, still don’t have any place I can wash one, except a car wash. Of course, I do not have to use an automated wash.

 

[yoda13]

I am very fortunate . Every weekend in my neighborhood there are these three girls in their two piece swim suits with a hose and a bucket that will wash and dry my Jeep for ten bucks.

Where do you live?

 

[Camaroboi13]

None of my family live in this state. No one i know is rich enough to pay 1 million for a house. And some cities here don’t allow you to wash vehicles at your house because of chemical run off

Here I was thinking California was bad

note to self: don’t move to Florida

 

[Zaptrac]

Here I was thinking California was bad

note to self: don’t move to Florida

I don’t live in either of those anymore lol

 

[JTGuy]

I live in So Cal. No salt, no acid rain, very little rain. Garaged. I keep it waxed. I have never in my life been to a car wash.

 

[Zachanadandy]

Take it to your mom’s house and wash it. You probably have friends that wouldn’t mind letting you wash your car there. If not, find new friends. I’ve never seen an apartment complex that did not have at least one place to wash your car.

I have plenty of room in the driveway, 2 hose bibs, plenty of buckets, and I haven't washed one of my vehicles by hand in a decade. If one of the Jeeps is really muddy I'll hit the coin op and spray it off 1st... on my way to the automated wash. These things get drug through brush and bounced off rocks, I don't care enough about the paint looking new in 10 to 20 years as I use my vehicles and wheel them all over the country. Our 2019 was beyond 65k miles in 2022 when it was stolen. The paint still looked great even after a life of automatic washes. The whole damn vehicle will be wore out before the auto wash damages the paint to the point I even remotely care. Some guys like to spend several hours a week polishing their Jeep for the mall and some of us would rather spend that time wheeling or modding them. We don't usually keep vehicles much past 100k, and my 2017 ram rebel that I sold last year at 110k miles still looked great. Hand washing is overrated. If you've got a garage queen/ show car sure, but we are talking about off road vehicles here.

 

[Camaroboi13]

I have plenty of room in the driveway, 2 hose bibs, plenty of buckets, and I haven't washed one of my vehicles by hand in a decade. If one of the Jeeps is really muddy I'll hit the coin op and spray it off 1st... on my way to the automated wash. These things get drug through brush and bounced off rocks, I don't care enough about the paint looking new in 10 to 20 years as I use my vehicles and wheel them all over the country. Our 2019 was beyond 65k miles in 2022 when it was stolen. The paint still looked great even after a life of automatic washes. The whole damn vehicle will be wore out before the auto wash damages the paint to the point I even remotely care. Some guys like to spend several hours a week polishing their Jeep for the mall and some of us would rather spend that time wheeling or modding them. We don't usually keep vehicles much past 100k, and my 2017 ram rebel that I sold last year at 110k miles still looked great. Hand washing is overrated. If you've got a garage queen/ show car sure, but we are talking about off road vehicles here.

Wow! That’s amazing! I bet you sleep on a bed of roses every night too! Man I’m so jealous! I still hand wash my garage queen, what am I doing with my life!

 

[punk'n]

I used to subscribe to monthly car washes but after the car wash closed for 2 years, I just resorted to hand washing again. So, 3 of my cars are hand washed every week. Including my Jeep.

But, we also vacuum the house twice a week, do laundry every other day and don't leave ANY dishes in the sink. Heck, I even cut my own grass.

But who really cares? Wash your truck yourself or don't... who gives a crap. Are you a bigger person because you wash your truck? Or because you don't? Or are you a lesser person because you use a car wash?

Its your truck. Do whatever the hell you want. Does it matter what some idiot on a forum thinks about you if you do or don't wash your truck?

 

[starrskream]

The car wash I use is owned and attached to the dealership where I Bought my jeep. Jeeps go through all the time. The dealership offers 3 months free when you buy a vehicle from them. If they stopped allowing jeeps they would be out of business.

your jeep isn't the problem, the car wash is.

 

[AyeCantSeeYou]

Sounds like a scene in a bad horror movie - Jeep goes to the carwash, only to be bitten and spit out.

 

[Zachanadandy]

Wow! That’s amazing! I bet you sleep on a bed of roses every night too! Man I’m so jealous! I still hand wash my garage queen, what am I doing with my life!

All that hand washing and it looks.... just like mine on the trails. Again you do you, but your paint and your vehicle won't last any longer for it in my opinion..

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