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Sitting at the dealer right now getting The Works. Just about to hit 88k miles.

Random recent road trip pick…western Maryland.


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Went to the car wash and gave it a bath late this afternoon.
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A lot better than it was. Good enough.
I thought you just let nature wash your truck lol?
 

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I preserve my truck's finish with a protective layer of dirt. 🤪

Self-applying and self-maintaining. :sunglasses:

Since it's white, it just turns to a duller shade of white.

In reality, I do wash it occasionally. I'm just not obsessed about it.
 


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I swear I saw him say that when someone said his truck was dirty lol.
He did say that before. I think Clay will actually break down and run it through the car wash once in a while which I guess is better than nothing. lol
 

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He did say that before. I think Clay will actually break down and run it through the car wash once in a while which I guess is better than nothing. lol
My neighbor took his truck through the local automatic carwash.

It removed his antenna and proceeded to beat the driver side of his truck with it.

He had to lay on the horn to get anyone to realize that something was wrong.

The carwash paid to fix everything but he was without his truck for 3 weeks.

He traded the truck soon afterward.
 

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He did say that before. I think Clay will actually break down and run it through the car wash once in a while which I guess is better than nothing. lol
Thank you. Dave @AzScorpion gets it. Most of the time I do let the rain wash my truck. This time of year though, and since we're practically in drought conditions. I will run it through the car wash at least once every couple of weeks.
 

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My neighbor took his truck through the local automatic carwash.

It removed his antenna and proceeded to beat the driver side of his truck with it.

He had to lay on the horn to get anyone to realize that something was wrong.

The carwash paid to fix everything but he was without his truck for 3 weeks.

He traded the truck soon afterward.
The only car wash I’ll ever use are the true “touchless” ones or the ones with the wand where you do it yourself. Otherwise you’re just raking dirt all over you vehicle with those big microfiber towels. 😱
 

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The only car wash I’ll ever use are the true “touchless” ones or the ones with the wand where you do it yourself. Otherwise you’re just raking dirt all over you vehicle with those big microfiber towels. 😱
My truck has had a LOT of dirt raked over it like that since I bought it.
But it hasn't been "dampered", and so retains a rather high resale value.
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