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  1. #1
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    May 2007
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    My brother is really into detailing his own, but before I came to Missouri I hadn't seen the full service car washes we have.

    For $45 bucks last week they transformed my super dirty corolla... even got the chain grease off the back seats and spilled laundry detergents. (General Grant's car wash). Great place! It was like having a new car!
    Help me reach my $8,000 goal for the American Lung Association! Riding Seattle to D.C. for clean air! http://larissaridesforcleanair.org
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  2. #2
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    Feb 2005
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    Reesha, for some reason, there aren't a lot of full service car washes in New England, but at least now, there are the "automatic" kind for the outside of the car and a few full service ones. When I moved here, I was used to getting the full service kind, inside and out in AZ, for like 6.00 (dating myself here).

    Catrin, I was banned from my car wash in 2008 because my Saris Thelma broke it! Hence, I stopped using the rack, took it off the hitch and shoved my bike in the back of my car. It fit, but it was tight. I was forever ruining the bar tape and losing the end caps.
    This is why I bought a station wagon.
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  3. #3
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    May 2007
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    My next car will definitely have space for bikes inside... especially after I forgot my bike was on top and then drove into a mall parking garage (read: bike fine, thule tray not so much)
    Help me reach my $8,000 goal for the American Lung Association! Riding Seattle to D.C. for clean air! http://larissaridesforcleanair.org
    http://action.lungusa.org/goto/larissapowers

  4. #4
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    Oct 2011
    Location
    Indianapolis IN
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    I am into detailing my cars myself.....sometimes I go to a quick automatic wash when I am very very tired and in winter time (the ones with no brushes)...but most of the time I do it myself. I love to keep my cars clean and shiny...

  5. #5
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    I just hand-washed and waxed my car for the first time in 9 years. I always just run it through the auto-wash a couple times a year.
    I'll admit I'm not that great at taking care of the exterior of my cars.... although we do have an 18 year old pickup and an 11 year old Camry- we DO like to keep the insides working and get the maximum years out of them.
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