While we adhere to strict editorial guidelines, partners on this page may provide us earnings. On days their car needed a cleaning, it was Arlene Branham’s late husband who used to take it to the local car wash. But in July, the 78-year-old attempted the task herself for the first time. The resident of Arvada, Colorado, says she pulled her car into the wash, but missed the sign that told her to place the car in neutral. As the car wash proceeded, her SUV bumped into the vehicle ahead of hers.