Ok... wow. I've been washing vehicles wrong for almost 17 years now.
Well, at least now I know, and as they say in G.I. Joe, knowing is half the battle. I doubt I will ever be able to do everything needed all the time to keep my black truck in pristine look, I just take comfort in the fact that I can take steps to do things in a more correct fashon. Good thing I have only washed the truck twice.
Now for my next question, with the height of the ram trucks, how do you get the top of the vehicle? Even from the bed of the truck and me being 6 foot 2 inches tall, I can't really reach everywhere. I do not have nerf bars, or side steps, so I assume a ladder? the 2nd time I washed the truck, I stood on the tri fold tanneau cover and that helped, but man, it's a chore washing this thing with the sheer height of it. It's certianly not my 97 Dakota or my 09 Malibu.