article_snippet.sent: But new figures show that the art of washing your own car appears to be dying out in Britain with a thrid of men admitting they have never picked up a bucket or chamois leather to clean they own motor.
article_snippet.sent: The rise of hand car washes has been blamed for a decrease in drivers washing their own cars (file pic)
article_snippet.sent: Other reasons given for not washing cars include the rise of hand car washes and the fact that 4x4 and off-road vehicles are too large to clean.
article_snippet.sent: Brits are more likely to wash Brits own car during the holidays as the recent Easter break saw an estimated 15 million cars cleaned by Brits owners.
article_snippet.sent: Cars are most likely to be washed by Cars every week in Birmingham, Chelmsford and Sheffield and least likely in Oxford, Bath and Edinburgh.
article_snippet.sent: Audis, Toyotas and BMWs are most likely to be washed by Audis, Toyotas and BMWs owners and Range Rovers, Peugeots and Mercedes least often.
article_snippet.sent: OSV spokesman Andrew Kirkley said: 'A lot of us remember seeing us streets full of men cleaning our streets cars every Sunday.
article_snippet.sent: But let's face It, we don't have as much time any more, their cars are bigger and even the kids don't seem to want to earn a bit of extra money doing It for we either. '
article_snippet.sent: On top of that, there is now plenty of choice out there if you want to put the car through an automated machine or get a gang of enthusiastic guys to do the car for you fairly cheaply.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Rise in hand car washes on local forecourts blamed for art dying out .