Are you too obsessive compulsive about the condition of your Z?
Originally Posted by NGZ
Haha I drove a girl home once. I accidentally drove over a bump that was too high (did all I could, at an angle, but it was just too high and the road after the bump dipped downward too). So I thought nothing I could do, just ride it out real slow. I'm wincing as I hear the bottom of the car scrape SCRHH SCRHH SCRHH, SCRHH, ...
Suddenly she says in a pissy tone, something like "why can't you go a little faster?" I never spoke with her again or gave her another ride in the car, even though we have mutual friends and live near each other.
Suddenly she says in a pissy tone, something like "why can't you go a little faster?" I never spoke with her again or gave her another ride in the car, even though we have mutual friends and live near each other.
I felt so sorry for that guys car...
Originally Posted by Nismospeed4life
Once upon a time, there was a hot looking lady living in my Complex, I ask her neighbor if he knew her and he was like, "Sure! Would you like me to hook you up?" I was like, "Hell yeah!" Then the next day, as I was pulling-up in my parking lot I heard a argument between a couple and guess who it was? It was that same girl busting her ex-husband's car with a huge rock. I was like "that B!t$ is nuts." I met my neighbor a couple of days after the inccident and he pop the question, "would you still like me to hook you up with that girl?" and I was like, "HELL NO!"
I felt so sorry for that guys car...
I felt so sorry for that guys car...
there are some people I meet that make me think, "She looks like lots of fun, but if things go sour, she looks like she's the kind that would f*ck my car up. Note to self - she must not find out where you live."
I take care of any car that I own and drive on a daily basis. I used to wash and wax 2-3 times a week, but after a while I got sick of it, especially when I realized that:
A) I don't have a garage and the car will be dusty/dirty/rain splotched by tomorrow
B) As soon as I drive it, it will be dirty
C) The car is slowly getting chipped/ dinged no matter what I do, so knowing that it is imperfect demoralizes me
I wash once a week, wax once a month, and I drive my car and enjoy it without being **** about some water spots or occasional rock chip... it feels good! Now, if I kept my car in the garage and never drove it (lame), it would be perfect.
No need to waste that much time and energy on something that is never going to be perfect again.
A) I don't have a garage and the car will be dusty/dirty/rain splotched by tomorrow
B) As soon as I drive it, it will be dirty
C) The car is slowly getting chipped/ dinged no matter what I do, so knowing that it is imperfect demoralizes me
I wash once a week, wax once a month, and I drive my car and enjoy it without being **** about some water spots or occasional rock chip... it feels good! Now, if I kept my car in the garage and never drove it (lame), it would be perfect.
No need to waste that much time and energy on something that is never going to be perfect again.
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Originally Posted by Anomaly
And just to add to the OCD diagnosis, maintaining my vehicles (detailing) is like therapy. 
sometimes it can drive you to need therapy....in my case. i got new tires and the guys scratched my wheel. after the scratch, they painted the wheel to try to fix it. now my wheels don't match...see pic.
I'm so pissed right now that i can't focus on anything else!!!!!!!!!!
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You guys already named all the things i do lol i have to admit my gf treats my car the same as me im so lucky she gets in the car and makes sure her foot doesnt kick or hit nothing.And as were driving she always says hey mike look theres another Z and she looks at the car and says thats a nice one or eh i dont like that spoiler.She just loves cars in general and loves the Z she's looking into the new altima coupe in red i got to admit im lucky to have a cool gf.
Originally Posted by stalarman@yahoo
but inside is spotless... engine bay.. ehh.. outside is whats killing me right now..
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I also detail the F*** out of my car, I love to keep the Z all nice and clean. I use the california duster a lot to keep the dust off, you can see it pretty bad on the Le Mans paint. I also clean the carbon on the exhaust and clean the wheel wells and inside the rims!
Last edited by orangeflash; Jul 31, 2007 at 04:03 AM.
Originally Posted by SolarOrangeZ
whats the easiest way to clean the wheel wells?....specially if it hasn't been done and there is a think coat of dust or whatever in there.
After reading this thread, I just went to the parking garage, wiped down my Volks and took a few passes over the car with my California Duster... I might make it my mid day break routine....
Originally Posted by iceagetlc
I love my car and have dumped $10,000 into it so far but for some reason I've never really bothered to OCD on the cleanliness. Seems a bit... girly to me.
You have some serious issues. Does washing your face make you feel girly?