Celica Forums General Discussion General car wash

what do you guys think about the drive through car washes? i was just wondering if you trusted your baby with another peice of machinery, or if you only do it yourself.


happy october!

i only handwash

those drive through car wash fucks up ur paint! I hand wash mines

thats what i was thinking. it does make sense

Handwash only.

no carwash for mine...

Yeah, I only handwash. I wouldn't trust the soap they put in those automatic carwashes, plus I'm not a big fan of the high pressure jets.

hand wash only, i actually take pleasure in washing my car by hand

nope never

Yeah I Hand wash my baby! No drive-thru car wash for my celica

hell no. never even thought about it. only handjobs for my baby

handjobs eh naw j/p hahaha i get what your talking about

You sunsabatches that get no cold weather got it made in the shade! If I don't go to a car wash, there's good chance my car won't get washed from November thru March in a particularly cold year!

i hand wash it 2

Hand wash, but in the winter months I go through the TOUCH FREE at Mobil. No brushes..or anything touches your car. Soap just gets sprayed on and sprayed off...it does a good job of removing salt...snow

I enjoy washing my car by hand.
I just do it at my bfs dealership because they
have everything i need plus i can do it inside.

My bf took my car through a auto car wash when we were out of town one time and curbed my wheeel.

take your time with the celi.. Baby the celi and it baby you back

no drive through car washes for me.. only drivethrough I'd take the celi through would be the times i'd ever to through a fast food joint.. drive through movie?

those brush from the car wash will leave marks on the paint. and the hands free wash, they don't really wash it that clean. just do the old fashion style...

My local car wash doesn't have brushes, but those thin sponge strips that slap against the car from on top and sides thousands of times per second...IS THIS BAD????

no, they don't...but what are ya gonna do when its below freezing and your hose is frozen, snow on the ground? lol

im glad it doesn't snow in so cal. my baby's clean all year long and i enjoy washing and waxing my car

I took mine through one the week I bought it a the fucker knocked my side skirt right off. they paid for it and painted it and gave me free washed for life but i'll be damned if i ever take my celi back to that place. its only been hand washed since then

SOOL... i do the coin thing, just use their hose with hot water and not do the foam brush...

Yah, bummer for you. Living in AZ surely helps; the cold weather is starting up in the Northeast. Here's a suggestion; this is what I used to do when I lived in an apartment and didn't have access to my own hose. Fill a bucket or 2-5 gallon lidded container with warm water, then put it in the car and take it along to a MANUAL car wash (the kind with the hand-held sprayers). Then HAND WASH the car using the warm water and gentle soap. Only use the car wash wand to do the rinse. Not a bad compromise.

if i'm feeling lazy

yeah i think snow would suck on my black celly!

see, alabama isnt so bad... constant car wash weather.

mine goes throough the car wash and 5 minutes later it looks like it came out the showroom...i must admit i like doing it by hand but winter is around the corner and in nj it can gete down to the teens and even below that so it will def be in thhe car wash than!

Drive through car wash = Death to your cars paint job

Hand washing with tender lovin care = Fountain of youth for paint job

tons of rednecks though... that's alright i'm too...

yeah, the rednecks suck, but i get used to it. its actually the country music that i cant stand

I use a high pressure carwash place. *shrugs*

I used to live in Huntsville; yeah lots of rednecks and their music. But yeah, I got used to it too. Its pretty down there. Are you in Birmingham?

Handwash. You'll have a greater appreciation for a job you did yourself. I love my car so much i'll take the time to wash it, once every two weeks.

Which reminds me, I have to wash my car today. Bat and I are testing the new overlays on my car tomorrow.

yep