How often...

[Ives]

...do yous wash your car?

[jabba]

Once a week. Sometimes twice a week.... Hey and we have water restrictions... Woop de do

[Ives]

^^^ oh I just hose down my car. I actually use much less water when I hose down my car compared to using buckets etc etc.

[Scareybear]

Try to do it once a month at least, time and water restrctions permitting :(

[Ives]

Edit : Never mind.

[Pieoter]

I wash mine when ever it gets too dirty. Alteast i try :(

[Peej]

yeah i try to just get to mine whenever it gets dirty but try not to get too obsessed with it. What waxes are you's all using?

[galaxy xr8]

Usually once every 1-2 month's. depending on how dirty it get's.

[robjh80]

Originally Posted by Peej

What waxes are you's all using?

Wash mine around once a fortnight give or take, using Turtle Wax here.

[Ives]

Originally Posted by Peej

What waxes are you's all using?

I use that Turtle Car Wash and Wax. I dunno if it's as good as using actual car wax after washing it with normal car soap.

[Falcon Freak]

Where is the 'a couple of times a year' option?

FF

[TheColonel]

i'm using baby shampoo ;)

[wodahs]

i let the rain do it :hihi:

got the zl as a daily driver whilst doing up the zh and for $500 got two zl's one lic. one not but had to make one from the two with heap of spare parts and its done me well 3 months ahort of 2 years had some one side swipe it repaird with spares i got just to have some one hit it on the same side i damaged the boot done a box a head then theres the interia and the dif sings :nutsycuck suprised i ain got a yella liky yet but most me spare money n time go to th zh

and the zl only has to do 7 k's each way each day to work
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[Swaytan]

I take my to a hand wash place, wouldn't ever go through a auto wash thing. Generally get it washed once a week, and because I get a car allowance through work, it's mostly tax deductable...

[xurbanx]

Only when I'm in the mood; so that's roughly once every 3 months

[Teki04]

With the Fiesta and Clio - every week... or the next available day if it is raining the following week after a wash

[Danny]

Every Week, or when required. So sometimes I may do It 2 times in a week. There's a reason that my Fez is so shiny..

[kenneth_lks]

depends on my mood...but at least once a week except raining

[MISTA FIESTA]

I usually do mine every two weeks its usually really really dirty and messy. Thats why i dont see any justification on doing it on a weekly basis its just a waste of time and money. I usaully park the car close to a tree (as it my parking space) and it does get its fair share of dust but its not a motivation to start cleaning it everytime it gets dirty as i know its gonna get dirty the next time i drive it.

[Teki04]

Yes, but your car will stay LESS dirty. I remember I got heaps of Comments on the Fiesta's colour.... even more so now too!

I just love the idea of keeping my car clean. I never EVER see my car get dirty. I sometimes even clean the alloys more often then the car... JUST so it looks clean!

[Teki04]

Originally Posted by Danny

Every Week, or when required. So sometimes I may do It 2 times in a week. There's a reason that my Fez is so shiny..

Haha must be a metro thing

[MISTA FIESTA]

I think the location of where you have your car determines the likley hood of it getting dirty. Ie no room in garage, no room in car port oh wait room in the driveway YES YES YES. at work its the same thing. I hate it when it getts dirty, but thats just the way the cookie crumbles (insert jim carey) so i ant crying about it.

There is nothing a clay bar treatment + some elbow grease wont fix.

[Teki04]

No excuse Damo - my car is outdoors allllllllll day at work or uni, except at night went it sits in the carport!

30-45mins a week is just enough to see my car clean. I just love the idea of leaving a new car... and also the idea of walking up to a new clean car.

[Danny]

Originally Posted by Teki04

Haha must be a metro thing

Ha! You'd understand then ey?

[MISTA FIESTA]

Originally Posted by Teki04

No excuse Damo - my car is outdoors allllllllll day at work or uni, except at night went it sits in the carport!

30-45mins a week is just enough to see my car clean. I just love the idea of leaving a new car... and also the idea of walking up to a new clean car.

It sounds like we are in the same boat so to speak but 30-45mins hmm thats for a quick clean or a full clean??

Also when people are saying once a week are they talking about hand wash at home or going to a car wash place?? Just curious, cause i for one would never ever take my car for a wash anywhere else then my back yard. I think peeps are throwing more money down the toilet that they realise : .

[Teki04]

Um, Damo once a week I WASH the car. Once a fortnight I vacuum the car. Sometimes it goes to a handwash/cafe when I'm working a lot and can't be bothered getting out of my suit to wash it!

Danny - no comment :

[Pieoter]

When u guys wash it once a week would you wash it even if it still looks spot less? Fair enough my car only comes out 4 -5 times a week and 90% of the time undercover but mine stays clean for atleast 2weeks (even in rain) and even then its only dirty in some places (like the bottom half of the doors).

I always go to a car wash cafe. Can't really do it at home coz of very cramped parking in my units.

[Teki04]

Brake dust or dirt at the bottom of the door. Also, the rear hatch (with all hatches) acculumates dust. When it does... time for a wash! Usually it happens after 350-400kms of inner city driving

[Ives]

Originally Posted by Teki04

. Also, the rear hatch (with all hatches) acculumates dust.

YES! cant be more right!

[LethalLeigh]

I try to once a fortnight unless the forcast is for rain in which case I hold off.