Our car has been pretty dirty for quite some time. We've gone on several hikes recently that required us to drive on a dirt/gravel road, which kicked up tons of dirt onto the car. Plus it's just been a while since we washed it, probably over a year ago. We decided to go ahead and spend the $10 and get it washed last week.

It was totally worth it because now we can actually see really well out the windows and it looks green again instead of beige. We took it to the Elephant Car Wash, which is pretty decent for the price and they have fast service. The Elephant Car Wash has been around for several decades and they have really neat pink elephant signs that light up at night. They have a couple locations and one is really close to our apartment, so it was pretty convenient and only took 15 minutes. We'll probably get the car washed there again next year.