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Once a week cuz I can't stand a dirty car. 
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Originally posted by 00SVTinVA:
i try to wash my cars once a week, even in winter. But i get to cheat..my dads shop is heated and has a water hose and drain in the floor, so its not so bad.  I especially like to clean them if theres been salt laid down recently for snow.
You are so lucky. I usually just take my car to a "do it yourself spray." I try to go as often as I can but its to cold some days. And on the warm days everybody is there so it takes forever.
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97 Z24 Cavalier
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I usually hand wash it every 3 days or so year round. I work at a car dealership so I just take it inside and git r done...
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Euro Focus SVT Wheels
5 % tint
Mesh Grilles w/indiglo ford
KKM intake filter
FMS 9mm wires
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None of the above, I wash it when it's dirty, especially after it's been driven in salt and the roads dry off. I try to spray the underside too.
I put a coat of wax on at least every spring and fall. At 155,000 miles my paint still looks very good, and it's not ever been garage kept. I do park in the shade whenever possible though, I think UV rays do the most damage short of physical harm.
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A full wash every 2 weeks (or thats the goal). I wax normally 1x a month (again, a goal).
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Last time I washed my contour was in january. I have yet to wash the escort.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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I wash it a couple times a week,especially if it's nasty filthy,because 1,I can't stand a dirty car and 2,I was to resist corrosion as much as possible. I just go to the DIY bay and wash it down. Soap,rinse,wax,spotfree rinse. Then every other time I go,I'll get as much as the underside as I can.
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I usually take mine to the local touch-free drive thru once a week - & drive it very slowly over the underbody sprayer to get any salt off the bottom.
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I washed the contour today because I washed our work truck and had everything ready to go so I figured why not. Gave me something to do.
98.5 SVT
91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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To my knowledge they still use salt in MO so if it even looks like snow and the trucks are out the car gets hosed out underneath and in the wheel wells every time she gets home till the roads dry up. Do this with all of my vehicles after they go to MO in snow, including my beat up 4x4.
(Live in IL commute to St. Louis)
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