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Do any of your friends or family think your crazy for taking good care of your car? My friends say I drive like an old lady because I don't rev high and watch out for potholes. My parents yell at me for keeping my car in the garage all the time. "I mean come on, it's a car!" is what they think. To me, its my baby. I wash it in the freezing cold which they think its crazy but I enjoy it. What can I say? So any of you people have the same problem?
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It's one of those things where most people have "more important things to do" then care for their car the way you do.
I have to warn you, eventually you might have to give in and become one of them. I know I said "never", but here I am with a dirty car in the garage, and I spent the whole day painting my house (inside of course!)
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I have to warn you, eventually you might have to give in and become one of them. I know I said "never", but here I am with a dirty car in the garage, and I spent the whole day painting my house (inside of course!)
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Yeah, that usually happens to me, but then when my friends come by when I'm washing my car the ask me to wash theirs too, guess what I tell them? ![](http://www.acura-tl.com/ubb/tongue.gif)
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A lot of people I work with and my family know how bad I am about my car. They think I'm nuts but just laugh it off. My girlfriend thinks im crazy, but she loves my car and likes that I take good care of it. I'm really good about keeping my car clean and dont like to drive it in the rain if I dont have to. Most of the time, when I do have to drive in the rain, when I get back in to my garage, i wipe it down to avoid water spots and dirt. I'm pretty nutty.
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a lot of my freinds get seriously mad (no sarcasm) when i park really far in parking lots. sometimes they park right beside me to piss me off. a few years ago, they took shovels and started throwing snow on it!
my parents sorta understand it now
i dont hand wash my car in this weather...anymore. i just go to the coin operated car washes
my parents sorta understand it now
i dont hand wash my car in this weather...anymore. i just go to the coin operated car washes
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so i'm crazy big deal. My parents used to say that if only i kept my room as clean as I do my car(s). My wife thinks i'm nuts, but her car is always clean too, so she doesnt complain. I cannot stand a dirty car especially if someone gets a NICE car and then doesn't take c/o it. Just my pet peeve. I know people are busy, but I try and MAKE time,( but then again, I dont have to deal with snow, mud and salt.)
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Originally posted by yu888:
so i'm crazy big deal. My parents used to say that if only i kept my room as clean as I do my car(s). My wife thinks i'm nuts, but her car is always clean too, so she doesnt complain. I cannot stand a dirty car especially if someone gets a NICE car and then doesn't take c/o it. Just my pet peeve. I know people are busy, but I try and MAKE time,( but then again, I dont have to deal with snow, mud and salt.)
so i'm crazy big deal. My parents used to say that if only i kept my room as clean as I do my car(s). My wife thinks i'm nuts, but her car is always clean too, so she doesnt complain. I cannot stand a dirty car especially if someone gets a NICE car and then doesn't take c/o it. Just my pet peeve. I know people are busy, but I try and MAKE time,( but then again, I dont have to deal with snow, mud and salt.)
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I get that all the time. My girlfriend said that she feels like she is competing against my car, not other girls.
I wash my car myself because I don't want others to touch it.
I always try to avoid valet parking because I don't want anyone else to drive my baby.
I never park next to a car that has dents/blemishes/damage because I don't want my car to be "infected"! (Well, ppl who doesn't care about their cars most likely will not care if they accidently swung open their door and dent my door.)
I wash my car myself because I don't want others to touch it.
I always try to avoid valet parking because I don't want anyone else to drive my baby.
I never park next to a car that has dents/blemishes/damage because I don't want my car to be "infected"! (Well, ppl who doesn't care about their cars most likely will not care if they accidently swung open their door and dent my door.)
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Originally posted by yu888:
so i'm crazy big deal. My parents used to say that if only i kept my room as clean as I do my car(s). My wife thinks i'm nuts, but her car is always clean too, so she doesnt complain. I cannot stand a dirty car especially if someone gets a NICE car and then doesn't take c/o it. Just my pet peeve. I know people are busy, but I try and MAKE time,( but then again, I dont have to deal with snow, mud and salt.)
so i'm crazy big deal. My parents used to say that if only i kept my room as clean as I do my car(s). My wife thinks i'm nuts, but her car is always clean too, so she doesnt complain. I cannot stand a dirty car especially if someone gets a NICE car and then doesn't take c/o it. Just my pet peeve. I know people are busy, but I try and MAKE time,( but then again, I dont have to deal with snow, mud and salt.)
LOL, I get the exact same thing from my parents. Looking around my room now, whoa, I think they're right
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