"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
07/11/2020 at 19:26 • Filed to: Car Wash
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"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
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Although the first car wash appeared in 1914, it would take a few decades to figure out the best way to go about it. Since dirt roads were the norm back then, the car undercarriages would get extremely dirty.
One solution was a flooded circular basin, such as Chicago’s “Auto Wash Bowl” depicted here, in 1924. The cars were driven around, and then detailed by hand up top.
Roadkilled
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/11/2020 at 19:46 |
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The Coriolis force would mean that you would have to go the other way in the southern hemisphere. I guess this is why Australians drive on the other side of the road.
MM54
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/11/2020 at 19:52 |
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I have intentionally gone for long drives on very rainy days after driving through mud (or in the spring, to de-salt). It’s actually pretty effective.
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> MM54
07/11/2020 at 20:08 |
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Yeah it is, there is a spot I surf where you have to cross a stream and it helps after the mess closer to the ocean .
Svend
> Roadkilled
07/11/2020 at 20:11 |
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Doesn't explain Britain, Malta, Ireland, Cyprus, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, BVI, USVI, etc... Lol.
Just Jeepin'
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/11/2020 at 20:12 |
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Svend
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/11/2020 at 20:14 |
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Thank goodness for modern technology.
Now you can do it at home.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Just Jeepin'
07/11/2020 at 20:17 |
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Roadkilled
> Svend
07/11/2020 at 21:15 |
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Don’t forget Japan! Of course, maybe the Coriolis force was strong enough that it is what finally forced Sweden to switch sides of the road in 1967.
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Svend
> Roadkilled
07/11/2020 at 21:20 |
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Japan is Southern hemisphere.
The effect may of also had the effect of switching Samoa to driving on the left.
zipfuel
> Svend
07/11/2020 at 21:48 |
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Das Auto Bidet!
Taylor Martin
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/12/2020 at 15:50 |
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Those old water bowls must’ve been the inspiration for this:
Which later inspired these:
(Ok, that’s probably not how it happened, but this is the first thing I thought of when I saw this)