Do You Wash Your Wife's Car?

Do You Wash Your Wife's Car?

  • Regularly

    Votes: 23 23.7%

  • Occasionally

    Votes: 28 28.9%

  • More often than she does

    Votes: 11 11.3%

  • No

    Votes: 40 41.2%

  • Yes, but I feel peer pressure to say no

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No, but I feel peer pressure to say yes

    Votes: 1 1.0%
  • Total voters
    97
Also, for our women members, I didn't ask the questions whether you wash your husband's cars, since I honestly have never heard of a wife washing her husband's car. Not to say it's never happened, but I've just not heard of it.
 
FormerHangie said:
Also, for our women members, I didn't ask the questions whether you wash your husband's cars, since I honestly have never heard of a wife washing her husband's car. Not to say it's never happened, but I've just not heard of it.
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I feel like I'd earn a lot of respect from my male neighbors if I could have them see my wife out there on a Saturday afternoon washing my Jeep while I sit on a lawn chair sipping a beverage and watching. Problem is, 99% of them would just assume she lost a bet against me, so...
 
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No, she’s always taken care of her own vehicles. I mean if she wants me to do something, sure... but she rarely does.

I detailed my car today though. Seemed like a “dad” thing to do on Memorial Day. He’d be doing that or on a car club drive.
 
Not allowed to touch her car (2004) except under supervision (get the groceries out of the trunk). Must ride in the back if at all (dog rides in front). My daily driver is a 553 k mile 1971 (bought new)...gets washed after winters and by rain storms. Detailed?? Don't know that word... BUT my Arrow is ALL MINE! She has never been in it or close in 18 years I've owned it (my TOO EXPENSIVE "toy"). Different strokes...
 
denverpilot said:
No, she’s always taken care of her own vehicles. I mean if she wants me to do something, sure... but she rarely does.

I detailed my car today though. Seemed like a “dad” thing to do on Memorial Day. He’d be doing that or on a car club drive.
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fair disclosure, Nate: Washing a car where you live is a fruitless, symbolic gesture, isn’t it?
 
SCCutler said:
fair disclosure, Nate: Washing a car where you live is a fruitless, symbolic gesture, isn’t it?
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Pretty much. The interior stays nice for a few days. Other than that it’s just an exercise in getting a layer of dirt off so it doesn’t get on you when you’re getting in and out.
 
I’ve rarely spent much time washing my vehicles. Other than the motorcycles and the truly special cars I’ve usually followed the “wash it once a year whether it needs it or not” mantra. The Cobra will receive better treatment, of course.

My wife actually is the one who will tend to do the washing and detailing of the vehicles. Of course for the past few years she’s been putting most of the miles on and has two cars to my one truck. The kids will usually help her to some extent. So now @FormerHangie can say he’s heard of a wife who washes her husband’s car. :)
 
My wife and I share a car. I wrote the check for it, but you better believe it's hers - she just lets me drive it from time to time. ;)

And yeah, I wash it (or rather, take it to be washed).
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
I take it to a place.
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Yup. About ever 6 months or so, I take he BMW to a place that does a pretty good wash, hand wax and thorough interior cleaning. Then about every month or two I take it to the same place for their quickie wash which does a good job of washing the outside, wheels and interior.

I take my truck about half as often (or less) as I take hers, but I don't take it near as much since I retired. I don't have as many people riding with me as I used to and I don't drive it as much. And I now use it to haul mulch and landscaping supplies for our yard, so washing it is sort of a waste of time.

When I see a woman washing a car, all I think about is Cool Hand Luke.
 
Unlimited car washes for $25/mo per car. Both get done multiple times a week. Mine also gets detailed every 6 months or so.
 
Ravioli said:
Unlimited car washes for $25/mo per car. Both get done multiple times a week. Mine also gets detailed every 6 months or so.
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Same deal, mine goes in after every rain or when the birds crap on it. My wife has a newer car, but doesn't care if it's clean or not, and I stopped caring if her car was clean or not long ago.
 
Can't take the car to a wash machine, it scratches it up and I'm not letting some other person wash it either cause they will scratch it up. The car is black so I wash it a certain way to avoid swirls and scratches. Yeah it still gets some but I take care not to add much. It pains me to see black cars all swirled up and scratched all over.

But lesson learned..NEVER BUY A BLACK CAR AGAIN! It looks mean but it's a pain. My white truck I run through the auto wash.
 
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simtech said:
But lesson learned..NEVER BUY A BLACK CAR AGAIN! It looks mean but it's a pain. My white truck I run through the auto wash.
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I learned that lesson as well, that's why my car is white. It can go through the car wash and look just fine, the while metallic hides the swirls. It seems that metallic paints look better after that car wash than do solids.
 
My wife washes my car and truck. One of my nosy neighbors was really disturbed by this after living beside us for a few years.
I had just arrived back home on my bike and my wife was washing my car. She came over and blurted out..."your wife washing your car!!! You should be hung."

I told her that I was hung...that's why the wife washes the car...

We don't speak to them much any more. :D:D:D
 
simtech said:
But lesson learned..NEVER BUY A BLACK CAR AGAIN! It looks mean but it's a pain. My white truck I run through the auto wash.
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I knew there was a reason I didn't want a black car. I thought it was because it gets too hot here in Florida in a black car. But if your power goes out and you need to cook something, but it in a black car in the sun with the windows closed for a little while. Just be sure not to overcook it.
 
Kelvin said:
My wife washes my car and truck. One of my nosy neighbors was really disturbed by this after living beside us for a few years.
I had just arrived back home on my bike and my wife was washing my car. She came over and blurted out..."your wife washing your car!!! You should be hung."

I told her that I was hung...that's why the wife washes the car...

We don't speak to them much any more. :D:D:D
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Or ask her what her problem was? Your wife still has time to do your laundry, doesn't she?
 
Kelvin said:
I told her that I was hung...that's why the wife washes the car...
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Cleavon Little approves!

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We both bring them to a car wash business, so I don't wash mine either.
 
Kelvin said:
My wife washes my car and truck. One of my nosy neighbors was really disturbed by this after living beside us for a few years.
I had just arrived back home on my bike and my wife was washing my car. She came over and blurted out..."your wife washing your car!!! You should be hung."

I told her that I was hung...that's why the wife washes the car...

We don't speak to them much any more. :D:D:D
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I like it! That's a good way to handle a nosy neighbor. :)

I'm surprised there's so much stigma/gender roles surrounding this topic.
 
She takes hers to a car wash pretty regularly. Once in a while I'll wash it for her, because the car wash keeps it looking clean but not good. I recently cleaned the whole thing, took a clay bar to it, and gave it a coat of one of the new ceramic bearing waxes just to see how well that stuff works. The spray-on stuff, not the little bitty $40 bottle stuff. Then I did the same to the Mercedes; it needed it too. After the pickup gets back from the body shop I'll do the same for it, skipping the wax on the new panel.

The clay bar, by the way, is one of those rare items that actually has lived up to all the hype I read about them. They're cheap, they don't take long to use, and the results are simply amazing, I wish I'd tried it sooner.
 
That's just part of the price of doing 'aviation'. $13 at the drive-thru, wash and vacuum, filler-er up with gas, then drive home and detail the rims and wipe down the bug-prone areas with BugSlide. Try to do it once a week. I don't hand wash anymore because the automated car wash does such a good job now (except rims). And, I hate the mess.
 
I do, a couple times a year. Normally she takes it to a car wash when she feels like it. Sometimes, though, the weather is nice, I'm outside and finished with the yard work and not ready to go back inside, so I'll wash her car. But once I get started on the outside, it's easy to roll out the shop vac and do the inside. Then I think to myself, "Self, you've gone this far...", and then I clean the inside of the windows, too.
 
FormerHangie said:
Also, for our women members, I didn't ask the questions whether you wash your husband's cars, since I honestly have never heard of a wife washing her husband's car. Not to say it's never happened, but I've just not heard of it.
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My wife washes 'our' cars. I rarely do it.
 
I have a black F-150 Supercrew and it gets washed by hand about once per month or so. Interior detailed quarterly, truck waxed annually. It still looks pretty sharp for being 12 years and 150K miles.

Wife's vehicle is a blue GMC Sierra crew cab with similar mileage and it gets washed by me taking it to a spray and wash about once every 3 months or so. I keep meaning to wax it for the first time since we've owned it, but something always comes up. Interior hasn't been detailed in years. I clean out any garbage or vacuum up crumbs from the kids once every few months as well.

Kind of the difference between me having owned and cared for my truck since new, and her truck having been given to her used after it served 5 or 6 years at her father's business. My boat sees more attention than her truck and we use the boat 5-6 times per year, lol.
 
SoonerAviator said:
My boat sees more attention than her truck and we use the boat 5-6 times per year, lol.
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Sorry for the thread drift, but this is why I have refrained from having a boat. My stepfather had a boat and I really enjoyed going out in it, but we only went a few times a year, which really inflates the per-use cost. And I always had to clean it when we got home to keep the salt water from eating it up. I have been looking at the ads for a local boat club that has a seemingly high entry and rental fee, but they have quite a variety of boats for almost any occasion. I am trying to do the math to see if it is worth paying their fees rather than buying a boat, dealing with the depreciation, maintenance, insurance and all the hassle of storage and cleaning and other ownership issues, and then deal with selling a used boat in a few years.
 
Why haven't I seen the Carl's Jr ad yet?

No, I don't wash her car or my car. She takes hers to get detailed and mine gets no TLC. I do wash my plane though.
 
The only washing our cars get is driving through the rain at highway speeds on our commutes. Seems to work pretty well.
 
When it was newer I did it for her a couple of times. One time I even took it to a professional detailer.
 
I wash and wax our cars during the time between when they're a new acquisition and special and the time I realize it's just another vehicle. Usually, that's about a year. After that, I spend my time and money on mechanical maintenance and let the rain take care of the rest unless it gets REALLY bad. My '88 560SL gets a yearly wax..it's still kind of special. Can't wait to sell it. Hehehehe.
 
JOhnH said:
Sorry for the thread drift, but this is why I have refrained from having a boat. My stepfather had a boat and I really enjoyed going out in it, but we only went a few times a year, which really inflates the per-use cost. And I always had to clean it when we got home to keep the salt water from eating it up. I have been looking at the ads for a local boat club that has a seemingly high entry and rental fee, but they have quite a variety of boats for almost any occasion. I am trying to do the math to see if it is worth paying their fees rather than buying a boat, dealing with the depreciation, maintenance, insurance and all the hassle of storage and cleaning and other ownership issues, and then deal with selling a used boat in a few years.
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Our boat is a 1976 20' runabout that has been in the family for over 20 years. Aside from a transom rebuild about 5 years ago and engine refreshing I did at the same time, it costs nothing but gasoline and an oil change each year. Storage is free in our shop. Best $5K my dad ever spent. We have a 1yr old and an almost 4yr old, which explains the low usage the past few seasons since young children tire of being in the heat for more than a few hours. Once they're older, I'm sure the usage will pick up.
 
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Yes! Every chance I get! There are very few things I do for my wonderful wife that make her happier than me washing her car. I enjoy the whole process, knowing I am doing something for her.
 
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