Though drive-through car washes are really convenient, they’re not always the best at preserving your car’s paint job. The industrial brushes can leave small scratches and cause damage over time.

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Congratulations, if you’re one of the few who are still committed to washing their vehicle by hand. Many will succumb to the convenience of the automatic car wash—often worrying about getting dodgy ...

A trip to the neighborhood car wash also presents car owners with choices: the basic wash; the better wash with “a special paint sealer” or some-such thing; and finally the pristine treatment with ...

The hardest part of using an automatic car wash—the kind where machines do all the work while you wait—might be making the right choice from a staggering menu of options. Should you pay more for spray ...

For many vehicle owners, washing a car by hand is a therapeutic act as beneficial for the person’s state of mind as for the vehicle’s appearance. That’s good, because frequent washing is also the best ...

So you want to turn your perpetually dirty car into a shining example of cleanliness. Great! Your automobile and your neighbors thank you. Like cleaning a kitchen, keeping a vehicle in tip-top shape ...

Dear Car Talk: My husband and I agree on most things, but there are a few disagreements. For one, he is a conservative and I am a liberal. Big disagreement there. Our other major disagreement is how ...

For the avid car enthusiast, washing or detailing a car is like a free therapy session. We say free, but some detailing products can cost hundreds of dollars, but you see where we are coming from.