How often do you wash your car, and where?

Question

If you do it at home, what do you use for soap?

Answer 1

me and my brother, and sisters wash our Moms van,and car once every 2 weeks

we use that Earth friendly soap.

but my Dad washes his big Truck every 4 days,no lie what a waste.he washs it at those laser wash stations.

and the old car once evey month becouse we barely drive it.

Answer 2

Live rurally so my car is always covered in dust from the fields. I never wash it, it is black too so the dust really shows up. I am not interested in cars whatsoever, as long as it runs well, I really don't care. If I park it on the drive it gets washed when it rains and is never as bad in winter, then it is only the mud lol.

Answer 3

Hardly ever. What's the point? We do it sometimes with a jet machine, but we haven't gone through a car wash in a long long time!!

Answer 4

once a week, at a local car wash that uses recycled water and enviro friendly soaps

Answer 5

Yes, my husband washes our vehicles.  If it were up to me they would go a VERY long time between washes. ~lol~

We usually use a car wash in town.  Inexpensive when you fill up your gas tank.  They recycle their water, so it's a good car wash to use.

Sometimes hubby parks a vehicle (car, truck, tractor, snowmobile) on the lawn and gives it a scrub there.  We have a pressure washer, so he's usually just using water pressure, no soap.

This usually happens on days when stock tanks get drained, rolled onto the lawn, and pressure washed free of algae and slime.  Again this is not so bad.  If he's not actively pressing the trigger, no water is being wasted.  

We live in a Idaho, high mountain desert area.  We are having a serrious drought here (6 going on 7th year), and are very water aware.

We would water our lawn anyway, for the firebreak protection it provides from the rangefires.  So washing vehicles and troughs on the lawn is a double use of the water.  Once for cleaning, once to water.

In our area they also use salts on the roads in the winter.  If you want to preserve your vehicle from rusting, you need to wash it.  Preserving your vehicle, so another one is not manufactured for you is also a good thing.

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

Answer 6

I barely ever wash my car.. 2-3 times a year?  I'll wash it once or twice during the winter if it gets a lot of salt build up, and then usually once in the spring.  I go to whichever car wash is closest when I think about washing it.

I liked the idea that someone up there had about washing it outside when it's raining.  I might try that!

Answer 7

everytime it rains, my bro puts soap on the car and lets the rain wash it of. he used dish washing soap. it saves money and water.

Answer 8

Preferably once a month with no soap but just an electric pressure washer. I do it right in my driveway, yet it still uses alot less water than the traditional bucket of soap and water with a sponge.

Answer 9

With a bucket of soapy water (green laundry detergent). Buckets are better to wash with then hoses because you use less water that way.

Answer 10

Once a week. Car wash shop.

Answer 11

Almost never.

I drive a dirty car.

Answer 12

Twice a week at the car wash shop. They use a foam type soap.