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  1. bpu699

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    #1 bpu699, Aug 11, 2005
    About a week ago I spent a couple of hours (ok, 5 or 6), cleaning, waxing, and vacumming the testarossa...

    Today my wife looked at our other cars, and became rather upset. They are daily drivers, and they are...shall we say...dirty? The sedan had McDonalds breakfast burrito wrappers in it, and a couple of empty coke containers. Probably not washed in 3 months...

    The SUV had kid stuff all over it, and micellaneous food particles rubbed into the carpeting...'

    Wife comes in, quite upset: "How can you spend so much time on a car you almost never use, while the other cars look like THAT!'
     
  2. darth550

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    #2 darth550, Aug 11, 2005
    Tell her: Beats walkin, right?

    ....and learn to love the couch! :D:D:D:D:D:D
     
  3. Fred2

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    #3 Fred2, Aug 11, 2005
    Let me know if you find a way to keep a woman happy.
     
  4. bernardo66

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    #4 bernardo66, Aug 11, 2005
    20$ at a hand car wash should cure that headache of yours.
     
  5. judge4re

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    #5 judge4re, Aug 11, 2005
    Tell her it could be worse, you could be like that guy on Fchat that bought two Ferraris 8000 miles away without asking his wife first.

    The couch is starting to be shaped just like my back...
     
  6. bpu699

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    #6 bpu699, Aug 11, 2005
    Well, I had a couple of potential replies...but they came to me too late:

    1) Honey, if I wash the other cars the clearcoat will wear off...then they rust.

    2) I just washed em! Then we had that darn dust storm...

    3) The money we save on cleaning supplies will pay for the next car!

    What I actually said: Well, when teenage boys start putting up pictures of our daily drivers on their walls, then I will spen 5 hours cleaning them...

    And of course you can imagine how that went over. Followed quickly by a "Sorry honey, don't know why I said that...."
     
  7. ylshih

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    #7 ylshih, Aug 11, 2005
    If she's like my wife, there's nothing that is a good response in that situation. I would have kept quiet and driven the other cars to a local car wash. At $5-10 a pop, that's cheap peace. Of course, at some point she might complain, "how come your car gets the 5 hour hand detail and the family cars get the 5 minute machine wash?"
     
  8. SilverF20C

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    #8 SilverF20C, Aug 11, 2005
    Sounds like a reasonable answer to me. :D
     
  9. Enzo

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    #9 Enzo, Aug 11, 2005
    You know your wife must have just talked to my wife. I got the same talk about 2 weeks ago after spending a weekend clay baring and waxing the Lotus and 3 weekends before that doing a full detail on my fathers MB. The daily drivers were dirty from a couple of trips to the cabin and back. Needless to say I spent the entire last weekend doing our day to day cars and did have the help of my 3 year old daughter (as much help as that was).
     
  10. Dave

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    #10 Dave, Aug 11, 2005
    I make it a point to keep my wife's BMW detailed.
    She's a great wife, and deserves driving a nice looking car.
     
  11. LetsJet

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    #11 LetsJet, Aug 11, 2005
    Let's face it all cars are depreciable assets. Does she understand that? The Fcar is the only one that can retain it's value and poss. go up if maintained properly. Tell her your just working hard for the family to keep this asset from depreciating. No need to thank you.... but there is one thing she could do.
     
  12. darth550

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    #12 darth550, Aug 11, 2005
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    Honey, Think of all the money you saved when I talked you into getting that "TrueCoat"
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  13. JaguarXJ6

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    #13 JaguarXJ6, Aug 11, 2005
    I would have said, when this car looks like the others, I will make sure to ask for her help in cleaning them.

    Your answer was probably the better one, though.

    Sunny
     
  14. bpu699

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    #14 bpu699, Aug 11, 2005
    On newer cars, rust really is a non-issue. And with a daily driver, 4 days after I wash it, it looks dirty again - whats the point???

    Some other thoughts:

    4) Washing the BMW voids the warranty - the dealer has to do it...

    5) There is a drought going on, we are in water conservation mode...

    Regarding the quickie 10$ car wash - my wife doesn't go for that. If you hand wash the ferrari, you better do it to the suv too...

    Normally I don't care, but its hard to find time...
     
  15. JaguarXJ6

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    #16 MDshore348, Aug 11, 2005
    i have found that cleaning and polishing a ferrari is very theraputic .washing my daily driver is just a pain in the arse.
     
  17. jknight

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    #17 jknight, Aug 11, 2005
    My question would be what about the wife washing her own car? Sometimes I feel like I am running my own detail shop - one Friday I spent 6 hours waxing, leather conditioning, etc...on the Ferrari; then detailed the two MB. Recently handwashed two Chevy p/u's and a 16' stock trailer. Tomorrow's detail appointment calendar is booked with one of the trucks again and the 30' aluminum horse trailer (including vacuuming the living area). Wonder what the going rate is for doing this kind of work? perhaps it's time to consider trading a desk job for detail work??? (just kidding)

    Carol
     
  18. nation

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    #18 nation, Aug 11, 2005
    That's an absolutely fantastic answer. Can't answer to that but then again I'm not a woman.
     
  19. ryalex

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    #19 ryalex, Aug 11, 2005
    go to an $8 drive through touchless wash and get the daily done in 4 minutes.
     
  20. John Corbani

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    #20 John Corbani, Aug 11, 2005
    There is a special place for Ferraris. Dont mix with anything else. Stock trailers and MBs are in the same category. Yes you want to keep them nice; and you must for peace in the family; But...

    No argument or excuse will work unless the person "Believes." Let it go at that.

    John
     
  21. Spasso

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    #21 Spasso, Aug 11, 2005
    Because the "other" cars are mere appliances compared to this one, that's why.
    You can quote me on that if you wish.
    DJ
     
  22. M.James

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    #22 M.James, Aug 11, 2005
    You could always say "I would have gotten to them if I HAD ALITTLE HELP OUT HERE....your arms aren't broken, are they sweetie-poo?" "Where's that thong bikini I bought you...?"

    I'm not married, though.....wonder why....
     
  23. ferrari4evr1

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    #23 ferrari4evr1, Aug 11, 2005

    Because its a Ferrari!!!! Some women will never understand.......
     
  24. SrfCity

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    #24 SrfCity, Aug 11, 2005
    Tell her she's right and just run it through the car wash.
     
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    #25 Sfumato, Aug 11, 2005
    " 'Cuz a clean car makes your a$$ look fat, honey!"
     
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