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Not a two-way radio antenna, just the factory AM/FM broadcast radio antenna, but ouch
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Not a two-way radio antenna, just the factory AM/FM broadcast radio antenna, but ouch
eorange
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That wouldn't happen if everyone just used mag mounts.
Is that one of those New World Order, Green trucks made out of recycled beer cans?
I had a certain LE agency that at one time long ago was on low band. Quarter wave antennas on a 8 ball mounted to the side of the rear fender. Solid Motorola stuff. Took a car to the car wash. By the time they extricated the car from the overhead revolving brush the whip was bent into a curley-Q well beyond 360' and the spring now was a good 12 inches or more in length.
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slowmover
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What automatic car wash the past fifty years didn’t require removing antennas? Haven’t seen one.
Have you ever seen a cop washing their own cars? Can't say I have except maybe on a very rare occasion? Unless you get some schmuck doing community service they take them down to the local car wash. Really they go through relatively unscathed. And who is going to argue with Jonny Law?
I go thru a car wash twice a week with my F150. Never remove my antenna's.
This looks like an aluminum bodied F-150. I replaced my factory antenna with a flexible stubby to avoid this kind of damage. Of course mag mounts won't work but lip mounted under the hood works well enough.
I've never been asked nor required to remove mine.
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And no sign advising such? Never seen one without that as it’s affixed to a damage waiver statement re facilities use.
Also known as “common sense”
Also known as “common sense”
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Never seen anything like that, even with an NMO fender mount. These days, most of the automatic car washes are touchless.
Most Law Enforcement offices use inmate trusties to wash their cars
Many I've seen just have the "fast pass" to the local car wash of choice.
Sure there's a sign that alleviates the car wash of damage, but nothing that requires it to be removed.
Simple solution.... touch-free car wash. It's not perfect but it gets the gunk off. If I don't have time to hand wash my F150 or Escape I take them to the local touch-free wash; no spinning brushes or waving cloth fingers to jack up my antennas.
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