Car Wash tipping

[Norm201]

Originally Posted by appleinfl

Never really thought about it that way, no snow here. But if it's that nasty out why wash it? It's just going to immediately get dirty again, and even if your going to garage it it'll still get nasty on the drive home right?

Correct you are. I'll usually wait for a warm day and if the hose is not frozen I'll hose it down at least. A 45 degree day her in winter would be considered warm enough to wash a car by hand.

[psi chick]

Originally Posted by appleinfl

Never really thought about it that way, no snow here. But if it's that nasty out why wash it? It's just going to immediately get dirty again, and even if your going to garage it it'll still get nasty on the drive home right?

because you NEED to get the salt off the car or it will cause rust. that's probably one of the biggest mistakes people make with their paint. they wash them every week in the summer, but when winter comes around they don't touch it for six months. but it's very important to wash a car after a snow storm not really to get it clean, but to get the salt off.

[Audrey]

Originally Posted by dirtyblueshirt

Before Audrey does, I thought I'd fix that for you.

Yet you left the double "it it'll..."

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[FORDSVTPARTS]

Originally Posted by appleinfl

Never really thought about it that way, no snow here. But if it's that nasty out why wash it? It's just going to immediately get dirty again, and even if your going to garage it it'll still get nasty on the drive home right?

It really depends how cold it is, if it's wet and sloppy a wash at least cleans it off temporarily.

When it's super cold there is no washing the car as it'll freeze solid or it'll have ice/slush frozen to it that's harder than diamonds.

Minnesota eats cars alive, unless you have a heated garage there's simply no getting around it.

I'll never forget my grandfather handwashing his car in the driveway in subzero temps barehanded and then pulling it in to the garage that he heated with a wood burning stove.

That man was virtually impervious to cold, not me though, I can't stand it.

He never had a rusty car though, ever.



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[wmussatto]

I think some of the confusion with tips in Europe is they are sometimes built in. You are given a total that includes a 10 or 15% tip, similar to the way some places in the states handle large groups. But I haven't been over there for 15 years.

[Cobra348]

This and if any automated wash you go to has an undercarriage or underbody wash (hi-pressure spray usually), get it at least once/month in Winter. This takes the road salts off the underside of the vehicle.

Then again, if you have access to a full service bay with a hose, put it on a lift and spray away yourself!

[wmussatto]

Did that in Germany with a Rabbit and the shocks froze. Fun till they thawed out.

[MGREEN11]

If I want my door jambs dried, all the nooks & crannies, and the wheels dried, I'll wave that tip around. Most of the time, I'm throwing a tip out when I go to the full service washes. Otherwise, it's mostly the economy wash after a fill-up (has to be touchless or soft-cloth) and then 5-10 min of me hand-drying including under the hood, door jambs, under the hatch, and of course, the wheels.

[acftmech247]

Fools that work at car washs around me are the worst. Went once paid to much and had to go home and finish the job that someone else half stepped. Door jams, trunk jams, hood jams and carpets lacked and the glass was a total nightmare. The only thing done fair was the tire gloss. The joys of being in the armpit of civlization.