Just wondering how often do 2nd gen owners wash their cars?

I wash my once a week

 

I wash/wax mine whenever it gets dirty, usually every couple of days.

 

wash/wax once a week but I have to dust it off almost every day.

 

Every time I drive it, but that's only once or twice a month since it rains so much here.

 

I wash/wax mine twice a week when I don't have it torn apart...which adds up to about 3 times a year.

 

My car runs better when its clean

 

My RX is not in the condition to be washed. But my 97 Tacoma has been washed three time since I bought it back in sept of 2000.

Halo

 

i wash mine every two weeks. just washed it yesterday

 

my paint sux, you can't even tell I wash my car when I do, buy hey it's not how your car looks its how fast your car can run

 

I don't have a 7 yet, but I do wash my Probe around twice weekly, usually. Waxing....whenever I'm motivated to do so. The paint sucks, so waxing doesn't help it out much anymore.

My 7 will be washed daily, waxed weekly.

 

well the clear coat on my paint is gone, so I just spray it off when there is obvious dirt/mud on it. My rims/tires get cleaned about once a week. Once the car gets painted it will get washed once a week, or sooner if it gets dirty.

 

every sunday and friday if needed

 

well with me being a detailer i wash her 3 times a week wensday , fri , sat i detail her on friday and sat night mostly because import nights

 

oooo.. you say that now but after about a month i bet it'll be more like wash/week, wax/month

 

Every three or four months.

 

Blackfire Wash: twice a week
Blackfire QD: once a day

Gotta love being ANAL_RETENTIVE about your paint

www.autopia-carport.com

 

I wash it every other week or so... depends if I'm lazy or not.

 

I pity some of you guys. You shouldn't wash you cars everyday. Do you know what that does to your paint? everytime you wash your car you are taking off a thin layer of clear coat or wax if thats still there after all that washing and when the wax and clear coat is gone you will have a sad looking dull car. You will see after a few months of this wash/day. stuff that your car no longer looks as new as it did before. It will get dull and you will B!@#$ about needing a new paint job. My Brother in law did this same thing with his 2001 Accent. Then when you get the car repainted some of you will ignore the painters directions and start washing your poor car right when you get it back and you know what will happen if you do that? Your paint will start flaking off. Ask one of my friends, thats what happened to his. If you ask someone that paints cars for a living they will tell you to wash/wax once a month and only dust/use water only when needed. I hope some of you guys don't seriously wash your poor cars every day anyways. That much water on the car all the time and you get a scratch...man that will lead to rust. poor poor cars.
just my $.02.
I wash/wax once a month and dust/water only in between when needed.
Charles

 

May I humbly suggest a visit to :
www.autopia-carport.com. What peacekeeper is saying is not true of a properly detailed car. I would also suggest buying and reading the E-BOOK at:
www.autopia-carcare.com

These guys know how to detail, just choose your poison:
Blacfire, ZAINO, or KLASSE

 

I wash mine 2-3 times weekly and wax it everyother time!!!

 

At least once a week, but depending on what drives or loal events are going on, more often as needed. Wax with the buffer every 4-6 weeks and I polish it out every 2 weeks. That is why it looks like this:

 

once a week

 

Huh. Interesting concept.

I thought I was doing good not washing it, letting the layers of dirt act as a perservative for my paint.

Twenty five layers of dirt also acts to seal the moisture in my Vert's cloth top, keeping it like new.

The layers of mud on the front bumper and hood act as a natural "bra" to protect against rock chips.

Also, I haven't changed my oil since it came off the showroom floor. I was tramatized by the Exxon Valdez incident as a child, so can't bring my self to add to world pollution.


Okay okay. I'm a main stream once a week guy also.

 

what do you use to wash your car with? just soap and water, or do ya buy that jug o' car wash at the store?

Is anyone else annoyed by that tire-wet junk?

 

Wash-once a week
Wax-once every two weeks
Interior (vinyl and such)-once a week
Interior (carpet)-vaccuumed every two weeks unless really dirty/Steam vac carpet once every three months