Car Washing Horror Stories

I'm still cringing!!!!!!!



While finishing up my V's detail this a.m., I was listening to Jeff Foxworthy's Country Countdown, and he actually said " You Might Be a Redneck if . . . You wash your car with a squeegee @ the gas station." Then he admitted that he had done it!!!!
 
yeah, I stopped giving advice to people who are in the process of working long ago for that reason. They got thier products and they have alrady started with a (poor) method they have already decided on. Usually I will give advice before they plan on working and give them some time to think about what I sugessted.
 
Somedevil said:
I looked at him, square in the eye and said "why didn't you just buy Ajax and a brillo pad"?



I went back to my garage, finished off my car and this morning when I went out to get my paper, I took a look at his car...which is now a giant scratch on 4 wheels. He did his entire car this way!



I wanted to get a picture of the car to post here, but he's been outside for the past 4 hours....looks like he's trying to wash the scratches off.
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LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl
 
neoflex said:
As I was cleaning up the cars this weekend I saw a woman from around the corner drive by with wax completly caked on, on every surface of the vehicle minus the windows. I do hope they realize that you should apply and remove. Scary part is it looked like it has been on there awile as there was salt and dirt built up over it. Hmmmmm maybe they are looking to really protect it from the salt!:)
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That reminds me, my friend has this beat up old 89 S-10 with the dullest paint I've ever seen....it looks like bare metal or something. One day he pulls up to school with a thick coat of wax on the hood. I'm like, what the hell? You waxed the hood and didn't remove it? It's not a surfboard you moron! He was in shock and seriously thought you don't remove wax after applying! After I told him, and explained there's no reason to wax his truck because it's questionable whether or not the paint is still alive, he took his shirt and started rubbing it off really hard.....I sighed and walked away.
 
I really want to see that lexus.....better yet, I want to see the owner come over to you and ask for help! What car you drivin somedevil?
 
My first post, but here it goes:



i saw a man wash (maybe more like spreading around) spilled gasoline offof his car at a gas sation with the window squeedgee. then he dried it off with oneof those really course recycled brown paper towels.
 
I really want to see that lexus.....better yet, I want to see the owner come over to you and ask for help! What car you drivin somedevil?
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Me too! I don't think he'd ever ask me for help though. He's one of those competitive type neighbors...I moved in last spring and seeded my lawn, he sodded his lawn two weeks later. I had my driveway redone with concrete, he had his redone with brick. I bought a snow thrower, he bought a bigger one a week later.



My wife thinks we should go to an exotic car place and rent a Ferrari for a week just to see if he'd go and buy one. :D



I'm driving an 04' Solara SLE....dark pearl blue called Oceanic or Oceanus Pearl. Good car so far driving wise, but impossible to keep looking clean.



--Somedevil
 
norahcrv said:
" You Might Be a Redneck if . . . You wash your car with a squeegee @ the gas station."
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I 'worked' for years at a self-serve gas station and let me tell ya, there's a lotta rednecks out there. Nearly every day I'd see some customer squeeqeeing a gas dribble down the side of their car or letting their kids the go at the whole car with the damn thing. :shocked
 
lol that sucks guys...

My friends 98 Grand Am SE...its almost sad looking at it.....its blue.....and VERY dirty...looking at the wing thats on it, there are more scratches in that then i've ever seen on an entire car!the interior is more like a trash can....I would offer to clean it for him but I know it wouldnt be appreciated really and i know that by the next day, it would be back in the same shape its in right now!

Its scary, lol
 
Just this weekend I went to go get my m3 from my parents house (was keeping it there for safe keeping because i have no garage) anyway my dad decided to clean it and dry it with an old Cali waterblade well now my almost perfect freshly wg'd paint has scatches all over, since i dont have a pc, tomorrow will be my first time taking it to a pro detailer. i tried #9 with no luck, Dad is not allowed to wash it again. :(
 
Mbimmer182 said:
Just this weekend I went to go get my m3 from my parents house (was keeping it there for safe keeping because i have no garage) anyway my dad decided to clean it and dry it with an old Cali waterblade well now my almost perfect freshly wg'd paint has scatches all over, since i dont have a pc, tomorrow will be my first time taking it to a pro detailer. i tried #9 with no luck, Dad is not allowed to wash it again. :(
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Instead of paying a professional detailer, use that money to go buy a PC and do it yourself. You'll probably be happier with the results and you will be able to take care of the small blemishes that appear over time. Heck, by the time you pay for the PC some pads some good polish (if you don't already have), you might come out a little ahead (not including the time invested).



Cory
 
ccreamer said:
Instead of paying a professional detailer, use that money to go buy a PC and do it yourself. You'll probably be happier with the results and you will be able to take care of the small blemishes that appear over time. Heck, by the time you pay for the PC some pads some good polish (if you don't already have), you might come out a little ahead (not including the time invested).



Cory
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Hell that is wat I did! I paid 100 for the first time around, after finding this site, I paid 120 for a PC.
 
Anyone see the TV add for Eagle One Wax As You Dry? The one guy has a wool bonnet on the business end of a gas weed eater fixing to remove the wax on his car :eek:
 
I have not seen this one first hand but heard about it on a Z06 Vette forum.





So this guy goes to look at a used electron blue 2003 Z06. For some reason its HEAVILY discounted. Looks at the paint....scratches all the way through the paint and into the fiberglass!!! Two lesbians bought the car and washed it HARD with steel wool one day. Scratches so bad the dealer couldn't repair them and the car needed a complete re-spray...a 2003 with FIVE THOUSAND MILES! :mad:
 
This is a great thread! Haven't laughed so much in ages...

Anyway, I'm a recent convert to the religion that is Autopia, and I never cared for any car before I got my '92 black miata. Anyhow, 18 months ago, my Dad gave me his '91 vauxhall cavalier, as an upgrade from my '80s ford escort, as he was splashing out on a brand new silver BMW.

Lately I've been talking the talk about car care, and asking what they use on their cars (BMW & red 2001 miata) - answer? Fairy (dish-wash) liquid. :scared

Have they ever polished these cars? No...

I tried to tell Dad he's not doing his Beemer any favours with the Fairy and do you know what he replied? "It didn't do the cavalier any harm" ... Suffice to say I sold it after 6 months as I was warned by my Brother In Law mechanic that it was going to need some serious welding soon due to the rust...:rolleyes:

I recently offered to 'do' the Beemer for him, and he informed me that it's had the Amazing Glaze treatment, and will never need polishing again - this cost him £300 :eek: It looks neither Amazing nor Glazed to me...

Moral of the story? Some people just don't care, even when they've just spent £16+ on a new car. :nixweiss

And as for trying to suggest that my Mother washes the bird boms off her miata paint before whenever the next weeked wash is due, well...:rolleyes:
 
ccreamer said:
Instead of paying a professional detailer, use that money to go buy a PC and do it yourself. You'll probably be happier with the results and you will be able to take care of the small blemishes that appear over time. Heck, by the time you pay for the PC some pads some good polish (if you don't already have), you might come out a little ahead (not including the time invested).



Cory
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Well that is exactly what i did, went to home depo and bought the 7428 version, i have been thinking about buying one for a while so i went ahead and did it. I'm pretty excitied about using it, if any one can give some tips on what i need that would be great, i am going to do a search as well, all it came with was a backing plate.
 
A "neighbor" of mine came over one day and asked me about "washing and waxing" her car ( a light blue 1995 Camry) for her. The car is garaged, washed every two weeks at one of the local all cloth car washes, the interior is immaculate but she hasn't had it waxed in the three years she has lived in the neighborhood.



I looked the car and I told her it needed to have a full exterior detail to make it look it's best. She then asked what that entailed, so I told her my procedure.



She said "thank you, I'll think about it"...



A week later, she was in her driveway "detailing" her car. I watched her as she washed the car using Dove shampoo and an old sponge, then taking the bucket of soapy water andd throwing it over the car, grit and all befoire rinsing. She then used an old towel to dry the car, dropping it a few times in the driveway. She then tried to "clay" the car with play doh. After giving up on claying, she then went right to "waxing" with mop 'n glo floor cleaner!



When she was done with her "detail project", she came over and asked me why her car didn't shine like my vehicles.... :doh!
 
WHAT DID YOU TELL HER!!! HAHAHAHAHAH. My friend washes her jeep with dawn, I told her that she needed to use car was soap. Her response: "Im not gonna go buy some 'special' soap when I have some right here" Keep in mind she is BEAUTIFUL, so I didnt have the heart to start an arugement...
 
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