No.

-Alex

 

Yes, once in a great while.

 

Yea it's my wife.

 

Not only NO, but "F" NO

 

I don't trust the brushes because they **** up your paint job. the laserwash is very loud , powerful, aggresive, and faster then the brushes they do a better job

 

not the vette

 

Here are some reasons not to use them:
1. Rear tire way to wide for the "Tire Guard rails" Rims are larger and can scratch and damage rims edge. They were designed for average vehicle with 14" or 15" rims where the tire would contact the rails not the rims of a 17" or 18" tire.
2. Rotating drum wheel hard on the paint to much force can damage body.
3. Water in those car wash places are re-cycled, and the car that is real dirty that just went in before you, you may get all that crap back on your vehicle (Again depending on their filters if they are not full of crap from all of those MUD bogger trucks that seem to like to clean off their vehicle)..
So just a few but enough for me not to want to use them.. Good luck.

 

Sure.

But only on my 91 Dodge Dakota when it gets its annual bath.

 

Child abuse.

 

yes and no,
depends on the type wash.
After driving where there is salt or something on the road or on a dirt/mud road (I Live in TN and thee are still a few around)
I find the ones with the high pressure undercarriage wash great for cleaning stuff off that you would never get off unless you had it on a rack with pressure washer.
now the ones with rotating buffs no way.
A while back there was a few kids that got caught attaching some type large bolts and nuts to brushes of one of those so that they would scratch the paint and break windows

I have a friend that has several washes and checked into several types and almost bought one that used some type laser to identify the wheels and had 4 rotating brushed that would extend out and clean each wheel. He found that they were not very accurate after months of use and a few of them had some major damage to cars.
he sticks with the touch-less ones that use high pressure acid/alkaline washes to clean cars. If I am not home I personally prefer to spray mine with their soap rinse then wash it with my own chemicals, rags, sponges, and brushes then rinse it off with their high pressure rinse.

There was a shop in Knoxville, TN I used to use each week and for $15 plus their minimum$10 tip My car got a hand wash and detail inside and out that you would pay $100+ anywhere else for. When it left their shop it was spotless and shined like it was new right out of the showroom.

An extra $15 got a hand wax.

The place was in what is considered the bad part of town and was ran and owned by 4 black guys that took pride in their work. Sadly the fact of their location and their race sealed the fate of their shop. They had to shut down when the owner went up on their rent and they did not have enough customers to keep them going.
I would try and send people to them but they would not go because it was on "magnolia ave" which in Knoxville has a bad reputation.

I would drive the 50 miles every week to have mine cleaned. I recently ran into one of the guys and he now works at a simonize shop. He told me to come there and request him but they would not let him use the chemicals they used at their shop because they only used "safe" chemicals.

I do not want to turn this into anything racist but some white people whether they will admit it or not have a problem with going to some places and will never realise what they are missing out on. (I am white for the record)

 

I had a 59 once that could fit --tires have gotten alot
wider but the rails have not.

 

In 3 years of owning my car I have never taken it to a car wash until a week ago, There is a new car wash down the block and it has a touch-less wash and while I was looking at it the owner came out and I talked to him a bit, He offered to let me try it for free and after checking it out and seeing it had no wheel guides I said why not, It was a good experience, It did a great job and the blowers dried the car really well.
Mr.Bill

http://www.wavecarwash.com/

 

Yes, we have a similar "touchless" near my home. I use it most times.
The irony is that as you pull out there are two guys with "towels" to finish the dry...... So much for being touchless. I just wave them off and head to the freeway to complete the dry.

 

After 8-1/2 hours of flexing the car,I am going to say No! Never!

 

I rather park in the middle of the PA turnpike with the lights off in the middle of the night than let something like that wash my Corvette !

 

Same here - hasn't seen water in three years or so just polish - the thoght of it gives me nightmares

 

No...

 

I've used touchless washes a number of times with no issues. I mean, like nothing physically touches the car, there are no rails/guides to hang up under the car or pinch the rear tires. After the blow job, I stop outside and wipe down any runs of water etc with a towel. The car will look good afterwards but then again, it never gets that dirty anyways!!

I for one, don't have 3-4 hours to clean the car every Saturday. If I'm going to a Show/Shine, sure, some extra effort to spiff the car up, outside, inside and under the hood. But, it's a car. I often use it to go someplace other than a cruise. I love using it to go to a farm equipment dealer to pick up parts .. <G>

My two cents ...

RonJ ...