Those places are getting insane! I swear a few years ago $3 used to be enough to clean your truck off. I need $8 just to clean it when there's no mud. Can't fit in drive-through washers anymore . . . My apartment I'm at now has a pair of full-on spray booths though, except they cut they pressure so it's basically a garden hose, but hey, it's free.

I saw that pic though I imagine she was shaking pretty nice above 40 MPH from mud on the wheels haha.

 

The one by my house is $1.75 just to start off and each quarter is only 45 seconds.. but i've got lots of practice washing my truck off in under 6 minutes from mudding so much in highschool and yes! the death wobble was insane having about 10 pounds of mud on each wheel

 

You have pics here? Or a link?

 

Sometimes i'm cheap and don't want to fill it , but in reality, I tried keeping it lower so I could add techron to it for pre-spark plug work. But that was supposed to happen last summer . 2015 is definitely the year though.

As for kill to drive it to work once a weak, yes. My work is a 1/4 mile of dusty dirt to get to the office, and a 27 mile run in the dusty salty winter roads with other vehicles spewing debris as they pass by in the opposing lane. So i'm amazed with myself that I took it out the other day. It does have some dust on it, but a little dust is ok to ensure everything mechanical is operating.

I should have never bought this truck the way I take care of it . And to think, I want either a '03/'04 Mustang Cobra, or a '00/'02 Trans Am WS6, and this is how I treat a Lariat F150 with high miles...

 

nothing wrong with looking after her. I refuse to let the salt at mine either

 

Yeah, last time I went "mudding" 3 feet off the side of the road, I was freaking out when my truck was shaking so much from like 6 ounces of mud on each front wheel. I thought something else was wrong with how bad it was haha.

It's a truck, Darren, it like dusty dirt haha. But yeah, how are you going to treat a new truck or one of those cars? I swear you'd be one of the guys that waxes the BED . . . You guys know who you are . . .

 

Got my rear brakes installed last week. Truck stops well now!

High pressure washed the whole thing yesterday.

 

You have a good list as to the proper procedures! When I park my Lincoln for the winter, I fill up the tank, over inflate tires, change the oil, take battery out and let it sit till April or so.

My concern that some say you should start it every month or so. I never did this. Reason why is you don't let the engine fully warm up its like glass of water with ice in it when it melts the outside sweats, inside its still cold engine wont heat up without going for a drive. But since you take the truck for a ride even though it will be exposed in salt dust (when weather permits) you 'll be ok. Once you get the garage heated you can let it sit all winter without starting/driving until Spring!

Sorry for the long post , your like me, keeping vehicles perfect forever because its worth it in the end!

 

when I park my good truck for the winter, I just start her and sometimes drive her on the property, a few times each weekend I'm home (generally every 2 weeks). that's about all and it never seems to hurt her, so you folks should be fine

 

I know man i'm an odd one, have you seen anyone like this? high miled truck and treats it like gold . As for waxing the bed, I didn't ever do that, however I am rockin' the BedRug bedliner . But I personally feel with a hard fiberglass lid, you can't use it as a truck anyway, so might as well be a big ole trunk. I love, and hate the cover. With my old truck I used to wax my frame. That's right, OCD back then too! That 2004 had a beautiful frame. I swear it had never seen salt until I bought it.





If I had a Terminator Mustang though, it would get the same treatment. I want speed, but I wouldn't build it to be a race car. I'd just cruise with it like my truck. My only requirements would be OR/X, and Borla Stingers! Theres a guy on YouTube my exact age living the life I dreamed of. He reviews cars and Vlog's on YouTube often. Excellent channel and great cars. Here is the Terminator he reviewed/test drove.

Much appreciated info! So, with a heated garage I could probably be worry free of letting it sit without a crank? I told a co-worker I wanted to leave it sit all winter, he claimed rusting could form on the pistons and cyls. My response was "What about the folks with classic cars that have 2,000 original miles?" They still run so idk. I do like the idea of starting it and running it until it is warm, then driving down town and back to get it fully up to temp.

 

Santa was good to me this year!

 

Beauty, that's something I'm gonna have to eventually get on as well.

Darren, that frame was spotless!

 

Darren no prob, you would be worry free with a heated garage for no starts.

 

 

I love the exterior look of that era Mustang, but absolutely HATE the interior ergonomics of the car! No matter how long I drove one, I could never get comfortable with the layout and nothing ever became intuitive for me with the car. I especially hated the location of the gear shift, and always felt as if I had to scoot-up and reach just to grab the stick shift.......