Carwash

My wife is a typical "girl car owner". That means the car has to be spic and span clean and always, or at least as much as possible protected from the elements. It is totally useless to tell her that too many car washes are not beneficial to a car's surface. This would be a total waste of time.

Oil changes are to be made at exactly at 3,000-mile intervals, regardless of what the owner handbook says. We bought tarpaulin to cover the cars in case of snow. So, the other day when snow was forecasted one car immediately was covered. I really don't know what this does but hey, I am just a pretty face!

When the car is taken to a wash, she is giving very particular instructions to the staff on what is needed to be done. Oh, she also always asks for all kinds of vaxes to be applied. When I had my own cars in the past, I did take them to be w1ashed but never ever asked for vax. And they did survive many happy years. So, I don't know what the was vax is doing, except costs more money.

In our area there are carwashes that give you frequent wash cards. After ten visits they give one for free. Also, most carwashes do provide oil changes that most of the time cost less than what the dealers charge. These also include in the frequent programs, oh after an oil change one can get a free wash. A good wash cost at least $20, plus tips. Any given time there are at least three or four people working on the car. They prepare it, vacuum the inside, then it goes thru the various machines where the different waxes are added and at the end about four men hand dry the car inside and out. 

They work fast because this is a conveyor belt type operation where cars are coming out of the wash nonstop, and they have to be cleaned and dried pretty quickly. We like this one particular place. Service is good and fast. I personally don't mind a real dirty car. To me that car has a certain charm, but my wife looks at it differently. Yea, what do women know?