# How often do you wash your car? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-wash-your-car/1024050 "2025-10-17T13:18:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-wash-your-car/1024050/81 "2025-10-19T01:58:33Z")
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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-wash-your-car/1024050/82 "2025-10-19T20:02:24Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Kind of interesting, if the car is clean in the Colorado mountains, it screams “That’s a rental car, they are lost and be wary of them” Dirty cars mean you are ‘local’. Speaking from quite a while in Leadville, CO, a clean, 2WD car = 100% tourist. Not absolutely avoid, but be prepared (especially in Winter!) to need to save them from themselves, and to never be behind them if there’s any inclination in a coming road - they’re going to be going backwards soonish. [My folks were a big part of the first modern remodel of the Delaware Hotel, so I spent quite a few summers and winter breaks in Leadville] An aside, I’m very carefully not passing judgement on those who clean their cars frequently, and modern car-washes are a LOT better about waste of water, but with over a decade now of on-and-off water restrictions, I think it’s a sensitive subject here in the southwest and other areas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-wash-your-car/1024050.md?page=4)