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What's faster?

Posted By: Feedinggrounds

What's faster? - 02/27/22 01:02 PM

Trapper Dahlgren posting the salty truck pics reminded me of something I discovered at our local self serve truck/car wash. What's faster, a New York minute, or a coin carwash minute? $2.50 to start, not sure what extra quarters get in time. The numbers go as fast as a slot machine. But what you think is a minute on the carwash timer is about 45 seconds.....At least ours is. Nowhere in signage are times per $ claims made. Had my grandson time a minute on his phone compared to what the display said....Twice. It also takes a slice and a half of cheese to cover the bread now, at least till the bread gets smaller....I will do a heck of a lot less to get a Klondike bar also....Those got smaller too!!
Posted By: Nittany Lion

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 01:30 PM

The thing that ticks me off at a coin car wash is the dang thing starts before you get all the quarters in. I never timed one, but I will the next time I use one.
Posted By: hippie

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 01:39 PM

I'm going to one this morning, ill have the woman time it. I never really thought about it but thought it said minutes.
Posted By: Eagleye

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 01:50 PM

I think the self -wash timing is a full first minute and then it's declines rapidly once they know you're all suds up with the wind down alarm going off... leaving you feeding quarters like a fat kid eating cake.
Posted By: gcs

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 02:23 PM

You wash your trucks?? cool
Posted By: Trap Setter

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 02:26 PM

Don't wash your truck, everyone knows water causes rust. My wife washed mine once ten years ago and now it's a rusty mess whistle
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by Eagleye
I think the self -wash timing is a full first minute and then it's declines rapidly once they know you're all suds up with the wind down alarm going off... leaving you feeding quarters like a fat kid eating cake.

Hahaha Yes, Trapped
Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 02:40 PM

I think they're set to run just a cotton-pickin' minute.
Posted By: wetdog

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 02:42 PM

Dirt keeps the paint from fading. grin
Posted By: hippie

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 03:28 PM

Just back from the one in Thompsontown, 12 quarters got me 12 minutes. Buck to start = 4 min. and a minute for every extra quarter. Wife timed it and it was accurate.
Posted By: cotton

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 03:37 PM

when i get one warshed i just go on and pay the 8 bucks and don't even get wet.
lol no clue when the last time my truck was clean
Posted By: Strut10

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by gcs
You wash your trucks?? cool


Well, yeah............ When it takes $5 in quarters to get the mud off the roof, I'll hose it off.
Posted By: Boco

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 03:52 PM

An old guy I used to work with used to take a bucket of diesel fuel and a rag and wash down his truck in late summer every year.
It smelled funny for a while and the paint looked a bit dull but it never had a speck of rust.And they pour the salt heavy on the hiway here.
Posted By: Leftlane

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by gcs
You wash your trucks?? cool



Oh (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) no! I don't put my hat on the bed or walk under ladders either
Posted By: Feedinggrounds

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by Boco
An old guy I used to work with used to take a bucket of diesel fuel and a rag and wash down his truck in late summer every year.
It smelled funny for a while and the paint looked a bit dull but it never had a speck of rust.And they pour the salt heavy on the hiway here.

Honestly I knew an old boy that did that. He worked asphalt work his whole life. Said they cleaned the tar off the trucks with diesel fuel over the summer and fall. Then plowed snow with them in the winter, The trucks didn't have much rust.
Posted By: Mark K

Re: What's faster? - 02/27/22 09:09 PM

I wonder if that falls under the jurisdiction of the Dept of Weights & Measures?
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