My dad passed away 2/12 this year and we are in the process of settling his estate. One of the things that’s got to go is his ‘18 150 Ford Transit van. I can’t imagine why at 90 y/o he bought this monster but he did. I washed it a couple of times by hand and that’s idiotic so when it was time to shop it around to see what it’s worth my sister and I took it through an automated car wash she uses.
She told me to select the $10 (base) wash job and we were off.
The soap literally drenched the van, 3 different colors. Then came the water, brushes and high pressure blast. Rinsing came next with a Lake Michigan of water followed by a fan that blows at least 1000 mph. When we finally escaped the washing operation we pulled it into the vacuum / compressed air interior cleaning station. Clean rags are supplied; the vacuum was so strong I feared for the carpets‘ life. The compressed air blew out a cloud of dust similar to a desert haboob. Wow, dad’s really let this thing go....
I have to say though, for a vehicle this size this is the only way to go! I don’t know what was in that detergent pack but everything, and I mean everything, was clean, right down to the factory wheels that dad never cleaned. That stuff literally dissolved away every spec of dirt, everywhere. If the van had any wax on it at all before going in, it sure didn’t after coming out!
I‘ve always wondered how my sister kept her Elantra so clean, now I know. I asked what wax she uses. None, ever. Geez....
I can’t subscribe to this type of car care (yet). As I’ve gotten older I’ve simply downsized my cars - at 68 I’m down to a Kia Soul and still wash and wax it proper. Aging like I am I‘ve found that it’s better to do a small project properly than have something so big you never really do the job to the level you’d like to but just can’t.
I dread the day I have to take my car into the bowels......
She told me to select the $10 (base) wash job and we were off.
The soap literally drenched the van, 3 different colors. Then came the water, brushes and high pressure blast. Rinsing came next with a Lake Michigan of water followed by a fan that blows at least 1000 mph. When we finally escaped the washing operation we pulled it into the vacuum / compressed air interior cleaning station. Clean rags are supplied; the vacuum was so strong I feared for the carpets‘ life. The compressed air blew out a cloud of dust similar to a desert haboob. Wow, dad’s really let this thing go....
I have to say though, for a vehicle this size this is the only way to go! I don’t know what was in that detergent pack but everything, and I mean everything, was clean, right down to the factory wheels that dad never cleaned. That stuff literally dissolved away every spec of dirt, everywhere. If the van had any wax on it at all before going in, it sure didn’t after coming out!
I‘ve always wondered how my sister kept her Elantra so clean, now I know. I asked what wax she uses. None, ever. Geez....
I can’t subscribe to this type of car care (yet). As I’ve gotten older I’ve simply downsized my cars - at 68 I’m down to a Kia Soul and still wash and wax it proper. Aging like I am I‘ve found that it’s better to do a small project properly than have something so big you never really do the job to the level you’d like to but just can’t.
I dread the day I have to take my car into the bowels......