Claim: "People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash."
Fact-check: R.I. State Rep. Helio Melo says washing a car at home uses 80 percent more water than a car wash would use
Verdict: pants-fire
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.;Tom Mooney
Date published: 2012-07-01T00:00:00