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imported_Yosemite Dan

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OK I'm pretty much a fanatic about keeping my car clean and shiny thru thick and thin but I'm starting to get self-conscious because of those cursed snickering neighbours. At minimum I wash the car twice weekly and that's sunny weeks. You also get those times where you wash the car and the next day it rains and of course you have to wash it again because it's sacrilegous not to. Also had those nights where the wax was put on a little too thick and the sun has set so out comes the table lamps to help light up the driveway so I can finish buffing at 11:00. Very entertaining for the neighbours to watch.



The looks I've gotten from neighbours is priceless when they see me out there waxing the license plate but it has gotten to the point where I know they're laughing behind my back everytime I pull out my applicator. :shocked



Why can't they understand it's just a sickness and instead of laughing they should be admiring me. I don't laugh at them when they spend the whole weekend on their garden. What's so unusual about spending hours cleaning my car and then going online at night to tell other people how I clean my car.



Does anybody else have a case of the smirking neighbours everytime you pull out your hose.:p
 
My neighbor (lives below me) just read the phone number on my truck, and called me up to ask how much to do his :)
 
Yosemite Dan said:
OK I'm pretty much a fanatic about keeping my car clean and shiny thru thick and thin but I'm starting to get self-conscious because of those cursed snickering neighbours. At minimum I wash the car twice weekly and that's sunny weeks. You also get those times where you wash the car and the next day it rains and of course you have to wash it again because it's sacrilegous not to. Also had those nights where the wax was put on a little too thick and the sun has set so out comes the table lamps to help light up the driveway so I can finish buffing at 11:00. Very entertaining for the neighbours to watch.



The looks I've gotten from neighbours is priceless when they see me out there waxing the license plate but it has gotten to the point where I know they're laughing behind my back everytime I pull out my applicator. :shocked



Why can't they understand it's just a sickness and instead of laughing they should be admiring me. I don't laugh at them when they spend the whole weekend on their garden. What's so unusual about spending hours cleaning my car and then going online at night to tell other people how I clean my car.



Does anybody else have a case of the smirking neighbours everytime you pull out your hose.:p
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Nope, my neighbor is very understanding. In fact he decided that he would paint my Mustang white one day. The only problem is my Mustang is black. Cost his insurance company $900.00 to get my two cars detailed. lol



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lol, I remember reading about that. How did they get the paint off of the vert. top?



No, they think your crazy if you split the time between making the cars perfect and making the exterior/landscaping perfect.
 
originally posted by Yosemite Dan

The looks I've gotten from neighbours is priceless when they see me out there waxing the license plate but it has gotten to the point where I know they're laughing behind my back everytime I pull out my applicator.
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Hehe that's funny.



hmmm.. license plate, one spot I missed :D



yes my neighbor's stare, they just hang outside and watch me go in and out of the garage carrying handfuls of supplies out to set up. I try to ignore them. They just don't know any better

:lol
 
For some reason they find it really amusing when I take out the tire gel. Then after finishing the tires I pull the car forward a bit and get the spot that I couldn't reach originally that had been at the bottom. At that point they look at me as if I has just shot the pope. :eek: This of course is followed by :lol when in actuality their proper response should have been this. :bow
 
Haha I hear ya :lol



Yes I have also gotten that look when I back up and down the driveway trying to get the rust off the brakes, and loosen up the water. Bah!
 
My neighbors used to think it was comical to watch me wash/polish/wax my car in the garage when it was raining outside. :nixweiss I dont know whats worng with that...denial stage i guess :D
 
Your neighbors are probably just jealous!



Forgive me for asking but why would you care what they think? Personally I am proud of the way my car looks.
 
Funny about the "sickness" comment.



Perhaps we suffer from mild Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.



I think I'm serious, but not sure.



I get the same comments from my neighbours (<-- the correct spelling :) ), but lately they have been paying me to do theirs... so who's laughing now :)
 
Sounds like you're setting an "bad example" their wives are asking them to emulate. And they are trying to make it go away with ridicule. I'll bet the rest of the neighbourhood shapes up and tries to keep up with you. Hang in there!
 
See the problem is nighbors only see the car from a distance. So as dirty as we let our cars get, from a distance looks glossy and gleaming. So it looks like we strut out and begin furiously cleaning an already clean car.

If they would just look up close and see there actually IS dirt on the car...

...nevermind, they would still pull out the crazy stamp.:D
 
The joy of not having neighbors living right on top of you. They can't get into your business or activities. :D



Yes, we are sick. I don't drive the garage queen in the winter because of all the rain (a little snow), I don't drive it on hot days because of the UV, and I don't drive in the early Spring because of the pollen. All this detailing for what, 750-1000 driving miles a year.:nixweiss. Yes, I'm sick. :(
 
blkZ28Conv said:
Yes, we are sick. I don't drive the garage queen in the winter because of all the rain (a little snow), I don't drive it on hot days because of the UV, and I don't drive in the early Spring because of the pollen. All this detailing for what, 750-1000 driving miles a year.:nixweiss. Yes, I'm sick. :(
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Yeah I hear you, I average maybe 300 miles a year on the garage queen :o Same reasoning :xyxthumbs
 
Last summer my neighbor actually told me that I was going to have to stop making my Z so shiny b/c it was making him look bad!!! :nixweiss So, your cars are dirty therefore I should let mine get dirty??? Whatever.:rolleyes:
 
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