<VV> Washing cars with hard water; Any advice?

[Dave Leonard]

Me too.  Plumb your outside faucet into the water softener.  I struggled
with this for a while until I broke-down and plumbed-in a softener.  Problem
solved.  I don't know of anything else that will really help much.  It's
nearly impossible to get a car dried off without hard water spots on it if
you have serious calcium in your water.  I suppose you could use some
jet-dry along with some commercial water softener additive like Calgon.  I
haven't tried it for washing the car, but I know Calgon does wonders for
hard water in other applications.  Worth a shot if the connection to the
softener is too much trouble.

Dave

> Where I live now the water is very hard (lime).  Any advice on washing the
car with it, 
> short of running a line outside from the water softener? 
> 
> Would that Mr. Clean AutoDry system help?  I don't think they make it any
more but I 
> bought one a few years ago when I didn't have hard water and thought it
was a 
> gimmicky waste of money.
>
> Thanks!
> 
> ~Bill Stanley