Anybody in California washing their cars?

Run it through the car wash when you get gas? That's what I normally do.

 

Dude, wash the car!! Don't over think it. wash the car when it needs it. So. Cal will not run dry because of you washing your car. if you want to save water stop watering your lawn, take shorter showers

 

Wax/wax fall and spring, and maybe a couple of washings in between each of those. It's a good to have a trigger style nozzle on the hose, the kind that shuts off as soon as you let go.

But I never water the lawn, sometimes have hand-me-down baths, neglect to flush the john sometimes.

 

the car washes around here recycle the water, with a serious filtration system. i don't wash my car though, i'd rather water the lawn. the lawn is good for the environment, the car is not.

 

A single 5 gallon bucket of soapy water can wash an entire car no problem. That's less than most showers. And a big carwash generally recycles about 98% of the water they use.

 

Although rain may be far and in between, throw on a rain jacket and break out the soap next time it rains. Wash the car, then pull it in the garage or under an overpass and dry it... Just like the kid on the Prius commercial!

Yes, these are the types of posts I make when my wife is visiting her sick grandmother and I am alone on a Friday night...

 

you don't do this on a regular basis?

 

Are you saying my reputation precedes me!

 

What sort of answer did you expect to get here?

I'm very water conscious. I've been like this since early 2000s before this whole drought started. One of my homes runs off a well. I have a 5 gallon bucket in shower to catch run off for my plants, don't always flush toliet unless it's shit, only water my plants when it's past 6, have bucket strategic put around the house to catch water off gutters, when i wash up i get wet then turn off the water then soap up then rinse i probably have water on less than 30 seconds and much there's much more I do. Btw I don't need do this, I have 4 homes if I wanted waste water I can easily.

If rain did not do the job then you leave it dirty or wash it. Or you can drive to another state where water isn't a problem or drive into a lake or spit into a bucket till you have enough to wash your car.


Get those 5 gallon buckets from lowes and use it when you wash up and when you get enough wash your car. I hope your OK with this.

 

Don't the car washes filter then recycle water?

 

i thought they did.

 

isn't there some kind of dry wash system now Mike can use? I'm with Mike though, in sympathy, I am not washing.

Our motto here at Prius Chat: "Clean mind....clean car....take your pick! "
He's gone for the clean mind option.

 

Maybe order

DRI WASH n GUARD Waterless Car Wash: The Original Dry Wash!

 

I go to the do it yourself car wash about twice a month. Three bucks

 

Daily car duster, weekly spray wax.

 

Mike, I'd break the dry spell at least once in a while, get the underbody, suspension and wheel wells cleaned thoroughly.

 

Here in the midwest we are blessed with lake michigan still overflowing. Take @Xterra72's suggestion. I spray wax mine every other week.