Sand and leather seats... not a good combo

[Constable]

I took three girls out on Friday night with me. I just detailed the MM and had it spotless & shiny. We all took a cruise down to Point Pleasant (a good spot for Jersey Shore nightlife) and hit the clubs. So we get out at about 2am and I do what I have to do with the one who's falling all over me (walk on the beach, roll on the beach, other things on the beach). The two other females left with my friends. At around 4am I head back to the car and open the trunk to get some towels out (to put on the seats and floors).

Well someone couldn't FREAKIN WAIT to sit down!!! I soon find this girl lounging in my front seat with BUCKETS of sand rolling off of her clothes and shaking out of her hair!! So I almost lost it. "What the hell are you doing??!!", I asked. She just didn't get it. I *almost* had to FORCE her out of my car. Then, after spending some serious time cleaning out the nooks and crannies, I have to hear her the WHOLE ride home.... "you're too obsessed with keeping this thing clean.... it's only a car!" AARRRGGGG!!!!!! I was fuming! I spent an hour cleaning and conditioning the front seats the next day. There's still sand stuck in the perforations of the leather. Needless to say, no second date will be planned.

[Constable]

oh, did i neglect to mention that she was doing her makeup while i was driving? That's nothing to be upset about. I love a woman who takes pride in her appearance. What ticked me off was that she started spraying HAIR SPRAY in my MM!!!! There were thousands of little dots all over my seats from the dried hair spray!

[Zack]

No one ever told you about 'taking one for the team?'

[Constable]

that applies to FAT CHICKS, not my MM.:D

[RCSignals]

Is she blonde?

[martyo]

Next time go to the "No-tell Motel". Not as romantic as a (ahem) first "date" on the beach but for 49 bucks a night, its cheaper and easier than cleaning the MM!

[Constable]

I figure if I put a mirrored headliner in my MM, it'd be close to the real deal. Then all I'd need would be a coin-op vibrating rear seat!:cool4:

[Zack]

Constable, Im the same way with my MM. Just a few days back, no joke, my girlfriends cousin tried to put a baby seat in my car to transport his daughter a few miles. Nothing against kids, but I said hell no will any object like that be on my leather. No joke.

[Constable]

I have nothing against kids either, but I'm getting these chills up my spine just THINKING about a little rugrat kicking the seatbacks with his tiny little grubby shoes.

Do I need to go see a shrink, or does this car just "take control" over some of you, too?

[TripleTransAm]

Originally posted by Constable
Do I need to go see a shrink, or does this car just "take control" over some of you, too?


Nah. As with most things in life, you get over it. ;)

Funny thing about parenthood... you look at things like cars etc. in a totally different light after it happens to you. I never believed it was true until I was there... you just can't describe it to someone who doesn't have kids.

Regarding cars and cleanliness, a little common sense goes a long way. The baby seat sits on a very thick blanket (the grey type that looks industrial-strength) so the leather's safe. Plastic protectant for the seat backs, to avoid scuffs in case of foot contact. Regular vacuuming and picking up dropped toys. No big deal. If some mishap does occur, well... worse things could happen.

[Dr Caleb]

Originally posted by Constable

Do I need to go see a shrink, or does this car just "take control" over some of you, too?

No, some of us are just as crazy, errrr, focused.

I've always been protective of my cars. I've nearly punched out people who were leaning against my car (others, not the MM) in a parking lot. I almost stranded my cousin 1000 km from my place because she put a pop can on the roof of my MM, to free up a hand while opening a door. I nearly lit a Mercedes on fire because she let her shopping cart roll through the parking lot and hit my Corvette (no damage).

I put quite a bit of effort into the upkeep of my cars. I'm very particular about them. I won't let people eat, drink or smoke in my cars - even though I used to smoke (1 week so far!). Not even myself.

Some people just don't get people like us. Too bad. It's the way I am. No apologies.

[UncleLar]

Wait 'till you find some moron sitting on your trunk lid squashing down the seals as well as scratching the paint.
Some other things to avoid,placing paper or documents on painted surfaces and writing on them,especially with a ball point pen,it'll leave a lasting impression in your paint.Rubbing or wiping dust on a dry vehicle(or wet for that matter,rinse well first) or running the wipers on a dry dirty windshield,you might as well use sandpaper on it.

[drobin]

PLEASE STOP, I can't take it no more and getting sick to my stomach, in fact I think I may have to throw up. BYE!

[Constable]

Well.... two years ago I was in my truck in a mall parking lot. A beat up Olds Cutlass (mid 80's G-Body) pulls up next to me. Passenger flings the door open and it hits my rockerpanel and bounces shut. I get out (trying to contain my HULK rage) and inspect the nice dent and scratch on my rocker. The driver gets out and says in a wise-a$$ tone, "It's just a truck, relax." So I, very calmly, reach over his right fender, grasp the right windshield wiper arm, twist it up like a coat hanger, and state calmly, "It's just a car, right?" Then came the good part when i fired up the diesel and laid a nice torquey, diesel-smellin burnout. I really thought I was gonna have cops showing up at my door for that one.

[Donny Carlson]

We have an aging tom cat that enjoys walking around on my MM at night. Little turd did the same thing on my Taurus and lift long scratches on the trunk lid once either as he skidded across it. I've been trying to keep him off by scaring the crap out of him or squirting him with the hose when I catch him, but I swear, I find scratch marks on my hood or trunk lid and that fur ball better count how many lives he has left.

:mad2: Coming out of the house to see the cat, back leg hiked straight up in the air, licking where his jewels used to be, on the roof of my freshly washed MM.

[duhtroll]

Pellet gun.

Don't miss.

Actually, airsoft guns will probably not hurt the car but will sting the cat pretty nicely. (won't severely injure or kill - uh, I think) They shoot hollow plastic 6mm BBs at 200+ to 300 fps.

It worked on the crows who were crapping on my old car before I had a garage. :)

-A

[Donny Carlson]

I came out of a diner once, and this idiot had his big butt up against my driver door leaning over to talk to some girls in a car parked next to mine. He wouldn't move and appeared to either be drunk or just an amazingly huge horses patoot. I got in the car on the p***enger side, slid over, started the car. The fool ignored me, still with his *ss on my car door. So, I popped in it reverse and gunned it. The driver side mirror caught him somewhere around his hip and kidneys, spun him around and he dropped in a heap on the ground. Hope that impressed the girls, but I didn't wait around to gauge their reactions.:D

[SheboyganGuy]

"Then, after spending some serious time cleaning out the nooks and crannies,..."

I want to hear more about this part.....Are you talking about her, or the MM?

[Constable]

I believe her NOOKS deposited the sand on the MM's CRANNIES. Either way, both of those areas had the benefit of my thorough inspection. :pimp: