I don't have warm water outside at home (doubt most people do!) so do I need the warm water to wash my car, or is the cold hose ok?

 

cold hose water is fine

 

Hey no laughing at the noob I've never had a car nice enough to bother hand washing it before!

 

try to do it in the shade to prevent water spots. good luck! noob j/k

 

It's best to wash any car with cold water -- and out of the sun!

 

where in the world did you hear you need to use warm water???? i guess technically the water should be at 50* F but whos counting

 

hey, when its cold warm water would be nice. But it wouldnt make a difference in washing a car. Just a difference in temperature... not like its going to mess up the clearcoat or anything. of course you know they always say too use warm water when cleaning your dishes but never heard of it on a car... unless there is someone that rides around with you that you dont want to get sick from your germy car.. lol

 

Warm water is a MUST! Unless you're cool with having cold hands

 

Haha, wow. Cold water is just fine. It's -30ºc here, the car survives in that cold, so I think it will survive a little cold water. We wash our vehicles with 250ºf water at work, but that's because we've got a Hotsy and it melts ice in about... .3 seconds.

 

i just washed the tc with cold water in the cold...not really that bad...

 

but water only goes to 212... then it boils and stays 212 until its a gas... lol I think too much

 

Well the flux capacitor opperates at optimum of 1.21 jigawatts at about 92.2*F. Just try to get as close to that as possible. Shouldn't be much of a problem if you are off by a bit.

 

Well the thermostat on the Hotsy is set at 250. There is a bit of steam that does come out with the water, though. And don't forget the water is under some pressure too.

How cold is cold to you though? 40ºF? -25ºF is cold.

 

With temperatures like that doesn't the water freeze as soon as it comes out of the hose...that is, if the water doesn't freeze in the hose?

 

I dont even think it would make it out of the hose

 

I think I'll stop complaining about our 60 degree weather now...

 

i have warm water outside. its the ****

 

http://www.weather.com/outlook/recre...rchbox_localwx

60 FTL

 

water under pressure can be superheated above 212

 

touche.....
and holy ****

 

you can actually throw boiling water into the air and it will freeze before it hits the ground at these temps. skin freezes in under 5 minutes.

 

damn dude....

so why live there?? honestly

 

We condition to these temps in the winter. It's supposed to warm up a little through the week (-16ºc for friday) and it's not like these temps last. I love living up here. It's good having a cold winter because otherwise there's no incentive to get summer work done before the snow. We'd be like Mexico and procrastinate.