how often do you wash your car?

[Markiscool]

Washed my wife's Accord yesterday for the first time in 7 years. Mine is still waiting. I usually run them through the automatic place once every three or four months. I just felt like hand washing it yesterday though. Usually I'm like the mafia...I don't do it, I have it done.

-Mark

[cbelt3]

Local Honda dealer offers free car washes to all customers. I bought a used CRV from them. So now the cars get washed at least once a week.. whichever one I'm driving.

In the winter, cars NEED to be washed at least once a week or they rot away from all the salt they put on the roads. Winter combined with two enormous salt mines under Lake Erie makes for salt as a cheap de-icer. Unless your car is made of plastic or stainless steel, you're gonna have problems.

[mikebw]

Probably about 5 years ago for the Cressida. Maybe 2-3 a year at the drive-through for the Saab; there are usually Groupon deals for the local place.

[Lew Zealand]

Once or twice a year. Simple answer is I have more important things to do with my time. It's 29 years old so I don't sweat it but I do keep the windows clean as that is quite an important thing and worth the time spent.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

cbelt3 wrote:
In the winter, cars NEED to be washed at least once a week or they rot away from all the salt...

Not in Southern California, they don't.

[pinion]

Mikes normally does a free one for veterans day so... once a year?

[Speedy]

Every spring after the last snow and the first heavy rain which washes the salt off the roads and the car.