The amount of salt on the roads in Minneapolis is impressive.
December thru ApriI I pay 25/month for unlimited washes while two guys hand dry it. The rest of the year I let Ma Nature take care of it. What is your routine?
We pay $21.04 w/ tax for unlimited washes on one vehicle for a month. We go 3-5 times a week.
FDR
I leave mine out when the weather guy thinks it’s gonna rain jerr 
I probably don’t wash my car more than 4 times a year. 
1st year I bought it was hand washed by myself every week; well, 6 years later I will wash it a few times a summer and give it a good buff job to hold off till the next year.
$52 bucks a month at Paradise car wash. Unlimited washes. Included is vacuuming, hand dry and tire shine. I go every other day. Keep er clean. 
1)Wait till the liftbridge goes up.
2)Remove foot from brake.
3)Depress accelorator pedal.
4)Wait for GREEN LITE before exiting.
Call up the detail dept to come get it and clean 
multiple times a week, wow, I need some of your guys free time.
90% of the time 2 occasions will warranty a wash, 1)I’m going somewhere that I want it to look nice or 2) the salt/mud/dirt/gravel dust/what-have-you gets thick enough you cant tell its supposed to be blue anymore.
During the winter I run it through the cheapest auto car wish I can find. Most of the time it is Fleet Farm. Probably every couple 2 to 3 weeks. Summer I enjoy washing it myself in the driveway. Try and hand wax it 2 – 3 times per year. For sure in the spring and again in the fall.
Hey guys, on a completely unrelated note, I’m working on a theory that this crappy winter extension has a lot of guys really bored.
Do you think I’m onto something here?
Grouse
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During the winter I run it through the cheapest auto car wish I can find. Most of the time it is Fleet Farm. Probably every couple 2 to 3 weeks. Summer I enjoy washing it myself in the driveway. Try and hand wax it 2 – 3 times per year. For sure in the spring and again in the fall.
x2 It’ll be washed again as soon as the sun comes out! 
If not FF, than SA or Simonize or somewhere!
Wash every year whether it needs it or not, and run a vacuum through it at least twice a year to remove some of the dog hair………
At least once a week or more, winter, spring, summer and fall!
Maybe 10 times a year.
We have a power sprayer here at work. Free truck washes any time I want!
This is an interesting place to work at. We also have the company skate sharpening machine and the company fly tying bench and the company Ham Radio station. It’s a miracle we ever get anything done around here 
When my car was new and I was single and childless, I frequently hand-washed and waxed. Now, our vehicles get run through a car wash about once a season, whether they need it or not! 
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Hey guys, on a completely unrelated note, I’m working on a theory that this crappy winter extension has a lot of guys really bored.
Do you think I’m onto something here?
Grouse
Just had foot surgery. Bored outta my skull
Rootski—> are you guys hiring!?!
I might be talked into coming out of retirement too…
I wash when can’t see out of rear window.
I just got a car worth washing. So for the 3rd time in my life I went into a car wash. Paid $10.99 for the extra washing instead of 7$ for the basic. No bainer.
Car was covered in red mug from ANTARCTICA… I mean the south shore. 
I miss the old style car wash you use quarters for and spray your kids when they aren’t looking. But few and far between. I have high anxiety being in those car wash machines.
Plus I waited 35 minutes in line. I was not likening that at all. With time lost and cost of a car wash it ends up being way more.
My routine: (from now on)wash when needed and when it conveniently crosses my path with no more than 1 person in line.
I have a new routine thank you
Some would say that I might be a tad over the top on vehicle upkeep. I sometimes was the truck 3 times a week. In the summer is 90% washed in the driveway and an occasional car wash. In the winter I usually use the self serve car wash and can get it done for under $5.00.
I do get a few comments from the neighbors that I’m going to wash the paint off. I’m ok with the comments as I just traded in a 01 truck with no rust on it.
Nicole, want to hear about the time my wife got stuck in a car wash? 
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Nicole, want to hear about the time my wife got stuck in a car wash?
NOOOOOOO!
I picture a scene from silence if the lambs. I’d be scraping to get out with no shame.
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