What's your favorite car wash?

[Bobby Chapman]

Favorite Car Wash= ME. Old school perfectionist

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[Tim d]

It's winter in Michigan and Steve Trucklet needs a good wash, but I'm concerned about damage to the added exterior parts (i.e.stone deflector and mudguards) so I thought I'd ask: which car wash brand gets your vote?

My yard, every spring

 

[lm126027]

Use a local wash here in central MA... Ernie's. Equipment is touchless, however they ask is they can use brush/mops on your vehicle. 1st step, they manually hose soap the vehicle... If you allow them to brush/mop they do pretty much the entire vehicle except the roof before going thru the touchless system. Have been using them for years, with bush/mop and have seen no swirls in the paint. Went thru today. Bed cover leaks quite a lot under all that water pressure... Wash manually with my hose and very little water gets in the bed.

 

[Cowgirlkim]

I have splash guards, hood deflector, cab spoiler, and tailgate spoiler and they have all held firm in the typical car washes. We have a duck themed wash called Quick Quack!

That chain of car washes is exploding here in Northern California. Not touchless but ok for occasional usage.

 

[FreedomPenguin]

That chain of car washes is exploding here in Northern California. Not touchless but ok for occasional usage.

My mom runs car washes, she had 1 now she runs like 3. It’s exploding

we have a chain here. 1 installed then like 20 in 2-4 year

 

[ClemsonU88]

I use the touchless car wash at Sheetz gas station/convenience food place. It's $9 for the simple wash, and I've rarely seen any dirt after using it.

I wash & wax it at home twice a year and run it through Sheetz' car wash every month or two if needed.

 

[Deleted member 37952]

HOLY MOLY…I was the first reply on this thread and I am just now realizing I missed the point of the question and it was looking for a soap and not the actual wash process. My bad @Deweyordeweynot, I blame the mid-holiday malaise.

I rarely driveway wash as I’ve never really had the set up to do so but maybe one day. I am on the hunt for a good glass cleaner though as I suspect that the wiper streaks I’m dealing with are due to a stubborn film or something stuck on the glass.

 

[Tim d]

HOLY MOLY…I was the first reply on this thread and I am just now realizing I missed the point of the question and it was looking for a soap and not the actual wash process. My bad @Deweyordeweynot, I blame the mid-holiday malaise.

I rarely driveway wash as I’ve never really had the set up to do so but maybe one day. I am on the hunt for a good glass cleaner though as I suspect that the wiper streaks I’m dealing with are due to a stubborn film or something stuck on the glass.

Dawn dishsoap,been using it for 40 years, cheap and works good.

 

[Deweyordeweynot]

I use the touchless car wash at Sheetz gas station/convenience food place. It's $9 for the simple wash, and I've rarely seen any dirt after using it.

I wash & wax it at home twice a year and run it through Sheetz' car wash every month or two if needed.

We're finally getting Sheetz in the metro Detroit area: one has already opened and others to follow in 2025.

 

[Deweyordeweynot]

Garden hose and a bucket. But I don't have to deal with road salt.

You also probably don't have to deal with frozen tap water hoses.

 

[Deweyordeweynot]

Favorite Car Wash= ME. Old school perfectionist

Me too: but not in the winter...

 

[FreedomPenguin]

I found a ryobi 40v pressure washer at Home Depot with 2 40v batteries for like 130 bucks lol. it was tucked away in a clearance shelf. Snagged it, and I use it with a griots boss cannon, LUXURIOUS foam. (this pic was after) I just foam it, let it sit, then rinse/foam again and use a mit and bucket then rinse after.

Anyway, when you pair it with $3 gallon soap hyper foam from costco. it literally last me all year lol. btw I sold this thing, it was fun for few months, then instant regret, overpriced, terrible mpg, insurance was INSANE. 93 octane like 18mpg. fuk this car. sold it for 5k loss (tax/etc) and no regrets getting it gone.

that said it was cool driving a small little go cart. if I redid it, and had infinite garage space, would get a Mazda MX-5 Miata RF, they are pretty cool. much more refined than the toyota GR86. what's nice about the "boss" cannon, it has automatic dispenser tips inside it, so it auto foams, instead of diluting. just a nice thing to have. and lifetime warranty.

 

[Bobby Chapman]

Me too: but not in the winter...

Easier for me in florida. Can wash car year round. Originally from mass.

 

[Bob The Builder]

Me, a foam gun and Chemical Guys Watermelon flavored Car wash soap. They do not offer Pumpkin Spice which is my preferred motor oil.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

... My issue with touchless washes is how much is left behind.

This is why I use the manual spray wash. I always need to pay extra attention to the mud flaps, which collect a sh*t-ton of mud that the touchless doesn't remove.

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