People who treat cars like Sh*t !
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Expatloon said:
crosseyedlion said:
But most people wouldn't live in a filthy untidy house and wear dirty battered clothes... I fail to see how a vehicle is different :/
If you don't get it you'll never get it but you cannot draw conclusions about other areas of peoples lives simply by their car !You don't have to baby them, but carelessly abusing them and then moaning about the expense of having to repair/replace them gets old!
Krikkit said:
You can assume they're reckless enough to throw thousands away by abusing what is generally their 2nd-most expensive asset.
No, not really. You can't assume anything of the kind. Just because you consider it in that way doesn't mean they do. And again, who gives a toss how other people look after their cars?ClassicMotorNut said:
People saying that to some people a car is just a means of getting from A to B - fair point, but why would you have an Audi, then? Get a second-hand Fiesta.
I don't like 'phones, hence I only have one that cost a fiver.
Surely an Audi would ideally fit that brief. Pluis you get to pose whilst doing it with bad-ass blinky lights and stuff. I don't like 'phones, hence I only have one that cost a fiver.
Anyway it's all down to priorities and preferences. Some people use a dirty or battered car as a display of wealth. To illustrate the fact that said asset is considered disposable. Akin to a rapper pouring Cristal on to the ground, best place for it but that's irrelevant here.
Others simply don't care - some aren't even bothered by dirt and will have a squalid house to go with it. In a previous job I used to do home visits (public sector rather than gigolo) and it was amazing how many apparently normal houses, on the outside, were festering rubbish tips internally.
The same went for cars. Some of said people would have an immaculate runabout as this was their public face, if you like.
My mum is very particular about her houses (moves quite often), likes to keep the garden neat etc.
But, although she doesn't exactly abuse her cars, she hates driving and I don't think she's ever washed one. Doesn't ever put it in the garage of course.
I don't see the point of having a nice looking house with a total s
t heap sat on the drive...
I'm somewhere in between with both houses and cars. I keep on top of the workings, cleaning is second priority but gets done often enough.
But, although she doesn't exactly abuse her cars, she hates driving and I don't think she's ever washed one. Doesn't ever put it in the garage of course.
I don't see the point of having a nice looking house with a total s
t heap sat on the drive...I'm somewhere in between with both houses and cars. I keep on top of the workings, cleaning is second priority but gets done often enough.
My MD is similar to this. He loves his car. Its a brand new xkr. However, he absolutely hammers it from cold and only cleans it via a car wash - you can see all the swirls on the bonnet when its sunny. 
He loves my 10 year old M3, said it's in great condition. He asked if he could have a quick go, but was perplexed when I said no because the engine was cold. He's not ragging it when the engine isn't warmed up properly, I don't give a sh*t who he is!
He loves my 10 year old M3, said it's in great condition. He asked if he could have a quick go, but was perplexed when I said no because the engine was cold. He's not ragging it when the engine isn't warmed up properly, I don't give a sh*t who he is!
Some people just don't get it. I was at a shopping centre today and Jaguar had a stand outside. Lovely black F-Type on display, locked but with the roof down. Suddenly this bint plonks her child in it, allowing it to stand on the seat (in its shoes!) while she took a photo. I was having palpitations!
jones325i said:
Some people just don't get it. I was at a shopping centre today and Jaguar had a stand outside. Lovely black F-Type on display, locked but with the roof down. Suddenly this bint plonks her child in it, allowing it to stand on the seat (in its shoes!) while she took a photo. I was having palpitations!
Why on earth would you care if a 'bint' took a picture of her child in her own car? Seriously, I am astonished by some of the posts on here. Have some of you got nothing better to worry about than how other people use their own property? Really?
My partner has nice cars and ruins them. Her last car a Golf GTI was immaculate when she got it at 3 years old, over the next 5 years she managed to dent every pannel, scuff all the wheels, broke various bits of interior trim and generally treated like a skip!!
The thing is she cleans her car, all be it with fairy liquid...lol and always services them on time etc, etc. She just doesn't treat them very sypathetically.
In February she swapped the her battered 8 year old Golf for a 2009 Freelander 2, a very nice example, so far so good. I'm hoping this car being a bit more robust will stand up to the punishment it'll get.
The thing is she cleans her car, all be it with fairy liquid...lol and always services them on time etc, etc. She just doesn't treat them very sypathetically.
In February she swapped the her battered 8 year old Golf for a 2009 Freelander 2, a very nice example, so far so good. I'm hoping this car being a bit more robust will stand up to the punishment it'll get.
Silver said:
Why on earth would you care if a 'bint' took a picture of her child in her own car?
Seriously, I am astonished by some of the posts on here. Have some of you got nothing better to worry about than how other people use their own property? Really?
Think you should re-read that, it was not her car.Seriously, I am astonished by some of the posts on here. Have some of you got nothing better to worry about than how other people use their own property? Really?
Silver said:
jones325i said:
Some people just don't get it. I was at a shopping centre today and Jaguar had a stand outside. Lovely black F-Type on display, locked but with the roof down. Suddenly this bint plonks her child in it, allowing it to stand on the seat (in its shoes!) while she took a photo. I was having palpitations!
Why on earth would you care if a 'bint' took a picture of her child in her own car? Seriously, I am astonished by some of the posts on here. Have some of you got nothing better to worry about than how other people use their own property? Really?
iva cosworth said:
There was a scruffy 206 parked behind my Fiesta this afternoon with bird poo ALL over it.
I was going to take a pic which would have fitted in this thread nicely.
Probably gone now and not going out to look..
Our Galaxy has a fair amount on it, it lives under a tree which appears to be the Wood Pigeon equivalent of public toilets, clean it and within an hour it has a load on, weird thing is, how often do you see bird sI was going to take a pic which would have fitted in this thread nicely.
Probably gone now and not going out to look..
t on pavement, fences and other stuff compared to on cars, I reckon they aim for cars, the more recently washed the better !J4CKO said:
iva cosworth said:
There was a scruffy 206 parked behind my Fiesta this afternoon with bird poo ALL over it.
I was going to take a pic which would have fitted in this thread nicely.
Probably gone now and not going out to look..
Our Galaxy has a fair amount on it, it lives under a tree which appears to be the Wood Pigeon equivalent of public toilets, clean it and within an hour it has a load on, weird thing is, how often do you see bird sI was going to take a pic which would have fitted in this thread nicely.
Probably gone now and not going out to look..
t on pavement, fences and other stuff compared to on cars, I reckon they aim for cars, the more recently washed the better !
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