Oh yes definitely....I'm also referring to touch-less only to avoid getting my lights caught up...
My first job was at a conveyor car wash. The conveyor would pull the vehicles through and deposit a soapy mix while four to six of us would hand wash the cars with mitts on each hand. There were long stainless tubs with warm soapy water running through them on each side, and we would have a zone assigned to us. We were to dip in and get a fresh load of soapy water, twice for each car, shuffling sidestep to keep up. A lot of bending and stretching in a four hour shift! the mitts would be totally trash at the end of a 12-14 hour day, as swabbing over rusted through body panels chewed them up. Worked there for around five months: 97 cents an hour.
They are able to offer this because of the sheer volume of people who like the convenience and price, but don’t actually go every day. They probably go an average of one to two times a week.
Rainwater is naturally soft, so water spotting would be minimal on a clean surface.
I have well water and if I used it for washing, I'd have to make sure it's fully dried with towels...other times, I take advantage of heavy rain (like Ian), put on a rain coat and soap away...
I'll just foam it and rinse if it's only dusty (we have a ton of dust in the air here) like a quick weekly touch up wash. Just let the foam sit for 5-8 minutes and it'll drop all the loose dust/dirt down and rinse and dry.
I have a water softener with a spigot in my garage which I hook my power washer to because we have super hard water here. I would still rinse it off but I guess if it was a good downpour it should get all the soap off. After rinsing it off I just put it back in the garage and dried it and hit it with a coat of Graphene detailer.
If she ain't real dirty I don't worry much about it. If I have clean windows I'm good to go. Hate dirty windows.
Funny…I feel think the same way!? As long as I can see out the windows…Some of you folks are making this truck washing thing look more like a job. Some of us retired guys ain't looking for no job. So a little dust and a nice drive in the rain and she's clean.
...you can park between the lines
I've done this for years when the car just needs a quick touch up. I use a cheap Ryobi pressure washer with a stubby "gun" and a Chemical Guys foam gun, and as long as the car isn't entirely filthy it gets it presentably clean. I still dry by hand but you could combine the soap and spray method with one of those air dryer things (glorified leaf blower, basically) and make it a super easy job.
