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Your Tacoma? Clean? Or you just dont care?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Tacodan, Mar 31, 2011.

  1. Mar 31, 2011 at 12:15 PM
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    Morrison

    Morrison BIG RED

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  2. Mar 31, 2011 at 12:31 PM
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    Andretti

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    I'm so obsessed I not only try (and do) keep my cars spotless inside and out, but I wouldnt EVER wash mine anywhere but at home and by hand anyway. Drive through brushless or otherwise car washes are HORRIBLE on paint (and dont even do that good a job anyway), and the high pressure spray ones are extremely tough on paint (especially if you've had any custom painting done).

    If I cant do it by hand, it doesnt get washed. And even then, I'm careful as hell to replace the wash bucket water (and wash rag) often during if the car is that dirty to avoid possibly scratching the paint.


    Andretti
     
  3. Mar 31, 2011 at 12:37 PM
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    Robertocritser

    Robertocritser Well-Known Member

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    pressure washer about every 2-3 weeks because i live on a gravel drive way
     
  4. Mar 31, 2011 at 12:38 PM
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    Agent475

    Agent475 "Mark It Zero"

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    I wash it when I can... but I check weather first. Why waste the time and money washing if it is going to be dirty again tomorrow?
     
  5. Mar 31, 2011 at 12:59 PM
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    RLDTACO

    RLDTACO Well-Known Member

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    Inside is spotless, outside hand washed every week if time permits. Engine bay wiped off every couple wks. Can you say OCD? :D
     
  6. Mar 31, 2011 at 1:02 PM
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    paintdiddy

    paintdiddy Machine gun shits

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    It's never muddy or crazy dirty but I'm not at the car wash every week
     
  7. Mar 31, 2011 at 1:06 PM
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    YFZ_TRD

    YFZ_TRD 4Runner Pilot

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    I can't help but point out you must not be that anal about the paint itself if you take it through a carwash. :eek:

    I'm in the PNW so it seems as though if I try to wash mine in anything but the middle of summer, the clouds instantly move in and it's raining on me by the time I'm ready to dry the truck. :mad: Needless to say, my truck hasn't been washed in about a month either.
     
  8. Mar 31, 2011 at 1:08 PM
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    OZ-T

    OZ-T You are going backwards

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    Impossible to keep my truck clean for more than a couple days

    Rain + gravel roads = dirty Tacoma
     
  9. Mar 31, 2011 at 1:46 PM
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    Shanran71

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    Mostly Clean...have an unlimited car wash club membership: cleaned and towel dried 6-9 times a month. They hate me on free "wheel deal" Tuesdays. I have even gone twice in one day (duck hunting in between= muddy). My taco sticks out in a sea of BMW's and Volvo's getting washed.
     
  10. Mar 31, 2011 at 1:52 PM
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    Carwash + interior cleaning about once a month except for winter (November until about April) when I just dont bother. Way too cold out and also too much dirt when snow is melting to justify cleaning it until I'm sure its all gone.
     
  11. Mar 31, 2011 at 1:53 PM
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    steve o 77

    steve o 77 braaap

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    Living on a dirt road + rain =

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    and this is the cleanest my interior has ever been :laugh:
    IMG_2331_5ccc1fa2d04d5c645d2343ada0d99093d9767510.jpg
     
  12. Mar 31, 2011 at 3:02 PM
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    papabear050

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    Haven't washed mine since I bought it back in January.

    I want to every weekend.... but then I don't.
     
  13. Mar 31, 2011 at 3:09 PM
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    JanBoothius

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    Yep...
     
  14. Mar 31, 2011 at 3:40 PM
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    skistoy

    skistoy Make mine a Double!

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    The older i get , the less i care.

    but still try to keep her preaty clean
     
  15. Mar 31, 2011 at 3:41 PM
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    dan0

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    washed 3 times in the first 2 weeks (the yellow pollen falls like snow around here)
    now the rain has set in every day for 2 weeks
    I'lll wash it again when it dries up
     
  16. Mar 31, 2011 at 3:42 PM
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    ColtsTRD

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    I wash mine about once every 2 weeks inside and out.


    I don't mind if its dirty on the outside though...its a truck.
     
  17. Mar 31, 2011 at 3:42 PM
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    Pope953

    Pope953 That's a fact Jack!

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    Clean for sure.
     
  18. Mar 31, 2011 at 4:47 PM
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    MGH-PA

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    It's a truck...so no. It's not filthy inside, but I'm not vacuuming it out every other week or washing it every week. It's in the dirt several days a week all year long.
     
  19. Mar 31, 2011 at 5:01 PM
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    sambojee

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    in the winter i dont wash it ever and in the summer i never do unless i get all muddy but the inside is always clean exept for some dirt on the floor mats, for some reason it just looks so much better dirty. It inposible to make my wheels clean cus they r rough as hell so they r dirty 100% of he time but i have to repaint them in a few weeks if it gets warm out.
     
  20. Mar 31, 2011 at 5:06 PM
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    davestaco

    davestaco TW's number one gear whore

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    interior I like to try to keep as clean as I can, because thats where most people sit at in the truck. But the exterior stays dirty. My paint is so chipped and dinged that if i wash and wax it, it WILL look worse than before. But if i go wheelin i hit it with the pressure washer do get ALL the mud off so it wont rust.
     

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