It was raining the other day, but the car wash at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Weidler Street wasn’t closed.  Washman Auto Spa.  There was no mad wait to get in (like on a sunny day) but it seemed to be doing a steady business.

Do you think they have special prices when it rains?

I figure if I wash my car during a rain storm or drizzle, it will just get dirty right away.  This is my reasoning:  water falls from the sky in the form of raindrops, hits the roadway, then mixes with mud, gas, oil, rubber, and wet dirt that isn’t thick enough to form mud.  Once I drive, the dirtified water splashes onto my car.

Right?  Or am I missing something?

I admit.  My car isn’t as clean as it should be. If I go to the car wash, even on a rainy day, it will be cleaner than it was.  However, the car will get dirty as soon as I drive in the wet street.  If it didn’t rain enough today to get the street wet, wait until tomorrow.  Your car will get dirty then.  If it is constantly getting dirty, you can’t just wait until you can plant vegetables in the dirt, can you?

This is Portland.  A car with a garden might not surprise me (keep Portland weird).

Since you have to wash your car sometime, why not in the rain?