I’ve never spent money at a car wash place before. I got water and a bucket and soap. Three times a year is about right for me also.
That's about where I end up. 1 or 2 more a year wouldn't be bad, but it would freeze up in the winter months when it needs it more.Yeah that seems like a lot. My car gets washed like 3 times a year.
For the $7 or whatever it is, it's worth it to me to save the time.I’ve never spent money at a car wash place before. I got water and a bucket and soap. Three times a year is about right for me also.
I’ve never spent money at a car wash place before. I got water and a bucket and soap. Three times a year is about right for me also.
Maybe 3 or 4 times a year, or whenever it really needs it.
You still planning on doing electric? The other thing I forgot to mention, once I found the features I wanted it was cheaper to do the hybrid than the option addition to the pure gas model. This was not pure electric but I think makes the most sense as I would not be a huge fan of waiting to charge.I haven't had a car payment in 12 years.
It's freaking awesome!!!!
If you're not spending money regularly on repairs, save some cash for a while.
For my last car I saved up some cash, got a couple of dealerships bidding against each other, and had a trade in.
They weren't going to take any more off for paying cash, but Ford had a deal that they would knock another $1000 off the price if you used Ford financing. So I took the deal and paid the car off in 3 months. I hate paying interest.
I saved a crap-load.
I'm saving up to do it again soon.
Mrs. Scotch bugs me to take my car to the car wash. It's like $12 or $14 bucks. If I lived in a warm climate, I'd probably just wash it myself. Actually, when I lived in NH, I used the do-it-yourself bays which were $1.50 per cycle. You can soap, scrub, and rinse your car for $3 bucks. I'd still do that if it was available here.That legitimately astonishes me. It's like saying you've never been to Burger King like how does wild as never being to McDonald's But still pretty freaking wild.
So how often do you wash your car yourself?
I wound up deciding I will wait.
My car dealer runs a free car wash every Saturday when the weather is warmer than 5c (42f). Since I was down there today I was going to do it. Usually I do it around 10:30 and wait about 15 min in line. I have been a bit later sometimes and waited about an hour in line. Today since I spent so much time talking to the sales guy, it was about 1pm when I went to get in line. The line was significantly longer and likely would have been a 2 hour wait. I elected to pass. I suspect that this would likely be the last weekend until spring which is why it was longer.Mrs. Scotch bugs me to take my car to the car wash. It's like $12 or $14 bucks. If I lived in a warm climate, I'd probably just wash it myself. Actually, when I lived in NH, I used the do-it-yourself bays which were $1.50 per cycle. You can soap, scrub, and rinse your car for $3 bucks. I'd still do that if it was available here.
I'm still seriously considering it.You still planning on doing electric? The other thing I forgot to mention, once I found the features I wanted it was cheaper to do the hybrid than the option addition to the pure gas model. This was not pure electric but I think makes the most sense as I would not be a huge fan of waiting to charge.
If I lived in a warm climate, I'd probably just wash it myself. Actually, when I lived in NH, I used the do-it-yourself bays which were $1.50 per cycle.
I'm still seriously considering it.
I've been working on an EV training facility at work and have been doing a lot of research on the subject and have gotten some tours of places and been talking to a decent number of people that drive them. I think that it's really viable for my driving habits.
I only have a 20 amp circuit going out to me garage, so I need to upgrade that, and there aren't a lot of the car that I'm looking at on the lots yet, so I'll probably wait till spring before I do it.
A lot of apartments are banning EV charging from free power circuts. Some install pay chargers others just outright ban it. Don't count on it remaining free for long once you start using it for those levels.Don't you get range anxiety? I mean I thought about electric because I don't pay a power bill and I could charge it from my apartment and that would save me a lot of money on gas But doing stuff like that somewhat random trip to Tennessee 850, mi each way would have been more of a hassle. I mean I know the cars tell you exactly where to go to charge but still the charging infrastructure is nowhere near the gas station infrastructure right now.
Even going to Disney would give me anxiety. The Wawa right by my shitty motel does have chargers. My shitty motel doesn't and I don't want to sit at Wawa for like an hour charging my shit up. Disney has charges too but they only have a few of them and every time I walk past them all of them are taken.
But if all I was doing was local driving then yeah I think an ev is totally the way to go.