Not driving every day, is that okay for the new car?

That will be fine, you may want to check it under the hood to be sure no rodents get in there, they like cars that set for a bit.

I have a '93 Dodge Dynasty I bought new. It has just under 5,000 miles after 31 years. I drive it 3 - 4 miles every year. It will be due for its second oil change this year. The only issue with driving it once per year is the gas gets old. You can't get away with that today as gas lasts about six months at best. I have another old car with low miles that I bought new in 1980. Both of them have gas in the tanks that's about 12 years old. They both start and run fine, but that won't last once that old gas is used up.

As far as not driving every day, and the car wash question you posted, you're seriously over-thinking this. Cars are not designed to have to be driven every day. Car wash chemicals are designed to be splattered on cars without doing any damage. If either condition was harmful in any way, you'd have heard news reports, or there would be lawsuits, or a lot of complaints. It is extremely common for people to go to work with mass transportation during the week, then drive their car just on the weekends

The only issue I have with car washes pertains to where I live and they throw a pound of salt onto an ounce of snow. That salt rusts our cars away in a few years, and those that regularly go through car washes in winter fare much worse. My suspicion is much of that salt only settles in places where it will get washed off naturally from driving in rain, but in the car wash, the spray underneath pushes that salt into otherwise inaccessible places where it never washes out. It settles in joints and seams where it's easier to get under the paint. You'll see every car of a certain model rusted out in the same places.

For my two newer models, I just got a rust-free 2014 Caravan that is going to sit in the garage through the winter. My 2014 Ram tuck is so much fun going through snow drifts with 4wd, but I went through a case of spray cans of rustproofing. Neither vehicle has ever gone through a car wash and I can't be bothered to wash or wax them by hand. Both look like brand new. A day later, no one will know the car went through the car wash yesterday. It will look the same as every other car on the road. The car won't care if it sits for a few days. That is considered "normal" operation and won't hurt anything. There's nothing to worry about. Just go out and enjoy it.

You're welcome. Steve W. Brought up a good point about the rotating brushes in car washes. We have a new car wash in my city that got lots of complaints of scratched paint from the dirt in those brushes. They must have changed something because those complaints have dried up.

It also occurred to me you'll find cars at rental agencies that can go days or weeks without being driven. We had rental cars at the dealership I worked at. Many of those went weeks without being touched. Also, all cars for the last 30 or more years have some means of partially disabling the electrical systems so the many computer memory circuits don't drain the batteries when those cars are in storage. Chrysler used to say a good, fully-charged battery would remain charged enough to start the engine after sitting for three weeks. Today that's the industry standard unless specified otherwise by the manufacturer. They expect some cars to sit longer than that. That's why they provide the fuse to pull or the cable to disconnect, to prevent the battery drain.

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