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Appreciation post: I used to just hose my truck down on Saturdays, now I do it in a bay at the self serve on Cesar Chavez
For years I would pull my truck onto the driveway in Phoenix and blast it with a garden hose, then dry it with an old beach towel my kid left behind. Sun here is brutal, so I was basically baking water spots into the clear coat every single time and I never put two and two together. Then about 5 months ago a guy at the parts counter mentioned that the self serve wash over on Cesar Chavez has a covered bay and a spot free rinse setting, and it costs me $4.75 in quarters. I figured for that price I would try it once. The difference is honestly embarrassing. No sun beating down, no spots, and I can take my time wiping the door jambs and the wheel wells instead of rushing before everything dries. I still do a quick rinse at home between real washes, but the bay is where the actual work happens now. Has anyone here found a coin op with a decent covered bay, or do you just wash early in the morning and hope for the best with the sun?
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kelly38526d ago
The sun in Phoenix doesn't wash your truck, it bakes the water spots in like a jerk with a grudge. I spent years doing the same dumb routine, hose it down at 7am, towel it off while already sweating through my shirt, and by 9 the hood looked like a map of Arizona lakes. The covered bay thing is a game changer because shade alone buys you an extra 20 minutes before the water turns to cement. Four seventy five in quarters is cheaper than the therapy I need from watching my paint fade. I just hit the coin op near my place at 6am now and let the early crowd fight over the vacuum stations.
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