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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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[QUOTE=Stoic,Oct 16 2007, 10:17 PM] Well look at you! You're playing the guitar with a KFC bucket on your head..
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 06:59 PM
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Washing the S once a week is the least I can do. Hell i wouldn't want to take a shower once a week. My family thinks i'm crazy, but when I detail their car, I just hear praise for how much better their car looks. I like my car clean, new or old, and i enjoy driving my car clean.
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Old Oct 17, 2007 | 05:50 AM
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I get some odd looks from my neighbors I imagine, because I always get any dead bugs or break dust off the car when Im done driving it. Im a little pickier with the S than I have been with other cars, but its still new to me.
Ive often gotten the "its only a car" line. But then the same people always wonder how it is that I always get high book when I sell or trade.
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Old Oct 17, 2007 | 06:51 AM
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My family is pretty supportive of my habits (brother and dad are into cars too) and my gf doesn't mind so long as I clean her car too
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Old Oct 17, 2007 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 8_ball,Oct 16 2007, 08:19 PM
My neighbor washes his car every sunday, rain or shine, starts at exactly the same time, 8:30am, and I've notice he washes it the same way every time (roof, trunk, hood, then around the car starting w/driver side front fender). And lest you think its some exotic supercar, its a subura outback. Rich, your neighors may think your nuts but I think this dude's nuttier.
Do you live across from me?

That's exactly how I wash my car (highest point to lowest point on the horizontal surfaces, then around the car counterclockwise from the drivers side back). And I wash it every Saturday.
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Old Oct 17, 2007 | 08:53 AM
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One time I was at my friend's house and he was telling me about his neighbor across the street who washes his two Range Rovers every week whether they are dirty or not. "He even washes the wheel wells!" my friend said to me. I was like "um . . . yeah . . . that's crazy . . ."
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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 12:55 PM
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eh neighbors....sometimes I feel weird cleaning wheel wells and taking the wheels off the car. I then remember it's my time so eff em. I
like cleaning my car!
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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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Most everyone else hit on my main thoughts.

It's fun

It keeps the car looking good

A well maintained car holds it's value better

It's fun

I'm crazy.
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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Sabre,Oct 18 2007, 05:29 PM
Most everyone else hit on my main thoughts.

It's fun

It keeps the car looking good

A well maintained car holds it's value better

It's fun

I'm crazy.


a persons car is an almost exact reflection of their personality I think! You can have a daily beater with 200k miles but if you keep it clean and maintained that says alot!
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 08:41 AM
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I'm addicted to washing. I can't drive a DIRTY car PERIOD, no mater if it's a pinto or my s2k.
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