Ok, so I broke down and bought those "unlimited car wash passes for $29.99 a month" for the Astro and the Regal. Is there any harm in washing them every day? I like to wash the Astro every day to keep it looking great for my clients, but it's not as necessary with the Regal, but I always like my cars as clean as possible.

The car wash is touch free as well, so it's probably less wear on the paint/clearcoat.

Dont see how a touch less car wash could possibly hurt anything. Just make sure you do a good job with drying to avoid rust build up in the door jams and other places water can hide.

It'll strip the wax off faster so you'll have to do that more often maybe....

I would say yes. As mentioned, it leaves water sitting around all day constantly. I say wash the van as much as you want because it's not your car, but the Regal should only need to be done once a week, heck maybe every other week. The Brougham only gets washed when it is really dirty. I don't wash it just for the sake of washing it. Most of the time I just do touch ups with a microfiber cloth and some detailing spray to get rid of things like fingerprints and the occasional bird crap that always winds up on it like an hour before a car show.

I ONLY hand wash, myself. No other way, for me. I do the wife's Jeep Cherokee every week and my Lincoln Town Car once a week. this IF weather permits. During the winter I take them to a hand wash/dry a mile from home, that is owned by a long time friend, and he does all the work.
I also wax them both 2 x a year. May & October.

Irt's kinda funny here, where I live. All the neighbors cut their own lawn and take the cars to the car wash.
I have a gardner cut the grass and do my own cars.

We both think the other is crazy.

Sorry - Double post

I wash my car once a week, that's about the time it takes for enough dust/bugs/etc to build up to the point where it's noticeable. I agree that washing the bangbus every day should be alright, especially if you drive it a lot daily and just want to keep it looking nice.

Remember though that a touchless wash won't get everything completely off, there will usually still be a fine layer of grime left that would only be cleaned with a proper hand washing.

occasional bird crap.

Yea bird crap:rant2:There's a thread. My light blue Seville must look like a pond from the air.

For some reason they never take a dump on the car when the cover is on, but if I leave the cover off for more than an hour it is inevitable.

You're a little to far for me to re plate them

I usually wash the Brougham by hand, once a week when I know it won't rain for a couple of days. Sometimes I'll get lazy and let it go for a couple of weeks when the weather is really crappy and rainy(usually Dec-April)

If its not very dirty(the wire wheels/whitewalls still look good), I'll sometimes run it through a touchless car wash. That does a great job cleaning the paint/chrome, but really doesn't get the wheels or whitewalls. After running it through the touchless, I usually drive it up to 60-80mph, then pull over and dry the rest of the way by hand.