In the winter, I like to wash them the first decent weekend after the salt trucks have been out. Otherwise, when they look pretty dirty and I have a bit of spare time.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jan 26, 2011 5:14:14 pm PST #19256 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Cass - Jan 26, 2011 5:16:38 pm PST #19257 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I wash my car when she looks dirty.
sarameg - Jan 26, 2011 5:21:09 pm PST #19258 of 30001
My mother says that most people get their cars washed once a week.
Ahahahah! I wash mine in the winter once we have a long enough spell post-salt to at least survive until the next storm or it gets too gross and starts forming crystals. I actually haven't washed it this winter, we've had enough intervening rain to take care of the salt. Warmer season now gets more washes because of my leaky trees, which leave a sticky mist on it. But I'm super lazy and have a '97 whose gas door doesn't close anymore and all kinds of break dust on my hubcaps. So I'm kinda trashy. I'm the car the fancy cars leave a parking space between us.
quester - Jan 26, 2011 5:21:51 pm PST #19259 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I wash it in the winter time when above freezing temps and money in my account coincide.
I'm the car the fancy cars leave a parking space between us.
Me too! I don't even have hubcaps!
lisah - Jan 26, 2011 5:23:56 pm PST #19260 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
My mother says that most people get their cars washed once a week.
That is hilarious to me! Lately my car is washed once a year when Bob does it for my birthday!
I might be tempted to wash more often if I had a new car though. Not that I don't love my car and hope that it lives for a very long, long time, UNIVERSE!
sarameg - Jan 26, 2011 5:26:54 pm PST #19261 of 30001
What lisah said. I drive my poor cars into the ground. 14 years old is young for a sentra, you HEAR THAT SENTRA? eta: I only have 104K, I think, on the car. Blew up my 88 (?89 I forget) at 213K or so, and that was JiffyLube's fault, they left the oilcap off and then I drove to DC in stop and go and fried the engine. Didn't die for another couple weeks, but when it did, it cracked the block.
Jesse - Jan 26, 2011 5:29:16 pm PST #19262 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I will say that no one should deprive themselves of the good time that is going through the car wash! So fun!!
Hil R. - Jan 26, 2011 5:30:51 pm PST #19263 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I will say that no one should deprive themselves of the good time that is going through the car wash! So fun!!
The one near me has multi-colored bubbles!
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2011 5:31:27 pm PST #19264 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not even my car fetish family in Michigan washed their cars once a week. That's crazy people talk.
dcp - Jan 26, 2011 5:31:56 pm PST #19265 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Once a month at the touchless carwash at my gas station, taking advantage of the discount for filling the gas tank.
I used to wash it with the hand wand once every week or two weeks, but the price went up too much -- what I used to be able to do for $1.50 now costs $4.50 or more.