Do you wash your car before a road trip?

[AHappierHour]

FI always gets the car washed before we go somewhere but I always thought it is a waste. It's just going to get super dirty and full of bugs. I like to wait till we get home and then take it to get washed. WDYD?

[stephlove]

I've had my car for years and I've only taken it to get washed once.   And that was only because I hit a paint can and had paint splattered on my car. 

My dad would stop at the car wash before every long trip. It never made sense to me. Especially when he would stop before we went to my grandparents' house... who lived on a long, dirt, farm road. 

[Deleted]

My H always does. I've never understood it either.

[puppyluv]

The care always gets washed after trips but I also take weekly anyways because we get free car washes at the dealership.

[Deleted]

I do, but I always wash it myself.

Like Sue sue, I just prefer being able to see out the windows, not have it smell like spilled coffee and stale french fries, and not have the outside look like I just went through a sand storm.

[ECB]

No. Really- ANY time you wash it, it's going to eventually get dirty again anyhow. I just wash it when th emood strikes me. I don't plan it around anything specific.

[mrsjuleshs]

DH insisted on getting my car washed before I drove to Dallas. We ended up tagging the windows since it was the BIG competition (5 of us moms hung out at practice doing this to all the cars). 1 week AFTER I got home I just cleaned off the windows as best as I could. My car JUST got washed last week but only because the repair shop washed it before I got it back after the accident. Otherwise it would probably be months till it got washed again. He will probably wash it before we leave to go to MS later this month.

[soozy87]

I don't care about the outside as much, but I like the inside to be clean before a road trip.

[looseseal]

Yep, I do. H thinks it's weird, but oh well. I also have it cleaned before every wedding or funeral I go to. My dad always says you never know who may end up riding with you.

[annabanana]

My H washes and waxes the car before a roadtrip. He says that it is easier to wash the bugs off a freshly waxed car and less likely to damage the paint.

[curtains]

I wash before and after.
I take 20 hour round trips almost every other month and it makes it so much more bearable in a nice clean car.

[pantsparty]

I wash my car when I get my oil changed. That's pretty much it. H's cars are always clean.

[BlackCanary]

Nope. The only thing I will do is clean the windows and clear out the clutter from the car. 

[luckyval]

Jun 4, 2013 13:57:43 GMT -5 romymichele said:

No. In fact, if it doesn't rain, my car doesn't get washed.

Yea, this is where I am.

But we just got a brand new car and I really need to change that

[adhdfashion]

My Dad always washes his car before road trip. I think it is pointless. Lol I only wash my car before weddings.

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[idoinjuly]

Jun 4, 2013 13:55:15 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

I always do. I like having a clean, vacuumed out, shiny windowed car for my drive to wherever.

Me too.