Touchless car wash funny story

[Soul Surfer]

In the past, I used to drive my Corvette into the touchless carwash. You would feel your front tires, gently jump into a “well” and the washer arms would come out to do their thing.

Things have changed. I went to the touchless Petro-Can for a whole new experience. Expecting to have the same experience I had years ago, but not so. The new system kind of pulls you along. All seemed to work until I couldn’t figure out how to put it into NEUTRAL, LMAO! Suffice to say that is was a complete cluster without any damage except to my ego. So after I got out of the cleaner, I parked “Nikola” and looked up how to find Neutral. The station attendant was very kind and accommodating and allowed me to go through again. The job was between “meh” and “feh” so I finished it off with quick detail when I got to my building and garage.

Lesson learned: KNOW WHERE THE NEUTRAL IS…….

 

[bpjod]

Simply enable Car Wash Mode. In this case you would also want to select Enable Free Roll

 

[Soul Surfer]

Simply enable Car Wash Mode. In this case you would also want to select Enable Free Roll

At that moment, I became the very doofus, I used to complain about. It was time for me to "eat humble pie" (not the band).

 

[BarokPogi]

Hand washing your vehicle outside is no longer an option now that cold weather is here. Can you share the location where you've done your car wash?

 

[Soul Surfer]

Hand washing your vehicle outside is no longer an option now that cold weather is here. Can you share the location where you've done your car wash?

PetroCan at Steeles and Warden, just a bit West of the T&T market.

 

[Stokkes]

Hey @Soul Surfer - sorry to resurrect a mildy older thread, but considering you went to Petro Touchless, did you have any issues with your black window trim after the car wash (discolouration)? Appears to be a problem on the 2021 models.

I was thinking of getting a Petro Wash & Go card (they have a special right now until Jan 3 for 7 washes for 65$).

Did you just get the "basic" wash? I figure most Petro touchless use the same chemicals/processes so I'm very curious about this. There are many many threads of discolouration of the 2021+ black trim.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Hey @Soul Surfer - sorry to resurrect a mildy older thread, but considering you went to Petro Touchless, did you have any issues with your black window trim after the car wash (discolouration)? Appears to be a problem on the 2021 models.

I was thinking of getting a Petro Wash & Go card (they have a special right now until Jan 3 for 7 washes for 65$).

Did you just get the "basic" wash? I figure most Petro touchless use the same chemicals/processes so I'm very curious about this. There are many many threads of discolouration of the 2021+ black trim.

No issues whatsoever. I only go maybe once per week.

 

[Stokkes]

No issues whatsoever. I only go maybe once per week.

Interesting. Do you get the basic wash or premium? I think Petro offers a few tiers (at least here in Ottawa they do)

 

[Soul Surfer]

Interesting. Do you get the basic wash or premium? I think Petro offers a few tiers (at least here in Ottawa they do)

It is the super wash here.