How often do you wash your car?

[kdonnel]

For the cars I regularly drive I average about once a month but vacuum them once a week.

The truck though, it gets driven very infrequently, and gets washed just once a year. The paint has really suffered as a result.

In the summer months I will wash by hand. I like putting on my bathing suit and spending a couple hours washing and detailing the car.

In the colder months I visit a self wash place or one of the many places where you ride through in the car depending on the car. I don't visit the drive thru one's very often because I have heard they can introduce scratches from dirty brushes. The same reason I don't use the brush at the self wash places on anything other than my tires.

 

[soccerdad72]

I have an unlimited plan at our nearby drive thru car wash, so I usually run my car through it a couple times a week and try to vacuum and wipe down everything weekly.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I have an unlimited plan at our nearby drive thru car wash, so I usually run my car through it a couple times a week and try to vacuum and wipe down everything weekly.

Same

 

[Ensusieasm]

Oops! My poor car was a year old in October. It’s only been washed 3 times!
I better wash it tomorrow!

 

[tvguy]

In the summer, probably wash the cars once a month, by hand in my driveway. Car washes here use recycled water, have for decades. I just remember the owners manual for my 1974 Ford said avoid car washes that used recycled water
My two daily drivers have never been in a car wash in my ownership, both purchased new. Dealers here all use a service that comes once a week to wash all the cars with power washers. My wife's car had paint damage on it when we bought it, FROM the hose from the power washer getting dragged over the fender. Dealer had to repaint the fender, no charge.
Vacuum.....maybe once or twice a year, usually only when dirt or leaves have been tracked in.
My classic car has never been through a car wash in the 10 years I have owned it, and it was freshly painted when I bought it. Who knows about the previous 50 years. Well, it sat outside for 25 years so other than rainfall, it didn't get washed at all for at least that long.