1972 Imperial Coupe for Sale

[monaco75]

washing cars is kinda gay.
Why do people clean their cars on a car show?
I thought I am at a housewife competiton when I first saw it in the US

:laughing4:.................. :rolling:........... :app:

I like a clean car as well, and try to keep mine as clean as I can. But that drives me ape **** when at the car shows, and all these tools are there wiping their car's down.

 

[Fratzog]

:busted: So what do you do? Get your wife to do it? Do the dirty deed behind a closed garage door? Or just sprinkle pixe dust? I wipe my car down at shows and couldn't give a rats *** what anyone thinks.

 

[Stormer]

I just like clean cars, I don't show mine. I do the same thing with my truck.

If I were to show em though they'd be clean & I'd dust them at the show.

 

[commando1]

washing cars is kinda gay.
Why do people clean their cars on a car show?
I thought I am at a housewife competiton when I first saw it in the US

You hit on a big pet peeve of mine.
It's extremely gay to me.

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[1978 NYB]

I don't wash or dust off car at car shows either.

 

[polara71]

I wipe every inch of metal, including door jams, under the hood and in the trunk every time I wash my cars. No rust for me.

every inch? Be honest!

 

[polara71]

You hit on a big pet peeve of mine.
It's extremely gay to me.(Sent using Forum Runner)

I'll wipe the car down to rid it of dust and dead bugs once I arrive.

 

[Stormer]

every inch? Be honest!

OK, I'll be honest, it's really only 10 1/2 inches, not 12.

i don't climb under the car & I don't remove the carpet but I wipe everything I can reach.

 

[monaco75]

I'll wipe the car down to rid it of dust and dead bugs once I arrive.

I see arriving to the show, then getting the duster out, and dusting it off. But when these guys show up, pop the trunk, and pull every polisher/waxer/rag out they have... It just seem a little ridiculous... I'm there to check out your car, not to see you clean it.

 

[polara71]

i don't climb under the car & I don't remove the carpet but I wipe everything I can reach.

Thats better .

 

[polara71]

I see arriving to the show, then getting the duster out, and dusting it off. But when these guys show up, pop the trunk, and pull every polisher/waxer/rag out they have... It just seem a little ridiculous... I'm there to check out your car, not to see you clean it.

I've been known to spend an hour at Carlisle cleaning the car

 

[Stormer]

I see arriving to the show, then getting the duster out, and dusting it off. But when these guys show up, pop the trunk, and pull every polisher/waxer/rag out they have... It just seem a little ridiculous... I'm there to check out your car, not to see you clean it.

I've never entered a car in a judged show but I have buddies who do & they have to clean it like that if they hope to have any chance at a prize. So, my guess is that most of the guys you see detailing their cars at shows are there to compete, not just show.

To each his own.

 

[monaco75]

Welcome back Dave..... :wavesmile:

Did you just arrive to the show from the trip you took to get there? Or did you get to a hotel the day/night before?

 

[polara71]

In the morning I wipe it down before I leave the motel, a lot of dew in the Carlisle mountain air. I am not obsessive about it but I do want it clean. I do it more for the love of the car not the love of the show. I want people to look at a Polara, mine or not.


I also wipe it down after the highway trip... A lot of dead bugs and dust on the windshield and the nose of the car. I also have three others with me and finger prints are everywhere.