# Car wash boom **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498 "2024-03-07T01:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/41 "2024-03-09T23:44:03Z")
Yeah I’ve planted a good many trees. Now I’m reaping what I did sow. Having to cut them down or pay someone and cut up and haul away those that the wind took down. I’m not fond of insects or rodents though, especially ticks. I’m told the good weather we had this winter means a bumper crop of pests this summer. You guys go ahead and eat them though. I haven’t eaten a bug since about 6 and didn’t taste very good. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/42 "2024-03-10T00:23:00Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > Dang, I thought it was bad here. If I wait much longer I can forget about washing, I’ll have to mow my truck. ![20240309_160207](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/9/c97e1f262b2468bb064475f2b31e640e271b2f90.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/43 "2024-03-10T00:34:07Z")
10 acres of woods, 12 acres of wetlands, 2 acres of lawn (unfertilized, no insecticides or any other artificial stuff). The local turkey flocks eat ticks and so do the opposums. The hawks control rodents. The coyotes keep small animals and the deer population in check. Bobcats and foxes do the same. They all come and go as the animals they hunt go up/down in population. The woods needs care to remain healthy and safe and a yearly beating back from encroaching on the lawn area… ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/44 "2024-03-10T00:39:49Z")
> [@asemaster](#): > > I’ll have to mow my truck. Wow, looks like the same moss I get on my roof where it’s shaded and stays moist. Sheesh, now I’m grateful that’s all I have. Seems to be doing well in that seam 😀 ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/45 "2024-03-10T00:41:34Z")
> [@bing](#): > > a bumper crop of pests this summer. You guys go ahead and eat them though Who’s eating bugs?? ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/46 "2024-03-10T01:04:28Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > A few years ago when it was still legal to wash your own car, folks wouldn’t let water run down the gutter unused. > [@bing](#): > > we don’t just let the hose run in the driveway. But didn’t they when you were kids? I remember it being a water-saving tip, not to leave the water running when washing a car. > [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > Water is pretty expensive here. How much? > [@bing](#): > > Some folks just need to get out more. Good advice, @Groucho ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/47 "2024-03-10T03:02:10Z")
Sorry about your health issues…Agree it is important to remember not everyone can do everything. We’ll all be there at some point. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/48 "2024-03-10T16:58:50Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > The hawks control rodents. +1 And, I don’t know about your area, but in my neck of the woods, there has been a very obvious increase in the Red Tail Hawk population over the past 4 or 5 years. It used to be somewhat of an event to spot one perched on a pole, but nowadays its not unusual to see 3 or 4 in the space of a 20 minute drive. And, that is definitely a good thing. I just wish that I was able to see more of these hawks from time to time: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/8/48857b0cc10210ab691db2f516cb911bc57f53fe.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d4f5093978366e294e3c15323d836915800dd74.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/b/db397a66184926d24acca6e27bb1394fffc9bfe8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/49 "2024-03-10T18:37:29Z")
Yeah they do a good job during those winter months and I do my own once it gets warm including waxing twice a year . ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/50 "2024-03-10T19:22:48Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > And, I don’t know about your area, but in my neck of the woods, there has been a very obvious increase in the Red Tail Hawk population over the past 4 or 5 years. It used to be somewhat of an event to spot one perched on a pole, but nowadays its not unusual to see 3 or 4 in the space of a 20 minute drive. And, that is definitely a good thing. The only bird we have an abundance of is buzzards. Saw 20 in 1 tree across the street from. In their defense we do get a lot of road kill on the “major” roads here. But I’m still thinking of dragging out the .22 pellet rifle. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/51 "2024-03-10T19:39:17Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > > [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > > > Water is pretty expensive here. > > How much? > **[General Rate Case 2022- Year 1 | San Jose Water](https://www.sjwater.com/GRC2022-Year1)** > >   GRC Rate Increases   We understand that no one likes rate increases. But, they are critical to keeping reliable, high quality water flowing – now and into the future. Let’s take a closer look at the General Rate Case for 2022-2024. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/52 "2024-03-10T19:57:16Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > The only bird we have an abundance of is buzzards Yeah, we have those creatures too, and I know that they are essential, but they’re just plain creepy. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/53 "2024-03-11T03:24:22Z")
$4.8997/100 cubic foot? That’s .65¢/gallon. > [@PvtPublic](#): > > The only bird we have an abundance of is buzzards. > [@VDCdriver](#): > > we have those creatures too, and I know that they are essential, but they’re just plain creepy. Hinckley, Ohio has a return of the buzzards festival (lampooning San Juan Capistrano’s swallow festival). Parsees and Tibetans dispose of their dead with ‘air burial’: placing the corpses on top of stone pillars for the vultures to eat. Because so many vultures are dying from poisoning and hunting they have aviaries to breed them for the purpose. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/54 "2024-03-11T04:40:32Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > $4.8997/100 cubic foot? You are charged by the cubic foot? For water. Well that’s California for you. Take something as simple as measuring water by the gallon, which everyone is familiar with, and turn it into a cluster f. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/55 "2024-03-11T04:45:52Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Red Tail Hawk population Come to think about it, when we first moved out here into the rural areas. I did see a few. Had to remind the other half not to leave here 5lb. Chihuahua unattended. The cat on the hand, it’s going to take more than a hawk to take his 28lb. a$$ 😱 ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/56 "2024-03-11T05:11:42Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > You are charged by the cubic foot? Perhaps it is an antiquated method of metering water. My grandfather worked for a meter manufacturing company in the 1970’s, I recall seeing water meters measuring in cubic feet. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/f/efb9f46b46627331078a2c5f66c189737a099835.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/57 "2024-03-11T05:32:51Z")
Well, I guess you’re a few years older than I am. I only know of gas (natural)not gasoline measured in cubic feet. ---
**Author:** ![Rainflurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cab0a1/32.png) [@Rainflurry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rainflurry)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/58 "2024-03-11T13:04:18Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > You are charged by the cubic foot? For water. Well that’s California for you. Take something as simple as measuring water by the gallon, which everyone is familiar with, and turn it into a cluster f. Odd, I agree, but that’s not just CA. I live in MN (city water is pulled from Lake Superior) and our city utility company uses CCF as well. Our most recent water bill: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/2/02755bc30226e513873e5185fc906f07c770e9b8.png) ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/59 "2024-03-11T13:21:07Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > You are charged by the cubic foot? I’ve lived in CA, OR, and WA. Every utility bill I’ve ever had charged water by the cubic foot. ---
**Author:** ![Rainflurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cab0a1/32.png) [@Rainflurry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rainflurry)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498/60 "2024-03-11T13:22:47Z")
Interesting George. Actually, your water rates are less than ours in Duluth, MN depending on usage. We use between 3 - 7 CCF per month so our water cost would be less in San Jose than in Duluth. SJ, CA rates: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/b/abaf8b246b12eaf106969f18bf5b97ae53f168dd.png) Duluth, MN rates: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/2/62ce28e55e0bd9d0d04a2bdfb53097371c3a45e2.png) [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-wash-boom/194498.md?page=4)