Question of the Day - December 6th

katiemae1277

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Here's a question that GailC suggested:

How often do you wash/clean out your vehicle??? Do you do it yourself or take to carwash??

not nearly enough
The inside of my car is like a rolling garbage dump
 

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Originally Posted by AlleyGirl

You're supposed to clean them????


We don't clean are car as often in the winter...its tooooo cold

Our car is neat & organized when we have warmer weather
 

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I don't drive, but Gils car is a disgrace!. Everytime i go to his and he picks me up he always says "I must clean this car out tomorrow", but he never does.

He's driving to mine tomorrow and i feel like saying "Get it cleaned out before you park it on my drive!"
 
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Originally Posted by AlleyGirl

I've been in Virginia for 2 years now and I think I still have Oklahoma road dust on my dashboard
glad I'm not the only one!
 

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Not as often as I'd like!

I was happier when I worked at the car dealership, they would do a complete detail on my car every Friday for free


I miss that & I think my car does too
 

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We do it when we get around to it! My husband washes it by hand mostly, and I mostly take it to have it done.
After the one or two snows we get each year we get it done with the "undercarriage" wash to clean the salt off. We clean the inside as needed, but it stays pretty clean.
 

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It depends in the summer I wash it every other week, but once it gets winter, maybe once a month or after theres been a lot of salt on the roads. But you cant tell that its been washed but oh well.
My Boyfriends car on the other hand, it is his baby, it gets washed fairly often, about once every other week, but then it gets completely hand detailed before every car show.
 

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When I actually have a car that's on the road, I wash it whenever it needs to be washed. My current car is my little Beetle which still needs a bit of work before it's road worthy. But I still wash it every couple of months anyway.
 

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During winter maybe once or twice - you can't really wash it in freezing temps
If it hits 40/50 for a day, we will wash it to get the salt off.

In the summer - maybe once a month


Its split in auto car wash and hand car wash - depends on our time schedules
 

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Sheba gets run through the carwash two or three times a year -- and is usually pretty filthy when that happens.
The interior is pretty tidy, but MUCH in need of a vacuuming.
 

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Our car gets cleaned out when someone else is going to sit in it besides me and my boyfriend. The outside gets cleaned a few times a year.
 

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Hmmm, in the winter not much. Right now I can only fit two people in my car because my back seat is full of stuff
 

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We've washed our Integra maybe 2 times since we got it last January - it's due for a cleanin'! It's our beater car though, so we don't try and keep it sparkly. The inside is a mess. As soon as we clean it out (2-3x a month), it gets horrible filled with junk again!

Our other 2 cars have been sitting since 2005 and 2006, and haven't been cleaned since. But then again, mine is empty, just part's storage right now, as is Rob's.
 

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My car is black, and shows dirt really well, I usually hand wash, wax and vacuum it before it gets really cold. In the summer, I usually wash it every week, in the winter, only when needed. The inside stays pretty clean if I am the only one driving it, but, if, DH drives it to work, it stays a mess until I clean it up!!
Right now, it is in dire need of cleaning as he has been driving it to work alot here lately. I will usually drive thru a car-wash mostly in the winter time.!!
 

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The inside of my car has a little dust in it, but no eating is allowed inside and the only two things that actually get left in the car are the sun shield and the snow brush.

The outside of the car gets hand washed at least once a month (unless it is freezing) and hand waxed several times a year with the wax-as-you-dry the rest of the times it gets washed.

I wasn't like this until I got married
 

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Originally Posted by katiemae1277

How often do you wash/clean out your vehicle??? Do you do it yourself or take to carwash??

not nearly enough
The inside of my car is like a rolling garbage dump
Need to find an incline and park the van so I can open the side doors and take advantage of gravity.
 
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