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I kind of fall on the side of isell these days. I'm not nearly as obsessive anymore. I've got better things to do with my time than to spend 3-4 hours every nice weekend detailing my car(s).
There's all sorts of things I'd rather be doing.
Still, when you go through as much trouble as you do (believe me, I know), there's a certain pride in knowing you've got the best looking ride on the street.
Richard
I'm not sure what that even means any more. They were saying on the news the other day that all you folks who went to those tea parties were right wing racist nut jobs. Yet, you seem pretty fair and balanced to me.
If you're an example of the right wing I guess it can't be all that bad.
Still, good balance is probably desirable in both tires and people.
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I am glad you said that...I have been sitting back feeling like a lazy slob, but at least I am not the only one. Our cars are a year and a half old, and they have never been waxed or polished. I do get an easy to use polish which I try to use once or twice a year. I'll try to remember to do that when we get home. For the windows I will probably use Windex, but I usually end up with streaks. I think vinegar and newspapers work just as well, but it leaves streaks too. Maybe if Richard gets good at this he could open a little detailing shop.
Basically, I am with you GG, I have books to read, tennis games to be played, walks to go on with the dog, work, movies and DVDs, and a once a year game of golf to play....so washing and waxing cars is a low priority item. Besides, if I keep shining it up how will I know when to trade it in?
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Richard, you are talking about what to use on slippery floor mats right? Don't want someone thinking this is supposed to be used for washing their car.
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Our guys love it when that happens and they have the disgusting job of tearing the dash apart to get rid of it!
Happens more often than you would think.
I've been to Spain a bunch of times (another brother lives there) and I lived in Germany for a year. Oh, and I'm a bit of a car geek.
the rotting rodent will only rot for so many days, not forever. Till that time, use the Arm & Hammer Baking soda to cleanse the odor from the air in the car.
radical, eh?
maybe disgusting too :sick:
but better than tearing the ductwork apart.
Not a happy odor!
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I did the clay bar after reading that discussion. Bret Frazier (bretfraz) apparently is a guru in car care. I considered the synthetic sealer waxes, etc., and decided Mother's is just fine.
But first I had bought the 3 part Mother's process. There's a cleaner that smooths the finish by, well, cleaning. Then a glaze. Then the carnauba wax layer. Three trips over the freshly washed car!!! And two required rubbing on and rubbing off.
Then I just did the clay bar which was relatively effortless in terms of muscle power compared to the cleaner bottle from Mother's. Then I do the liquid carnauba wax which is very easy after the surface has been smoothed by the clay bar. The putting wax on required little effort because there was no rubbing to smooth the surface, and the wax came off easily.
This time I had actually checked with the car prep guy at the family dealership where I had bought the car. He used a Malco wax product and I had tried that on the previous car. Malco is a wholesale product dealing with dealers--not the public.
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anyways, i sent him an email sunday night summing up our thoughts on our test drives and prices offered.
today, 3 days later, we get an email asking if we are still interested, and sorry it took so long to reply.
my response was that i counter offered in my original email and he is welcome to respond to that, and in the mean time, i am working on some other options.
Richard
Richard
They also called us terrorists. As for the Tea Party that I attended, I saw only concerned neighbors and friends who want Washington to be more responsible with our tax dollars. We also wanted to point out that, as taxpayers, we simply cannot afford to take care of the corporate upper class and the non-working lower class. It was a simple message. I think that most of the Tea Parties had that same flavor.
"Yet, you seem pretty fair and balanced to me."
I appreciate that remark. I have always tried to be, and I encouraged my students to be the same. As for the racist tag from the media, they don't know me. My first three years of teaching was done in a totally minority school. I just happened to be the only Caucasian working there. When I was asked how I felt about that, I replied that children are children. They all deserve to be loved and taught.
"Still, good balance is probably desirable in both tires and people."
You are a wise man. No truer words were ever spoken. I am neither left nor right. I just want the RIGHT things done for our country.
Richard
Nah. This is a great bunch.
Been in the hospital all day. This is a regular all day affair every two weeks until they fix what's wrong. I only mention it because every other Wednesday I disappear for a day.
Loved the baby delivery in class. And people say teacehers have it easy....
I was convinced when my oldest was born that I'd be a disaster in the delivery room. Figured I'd either pass out ir throw up. Funny thing is that when we got to the hospital they are watching a video at the nurses' station. The subject is obviously a child being born. You see all these folks surrounding the action and suddenly the picture kind of spins and you are looking at feet moving around. Dad with the camera had fainted. One of the nurses says "and he ws a State Trooper!" Broke the ice perfectly. I was a champ - but not as much as my wife was! Said baby is now 20 and has three younger sisters.
radical, eh?
nahh.. radical would be putting a small colony of army ants into the ductwork to eat the dead rat. Then turn the fan on high... problem solved.
... and don't forget to dry off after that Brillo pad wash with 60 grit sandpaper. :surprise:
Hope your every other Wednesday turns out successfully.
Richard
You know, you are a real card!
Richard
That's cool. Been to Spain around just west of Malaga - Costa del Sol. It was beautiful....sun rising above the Mediterannean in the morning. Fantastic caverns, the nicest I have ever seen. Really good beer too - San Miguel.(not that I drink that much)
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That brand of vehicle seems to garner more than average complaints about AC smells probably from residual water in humid climates.
A. Turn off the AC a mile from home. Turn fan on high. Leave windows down slightly while parked; if in your garage leave them all the way down.
B. On a clear, high pressure day, open windows while car is parked outside in hot sun.
> Will the dealers be able to help me?
Some vehicles have ability for the blower fan to run for a short time after the car is off to help dry the interior of the heater box to reduce mold. See your dealer.
There also was discussion in that brand vehicle's threads on Edmunds about a coating used that came off the coils.
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Certainly you are no radical even though the media would have us believe that anyone who happens to disagree with the current administration is a domestic terrorist.
Where were they during all the protests during the Bush administration? Oh, now I remember...they were leading the protests !
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Richard
(and others: Let's drop the political talk. It's most certainly not on-topic here, and there are better places to take it.)
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You are right and I agree...now see if you can convince our politicians that politics has no place in the car sales biz... :confuse:
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We would do that only if they posted in this Forum. And, given that you are posting here, it's reasonable for us to coax you back on to topic. :P
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You're a better man than me. The only person who wanted out of the delivery room more than me was my wife. I think every teenager should be required to witness a birth as part of sex education. If that didn't make them choose abstinence, nothing would! :surprise:
Back to topic: When I went to pick my wife and new-born up at the hospital in my new Chevy the A/C compressor seized up and the belt melted right at the front door to the hospital. I had to convince the nurses that my car was not on fire before they would let us take the kid home.
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For #2 she had back labor and all sorts of pain inducing things. Just about broke my hand. My best moment was keeping my mouth shut when she said, "I can't do this.' In my head was, "OK, I'll pack you up and we'll go home." I didn't think she'd find that amusing at that moment.
They didn't teach us anything in high school on that stuff. I was at the end of the "you'll figure out yourself some day." That day was sooner for some of us thatn others. A month after graduation we had a mom and dad in the class.
I was wondering it was a small thing that can slip through the duct openings.
Rats and mice are rather flexible and can squeeze through relatively small openings. A common house mouse can squeeze through a 1/8 inch opening.
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Can Isell get some Impalas at half price and retail them out at big profit? Would he even want to? Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion of---Too many cars and NO Buyers.
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According to the news today, they plan on laying everybody off and going fishing for two months.
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"...there are better places to take it."
There are also some good places that the politicians could go as well.
I hope that the person that stole your corn flakes this morning will return them tonight. :shades:
Richard
Amen! I don't know about you, but I've been thrown out of better places than this. :P
Richard
According to the afternoon news, we'll have that answer by July.
Richard
The current administration only recognizes the word terrorist in a domestic context. Those from outside the U.S. never have the term applied to them.
Go figure.
as they say, 'ignorance is bliss'.
anyways, i think the dealers around here are taking a bit of a hard line on good risks like us.
they are depending on the old 'gotta have it' factor.
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I was wondering it was a small thing that can slip through the duct openings
Is this conversation about rats in the heater or about birth canals? :confuse:
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LOL! That was good!
Richard
Richard