Always use brushless car washes (which is now impossible in my neck of woods as almost all of the automated brushless car washes closed over the last 15 years.) but of course car washes with a brush is better than letting salt hang out in the undercarriage
Source: one-owner 2004 Honda Accord with 189k miles still in service and one-owner 2009 CRV sold to my mechanic at 298k miles, replaced by another CRV.
YMMV.
Source: one-owner 2004 Honda Accord with 189k miles still in service and one-owner 2009 CRV sold to my mechanic at 298k miles, replaced by another CRV.
YMMV.