Fear of car washes
My name is Bill…and I am afraid of car washes…. Seriously, at some point we will need a new truck. I would love to go dually. One of my concerns is the ability to go through the local drive-through...
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jimh425 wrote:
The Northwest vehicles are mostly rust free.
True statement, and after growing up in the rust belt and living in the southwest, Rockies, AK and PNW, I think the PNW may be the easiest on vehicles of anywhere in the country.
Of course right on the Pacific coast you get the salt air, but hardly anyone lives there.
All the rain keeps the underside of vehicles very clean compared to most other places. No build up of dirt/leaves trapping moisture for a long time. Not much mag on the roads. They do spread it here regularly but the rain washes it off/away right away. Not a lot of sand and rocks on the roads.
Due to the rain, more people have shops and garages IMO higher percent of garaged vehicles and even those that are left out aren't exposed to near the uv and heat damage of sunny places like the southwest.
I bought a fixer upper truck a couple years ago in Seattle, almost 20 years old. Definately hadn't been garaged for several years and it was in better shape underneath than expected. Not all rusted together. And the paint, dash and seats were in good shape, not all faded out.
This only applies to western wa and or. Once you get into the Cascades and east it is more like in the Rockies.
