Sometimes people in the south forget where they're living

[Sigarms]

My one son had to work a double shift yesterday. Since he's off from school, he's putting in all the hours he can to make extra money, one shift at his first job a grocery store, second shift at his second job, a car wash, normally he just splits the jobs one shift / one day while going to high school.

I had to work myself, so thought I'd stop by to see him in the afternoon as I've never seen him work there before. Due to holiday traffic I noticed on the way to a work related Christmas party, I passed on the visit because I forgot about all the people who shop right up to Christmas LOL.

I texted him that I was going to surprise him and visit him and work, but due to traffic wouldn't and then added "Normally I wouldn't be washing my car in freezing temperatures two days before Christmas, but I thought I'd ask you how to put my car in neutral" (my son jokes that a lot of people don't know how to put their car in neutral as it's required when it gets "pulled" through the car wash).

He informed me that they actually closed the car wash early because too many customers were complaining it was too cold and the water (car after getting washed) was freezing up on their cars.

I've lived in the south for too long. I don't think I was dumb enough to wash my car in the winterup north, but if I did, I would expect my car to get iced over if I put water on it.

Son is working today, but pretty sure it's the grocery store. 7F outside right now with a high of 15F.

 

[Hay Dude]

4* here.
I’ve never seen it this cold here this early in winter.
Normally it would be low of about 30-35 high of about 45-50.

It’s like we are going into an ice age or global cooling.

 

[jaxs]

I don't think people coming in for a wash are near as dumb as the manager was for opening the car wash during freezing weather. As for your boy and I expect he will go places in life.

 

[LouNY]

We have lots of car washes that are open and working in freezing weather.
Most of them have air blowers that get most of the water off your vehicle. Myself,
I always clean and lube all the door seals with a good silicon lube which keeps them from freezing shut.
Of course I have a 30-45 minute drive to get home after the car wash so that everything gets a good
chance to dry off.

 

[Sigarms]

I don't think people coming in for a wash are near as dumb as the manager was for opening the car wash during freezing weather.

Yes, I thought about that as well.

Asked my wife this morning if he's working the grocery store. She said no, the car wash. I told her well at least he''ll be able to go to church with us today because we're supposed to have a high in the 20's this afternoon.

 

[Sigarms]

We have lots of car washes that are open and working in freezing weather.

I'm cheap. I use the quarter machine "do it yourself" car wash as it's WAY cheaper than way. You just got to do it yourself

Lets just say heat pumps are not as predominant up north as they are down south for a reason.

 

[LouNY]

I actually use the car wash more often in the winter then in the summer, my vehicles are often dirty and dusty
from the conditions that they are used in field and dirt roads. So they get dirty fast and muddy when it rains.
But, in the winter so much salt and calcium chloride is used as ice melters so people can drive just like it was summer
on clean dry roads that our vehicles get covered in salty slush and the good car washs have an under carriage washs
which helps to slow down the rusting and corrosion, which will render a vehicle unusable quickly.
.

 

[jaxs]

We have lots of car washes that are open and working in freezing weather.
Most of them have air blowers that get most of the water off your vehicle. Myself,
I always clean and lube all the door seals with a good silicon lube which keeps them from freezing shut.
Of course I have a 30-45 minute drive to get home after the car wash so that everything gets a good
chance to dry off.

How do they prevent driveways icing from overspray?

 

[LouNY]

They are mostly enclosed in a tunnel type structure, the roadways still do accumulate some ice.

 

[Thomas]

Good to read there still some youngsters have get up and go like your son.

Our local car wash had some pretty good accidents over the years,water from vehicles hit cold road ice up after while someone thinks they have enough time before other vehicle approaching pulls out and starts spinning...yup CRASH.