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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clean View Post
    No entry from me. Luckily I have a more mature, civilized clientele.
    Yea, no MORE entries for me either. I started the business by taking anything and everything out there. Now I can pick and chose what vehicles I want to touch or send to my competitors...
    "In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."

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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    I once cleaned out a car for a neighbor. Found a sippy cup. Sealed and everything. Looked to be full of clear fluid. I thought, maybe it was Kool-Aid or lemonade and I can dump this out and clean it up...

    It WAS formula.

    All the solids had congealed in the lid of the cup where they couldn`t be seen (or smelled) until opening.

    After I finished washing my hands and face, put on a clean shirt, and got back to the car, that sippy cup went in the same trash dumpster I put all the other crap out of that car.

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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    Just dirt, old fries, bread crumbs, coins and pens for me thank goodness.

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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    When I was doing used car clean ups I found everything and anything including a .38 snub nose....loaded

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    I did an entire article on this on my website which is here. Since I live in a college town you can imagine what kind of things I find and how the insides may look. I have learned to look the other way and just leave things where they are. But the list ranges from sex toys to dirty diapers and things in between
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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    My neighbor had a roll of 100 rubber banded in the center console. Another time I found a gun in his car and some numchucks

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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    Soiled diapers, blunt roaches, hardened throw up, dog`s blood, shattered glass throughout, ant farm thing, melted chocolate bars... please no more

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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    Quote Originally Posted by vwgtivw View Post
    When I was doing used car clean ups I found everything and anything including a .38 snub nose....loaded
    Good thing you haven`t cleaned my car lately. Right now, there`s two pistols, two rifles and a bow in there.
    I still don`t believe in grit guards.

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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    guns I expect to find under car seats or gloveboxes. Some of the other items I`m not so sure about though.
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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    Pistols, various clothing items, signs, tons of trash in a variety of decomposition, etc.


    The one that got me was a buddies wife`s car. She left a pair of her panties just under the seat for my shop vac to find. I proudly displaced them on the inside rear-view mirror when I returned the car, we all got a good laugh out of it
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    Kinda scratching my head on pistols being listed by so many folks - not really sure what makes that such a crazy thing to find in an automobile. Oh well - guess it depends.
    I still don`t believe in grit guards.

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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    Quote Originally Posted by JaredPointer View Post
    Good thing you haven`t cleaned my car lately. Right now, there`s two pistols, two rifles and a bow in there.
    If trouble breaks out, I`m standing next to you

    Normally only had my shotgun in the vehicle with me, and then only going to and coming from the hunt. Since I`ve continued to procrastinate on getting my CCW license I only carry a pistol when we`re traveling. Our new S-i-L bow hunts as does another buddy of mine. Compound?

    Quote Originally Posted by JaredPointer View Post
    Kinda scratching my head on pistols being listed by so many folks - not really sure what makes that such a crazy thing to find in an automobile. Oh well - guess it depends.
    Actually, if I did have my CCW and thus had one in my vehicle, I wouldn`t leave it unattended. Kinda important to maintain control. But like you say...it depends.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaredPointer View Post
    Kinda scratching my head on pistols being listed by so many folks - not really sure what makes that such a crazy thing to find in an automobile. Oh well - guess it depends.
    I used to do the police cars here and if they left a gun unsecured in their car they got in big trouble. Yet I was always running into unsecured guns. I kept quiet.

    BTW. The odd thing about me finding a gun in one of the cars I detailed was it was a car bought from auction which obviously wasn`t suppose to have any personal items left in it.

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    Re: Craziest thing you have found in a detail

    Quote Originally Posted by JaredPointer View Post
    Kinda scratching my head on pistols being listed by so many folks - not really sure what makes that such a crazy thing to find in an automobile. Oh well - guess it depends.
    JP

    Mine was one time in the last 30 plus years, was a friend of my Mothers. He was sort of a wild crazy type and in trouble a lot
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    Quote Originally Posted by Troy@DetailCity View Post
    BTW. The odd thing about me finding a gun in one of the cars I detailed was it was a car bought from auction which obviously wasn`t suppose to have any personal items left in it.
    New gun for you then.
    I still don`t believe in grit guards.

 

 
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