You know you're an ecomodder if/when...

[robchalmers]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

You guys wash your cars ?

Wow.

I KNOW!!! mines never seen a sponge in its life!!!(well while I've owned it)

[Weather Spotter]

Mine gets a wash.... when it rains

Some times I have to wash it (removes road salt) and when the dirt is hurting MPG

[PaleMelanesian]

Didn't you see Mythbusters?!!! A dirty car is faster!

Mine hasn't been washed in 2010.

[groar]

For mine it depends on Wife Acceptance Factor...

Denis.

[ShadeTreeMech]

I live on a dirt raod, and if I don't wash it occasionally it'll become unrecognizable.

That and I plan on keeping it a while and washing off the dirt takes away places for rust to start.

YKYAEM if.....

while coasting down a hill in neutral you pass a Prius who is slowing down for the upcoming corner, and you wonder who is getting the better mileage, reconsider gloating when you remember the regenerative brakes it has, then bet to yourself you're at least more percentage points above the epa average....

[dremd]

I do wash mine.

I actually have a policy to make my car "Nice enough to drive even if Fuel was magically $1.00 / gallon (including externalized cost)". So I do wash it, not as often as some, but I do. Bear in mind, I have heated/ cooled leather seats, power everything (Not head rest but working on it), NAV, Bluetooth, sound deadening, Sat Radio, Sub, lot of new interior bits and other luxuries.

[alohaspirit]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

You guys wash your cars ?

Wow.

sea salt rusts your car

plus i live in the place where you can drive IN and OUT of rain within a few miles

at any time of the year

[ShadeTreeMech]

I think washing the car is a lot like keeping the oil changed, checking the fluids, the air pressure, tyre condition, etc. Just good preventative maintenance that rewards you with a longer lasting vehicle. Of course, all my vehicles are pushing 200k miles too, so PMing the machine is a neccesity.

[alohaspirit]

Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech

I think washing the car is a lot like keeping the oil changed, checking the fluids, the air pressure, tyre condition, etc. Just good preventative maintenance that rewards you with a longer lasting vehicle.

this




plus im happier with a clean car
(and i dont waste water like when my neighbors wash cars)








(not my car or my work)

[Arragonis]

Actually I was inspired by the thought of car washing and Helga got a wash this afternoon. I even de-crudded her chrome 'zorst tips.