PLEASE respect your local car wash!!!

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I went to my local car wash here in Sanford on Sunday and found that two of the three bays were already taken.  I went to go into the third bay only to find mud everywhere.  It was all over the walls and about two inches deep in the ground.  I wanted to clean my car, not go mud bogging in it.

Please, if you take your mud bogger, trail truck, play toy, or whatever else to the car wash and it leaves a mess like that all over the place, just spend the extra $1 and spray down the walls and spray the mud on the floor into the drain.  It only takes a few minutes and gives a much better image of our hobby 

[Squirell]

yeap i was washin mine at a near by car wash and they told me to leave. cause they thought i wasnt goin to fix it

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EXACTLY!!!

I went to that same car wash with my Blazer the morning of the West Branch trail ride a few weeks ago.  The Blazer was muddy and the guy was there working on cleaning the place up.  He of course came right up to me and asked if I would clean up after myself.  I explained to him that I always do and hate to leave a mess for others as I have a car that I love to keep nice and clean.   We chatted for a bit and he said that he would go and give me extra time so I could clean it up

A little respect goes a long way!

[Bigdaddy]

the car wash near the mounds orv park have 2 bays for muddy trucks ,

[BIG DOG]

beaverton has a muddy bay car wash   5 bucks for 20 mins
  i own 2 powerwashers   portable barrels      2 50 gal and 280 gallon  tanks    i wash at home        but i agree with yous   
                 take a min make it right     pay it forward

[Brown Cow]

I would wash my truck by where I used to live and the guy/owner would give extra time also to wash the stall out. Cause he saw that I was using my own money to keep the bay clean that I was using.

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I used to go to the Beaverton muddy bay wash all the time when I lived in Allbright Shores, but now it is too far away when I have a wash here in Sanford.

I actually only rarely use the car wash, and when I do I only use the pressure washer and NEVER the brush on my cars because they scratch the hell out of your paint.  I also don't use the brush on my Blazer either when it is full of mud because someone else might come in next and use it.  Even if you spray it off, there is still a chance some dirt might be left in the brush still.

[TBigLug]

Our car wash in Stockbridge used to get trashed when some local yokel through big parties in his teens! (I wonder who that was ) Now they don't let anyone wash muddy trucks in there. They used to have to have the pits cleaned every Monday after my, or rather, this old hellion's bogs. I've always had my own power washer so I never used it but they used to trash it. Definitely pay it forward and clean up after yourself.

[CRAZY MAN broncomudhead]

I agree and it is cheaper to buy a power washer that runs on gas could you imagine what there house and bathroom look like if they leave the car wash stall like tha hey honey were out of paper, yes I know just wipe it on the wall like you always do just like the car wash stall

[oscar_169]

13 HP Honda 4000 PSI wash at home or bog with water tank only way to go 

[burl]

i agree....it might be funy but in all reality dont be an asswhole....i kno you wouldnt want to take your new vette or stang or challeger into a muddy bay

[duel1985]

i agree last year i took my vette to the wash cause i had a trany leak and i wanted it of my new motor and the bay was filled with mud it doesnt take long to clean up after yourself i would hate to see that persons house

[gator82]

I agree, me and the wife took the car to the car wash in mason 2 days ago and there are 4 bays. I looked at my wife and said thats bullsh@@. she ask what the problem was and i pointed to it and she said the same thing i did. There was mud every where and the drain was just about plugged and about 4-6 inches of mud on the floor. But thats not the worst part. At the far east end of the wash bays is an outside wash that has one wall and it holds the machine for the money and the high pressure wash gun and it is there just for muddy vehicles and had not even been used.

[bmwallace_88]

people around here do the same thing, except its not muddy trucks, its some highschool kids that get off taking there little ricer hondas out in a nature preserve we have, its really a sad thing, i used to work there, and it sucks when people would do this. even worse when they want to run it though the automatic, that has brushes. i was sad to take my g8 though the car wash last night cause some kids muyst of been out having run easter.

[RIP_K52007]

i went to wash the dust off the dodge the other day down in millington, that car wash, i wanted to take a pic, but my phone wasnt on me..   they had a sign that said "mudboggers this bay" with a arrow.  LOL   

i hear ya, nothin like getting ur car dirtyer at the car wash,  im guilty of driving a rusty truck threw the auto wash, until i relized my rust is probably getting on the brushes and scratching up other cars, so i quit doing that.

[bmwallace_88]

yeah, i tend to stay away from automatics with brushes anymore, they might work a little better than touchless, but its not worth it if the brushes have sand, dirt, and other grime in them.


i like my g8 to much to take it through a brushed automatic.

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I usually only hand wash, but will take it to the car wash bay for a pressure wash when pressed for time.  I have MUCH better products at home the the carwashes have 

[Mudduck]

i wash my rig at the carwash during the winter  and wash myself at home during spring summer n fall and i usually wash it on the trailer and all the mud chunks falls onto the trailer and bring it home and shovel it off

[CrazyMudJeep]

Always be nice and clean the bay. it does suck when u go into one and its all messed up.  stupid ppl

[four_by_ken]

...and spray the mud on the floor into the drain.  It only takes a few minutes and gives a much better image of our hobby 

It only takes one or two trucks to clog the drain up.  Not really a good idea.  Should really get the majority of the thick stuff off before you take it to the car wash.

Good post.  I would hate to be the owner of some car washes I have seen.