Just be wary of power washers
I did some research about this well before I bought mine, as it
was important to me that the general experience with the car
should not be radically different than the last one. Plus there
is a local law at the garage and in Hoboken in general against
hand washing (plus the whole 'water restrictions' thing too).
There's no room for it either
I remember seeing posts about this here; The conclusion was that
there is special ducting between the vent and the battery that will
allow for some water to get in (otherwise rain would kill it).
I've had it washed once so far, and read the manual well beforehand.
The main warning that Toyota has about the vent is that a power washer
should not be pointed directly at it. Since the local car wash
here has pulled them out with the road salt everywhere, I made
certain that they followed this. Despite the rather curious looks
everything was quite fine.
I did some research about this well before I bought mine, as it
was important to me that the general experience with the car
should not be radically different than the last one. Plus there
is a local law at the garage and in Hoboken in general against
hand washing (plus the whole 'water restrictions' thing too).
There's no room for it either
I remember seeing posts about this here; The conclusion was that
there is special ducting between the vent and the battery that will
allow for some water to get in (otherwise rain would kill it).
I've had it washed once so far, and read the manual well beforehand.
The main warning that Toyota has about the vent is that a power washer
should not be pointed directly at it. Since the local car wash
here has pulled them out with the road salt everywhere, I made
certain that they followed this. Despite the rather curious looks
everything was quite fine.