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Pluto · 04-19-2014, 11:38 PM

Anyone ever wash their car in the middle of the night?

2012-1822 · 04-19-2014, 11:42 PM

No, I've started the process many a time and it last until ten oclock or later when I'm still working on the interior.

tom231 · 04-19-2014, 11:44 PM

Does that include going through the car wash at the local gas station? Then, Yes!

Bmatth1162 · 04-19-2014, 11:48 PM

Haha it happens more than I would like to admit to. When the wife and kids are asleep and you're wide awake... why not get drunk and wash the car?? It almost feels like I'm getting away with something. But it looks like a Turtle Wax crime scene in the morning... soap/water/sponges/buckets all over the driveway. One of these days I'll learn how to hide my tracks better...

Pluto · 04-19-2014, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bmatth1162

Haha it happens more than I would like to admit to. When the wife and kids are asleep and you're wide awake... why not get drunk and wash the car?? It almost feels like I'm getting away with something. But it looks like a Turtle Wax crime scene in the morning... soap/water/sponges/buckets all over the driveway. One of these days I'll learn how to hide my tracks better...

This is exactly what happens but I didn't get drunk this time haha

rocknroll_jeph · 04-20-2014, 06:17 AM

I can't wash at night. I need to do a through inspection in the sunlight when I finish. However, my father in law did just that yesterday, after more than a few beers. He has my old car now and eventhough he just washed it in the morning, he decided it needed another wash.

freddyD · 04-20-2014, 06:40 AM

yes I have done it.looked over in the next bay-what do I see?A corvette on blocks with it.s wheels missing!Got out of there FAST!

ChrisBlair · 04-20-2014, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tom231

Does that include going through the car wash at the local gas station? Then, Yes!

I can save you some money. Instead of going through that car wash, eliminate the middleman. Scrub your car once, dry, with steel wool.

The result will be the same, and steel wool is cheaper than the carwash.

suzook · 04-20-2014, 07:23 AM

WOW! I have actually thought about it, but never did it fearing the wife would wake, and think I totally lost it.

ChrisBlair · 04-20-2014, 07:42 AM

at night is better actually. easier to dry when it's not baking in the sun

Scalded Dog · 04-20-2014, 11:32 AM

Currently, we have water restrictions in effect. Now, my ONLY time to wash the car is at night. Yes, I am a wild outlaw.

I have washed my Camaro a number of times in sub- freezing weather, sometimes at night. Sometimes this happens when I START the wash in the late afternoon, at decent temps, but then Old El Sol drops out of the sky, the temp plummets, and BAM! Suddenly, everything freezes in sheets on the car. Nothing more to do except wait for the next day.

Pluto · 04-20-2014, 11:57 AM

I think I did ok for it being as dark as it was last night..I forgot to do the cowl but that was about it...I tried to post pictures but the tapatalk app tells me that I'm not a user (bs) and I can't upload photos from the website.

c_cook94 · 04-20-2014, 12:30 PM

Yep I've done this once or twice haha

Dubscamaro · 04-20-2014, 12:56 PM

hahah I did and I used a flood light and BUGS everywhere...HORRIBLE IDEA!

04-19-2014, 11:38 PM	#1
Pluto Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,191 View My Garage	Random car wash Anyone ever wash their car in the middle of the night? __________________ 2013 VR Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Small, but effective mod list: Roto-Fab Intake, TSP 2" Long tubes, TSP catless mids, MSD spark plug wires, stock catback, Elite Catch Can, APEX washer relocation and scoop, VMAX throttle body, Diablo InTune-Tuned by Matt@FSP, and a JacFab license plate bracket.

04-19-2014, 11:42 PM	#2
2012-1822 Drives: Black ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: City of Champions, Alabama Posts: 3,698	No, I've started the process many a time and it last until ten oclock or later when I'm still working on the interior. __________________ Check out Alabama Camaros, for Camaro enthusiasts all around Alabama https://www.facebook.com/groups/1739...group_activity

04-19-2014, 11:48 PM	#4
Bmatth1162 Drives: 2011 1SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 319	Haha it happens more than I would like to admit to. When the wife and kids are asleep and you're wide awake... why not get drunk and wash the car?? It almost feels like I'm getting away with something. But it looks like a Turtle Wax crime scene in the morning... soap/water/sponges/buckets all over the driveway. One of these days I'll learn how to hide my tracks better... __________________ CAI intake, apex scoop, Vmax ported TB, MGW short throw, BMR 1" springs and sways

04-20-2014, 07:23 AM	#9
suzook Drives: camaro Join Date: May 2013 Location: Stony Brook,NY Posts: 1,756	WOW! I have actually thought about it, but never did it fearing the wife would wake, and think I totally lost it. __________________ 2016 2SS,A8,NAV,NPP,MAG Ride,Sunroof Hyperblue/JetBlack

04-20-2014, 07:42 AM	#10
ChrisBlair Buick 455 Fan Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Boston MA Posts: 5,957	at night is better actually. easier to dry when it's not baking in the sun __________________

04-19-2014, 11:44 PM	#3
tom231 Drives: 2012 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 301	Does that include going through the car wash at the local gas station? Then, Yes!

04-20-2014, 06:17 AM	#6
rocknroll_jeph Drives: 11 Camaro V6 RS, 03 BMW Z4 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Beijing & Michigan Posts: 476 View My Garage	I can't wash at night. I need to do a through inspection in the sunlight when I finish. However, my father in law did just that yesterday, after more than a few beers. He has my old car now and eventhough he just washed it in the morning, he decided it needed another wash.

04-20-2014, 06:40 AM	#7
freddyD Drives: 2020 rally green rs Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 1,159	yes I have done it.looked over in the next bay-what do I see?A corvette on blocks with it.s wheels missing!Got out of there FAST!

04-20-2014, 11:32 AM	#11
Scalded Dog Drives: 2011 1LT Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Crestline, CA Posts: 3,029	Currently, we have water restrictions in effect. Now, my ONLY time to wash the car is at night. Yes, I am a wild outlaw. I have washed my Camaro a number of times in sub- freezing weather, sometimes at night. Sometimes this happens when I START the wash in the late afternoon, at decent temps, but then Old El Sol drops out of the sky, the temp plummets, and BAM! Suddenly, everything freezes in sheets on the car. Nothing more to do except wait for the next day.

04-20-2014, 11:57 AM	#12
Pluto Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,191 View My Garage	I think I did ok for it being as dark as it was last night..I forgot to do the cowl but that was about it...I tried to post pictures but the tapatalk app tells me that I'm not a user (bs) and I can't upload photos from the website. __________________ 2013 VR Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Small, but effective mod list: Roto-Fab Intake, TSP 2" Long tubes, TSP catless mids, MSD spark plug wires, stock catback, Elite Catch Can, APEX washer relocation and scoop, VMAX throttle body, Diablo InTune-Tuned by Matt@FSP, and a JacFab license plate bracket.

04-20-2014, 12:30 PM	#13
c_cook94 Drives: 2011 Rally Yellow 1LT Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Vicksburg, MS Posts: 182 View My Garage	Yep I've done this once or twice haha

04-20-2014, 12:56 PM	#14
Dubscamaro Living Life in MPH. Drives: 15 Summit White 2SS 1LE Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,114 View My Garage	hahah I did and I used a flood light and BUGS everywhere...HORRIBLE IDEA! __________________ Devon W.