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While visiting a drive-through car-wash today there was a nice lightweight pick-up truck in line ahead of me, nice accessories, nice lift kit, etc.
However, when the truck pulled forward to enter the wash, the tires were too wide to fit into the guide rails. The driver press the gas, tires spinning, and wedged the truck tires into the guide rails but the fit was too tight for the mechanical chains to usher the nice truck through the wash! The driver had to throw it in reverse, spin the truck tires out of the bind, and receive a refund.

And I thought to myself...So I won't be able to drive my Cybertruck through the automatic, touch-less, drive-through car-wash!? Not sure that's the best idea for a stainless-steel vehicle anyway...





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And I thought to myself...So I won't be able to drive my Cybertruck through the automatic, touch-less, drive-through car-wash!? Not sure that's the best idea for a stainless-steel vehicle anyway...
Lots of carwashes have different width limitations. A good rinse to remove oxidizers and blurriness from the windows is never a bad idea.

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Lots of carwashes have different width limitations. A good rinse to remove oxidizers and blurriness from the windows is never a bad idea.

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While visiting a drive-through car-wash today there was a nice lightweight pick-up truck in line ahead of me, nice accessories, nice lift kit, etc.
However, when the truck pulled forward to enter the wash, the tires were too wide to fit into the guide rails. The driver press the gas, tires spinning, and wedged the truck tires into the guide rails but the fit was too tight for the mechanical chains to usher the nice truck through the wash! The driver had to throw it in reverse, spin the truck tires out of the bind, and receive a refund.

And I thought to myself...So I won't be able to drive my Cybertruck through the automatic, touch-less, drive-through car-wash!? Not sure that's the best idea for a stainless-steel vehicle anyway...
In Colorado Springs they have a new car wash with rails, this is new am I’m sure they will be updating all car washes.
 

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While visiting a drive-through car-wash today there was a nice lightweight pick-up truck in line ahead of me, nice accessories, nice lift kit, etc.
However, when the truck pulled forward to enter the wash, the tires were too wide to fit into the guide rails. The driver press the gas, tires spinning, and wedged the truck tires into the guide rails but the fit was too tight for the mechanical chains to usher the nice truck through the wash! The driver had to throw it in reverse, spin the truck tires out of the bind, and receive a refund.

And I thought to myself...So I won't be able to drive my Cybertruck through the automatic, touch-less, drive-through car-wash!? Not sure that's the best idea for a stainless-steel vehicle anyway...
I never thought about that. I have seen some pretty big vehicles go through the car wash.
 

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I wash my little Nissan van once a year whether it needs it or not. We don't have the salt issue here like Yankee land so I just let the dealer wash it when I get my scheduled oil change. The CT was made to be pressure washed and forgotten about.
 

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