Anyone else married to someone who never washes their vehicle?

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 01/29/2017 at 15:20 • Filed to: Dirty

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Honestly, I’m impressed. The headlights have a nice bronze-sandblasted look to them.

My truck is almosy exclusively for yard debris and dump runs, and it’s never this dirty.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:23

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Yeah my cars both look worse than that right now...

fhrblig > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:23

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Yep. He never washes it, never lets it warm up, runs it until it’s almost completely out of fuel, etc.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > fhrblig 01/29/2017 at 15:25

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My wife and I both share the bad habit of waiting to the 11th hour to stop for gas.

For Sweden > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:25

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No we make good choices

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:28

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Not married to anyone, but my dad almost never washes his cars. In the two/three years he’s had the Fit, he washed it maybe once or twice. He has yet to wash the 4Runner, and it’s filthy.

lone_liberal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:30

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I admit that in the winter I don’t wash my car very often, as it seems like a giant waste of time given the crap on the roads. I also like to think of it as a protective layer of crud.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:33

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Same here. In general, my wife takes appallingly bad care of her car. I’ve given up. The thing is 3.5 years and 60,000 miles old and it is essentially a beater already.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > fhrblig 01/29/2017 at 15:33

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I’m guilty of the last one.

Svend > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:34

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Not married but that would be okay for me as I’d have another car outside to clean.

fhrblig > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/29/2017 at 15:36

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I mean I do it once in a while, but every time I get into his car the range meter is just showing — instead of a number.

Chinny Raccoon > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:37

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Guilty as charged. The roads are filthy this time of year, this is a couple of weeks after a wash. It does cover up the peeling clear coat though.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:39

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My wife is married to someone like that.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fhrblig 01/29/2017 at 15:39

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The things we do for love.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:43

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That’s a poor practice for two reasons:

1. It’s bad for the car. Keeping the gauge in the red invites gunk, water and debris to clog your fuel filter and can abuse the fuel pump. But you already knew that.

2. It’s improvident . In other words, if you had an emergency and had to leave town on account of some calamity, and you only had 50 miles worth of fuel in your car (or less, because the evacuation traffic was moving at a snail’s pace), well, it would suck to be you at that point. Mrs. O.C. and I make a point of never letting our cars get much below half a tank. And I store 20 gallons of gasoline, with fuel stabilizer, for emergencies.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > fhrblig 01/29/2017 at 15:44

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Everyone always gets nervous riding with me because I’ll leave it with the fuel light on for days because I know the gauge doesn’t work.

punkgoose17 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:49

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I think my wife washed her car once in the 4 years we are married. I think she has also only filled up the gas tank once.

garagemonkee > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:51

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geeeez, I at least keep my headlights and windshield clear in the winter.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:54

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My car is filthy right now, so I guess I’m guilty as charged. So much dust, although I’m more or less in the clear as they don’t salt the roads here.

loki03xlh > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 15:56

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I used to do that in my truck until the gas gauge broke. I now fill up around 200-ish miles when it could go 250-300 depending on how I drive.

J_P_Cars10s > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2017 at 16:07

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I go by the hypothesis that if I run it down to the last gallon every time for the life of the car, that stuff won’t have a chance to build up.

As for preparedness... you’re right. I keep 50 lbs of tools and misc survival/camping gear stashed away though. It’s a running joke “I bet Jared has *item* in his car!”

E92M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 16:09

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I WAS, not anymore!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > J_P_Cars10s 01/29/2017 at 16:16

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We have enough food and fuel to survive 30 days easily, and 60 or more if we are cautious, and a solar method of charging the cell phones. And a 900-watt Honda suitcase generator. And I’m no Prepper, either.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 16:32

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Yep. I wash my car probably 4x more than mrs highlander. I found her a stack of quarters last week and had to beg her to wash it. It is a blue car but was looking more like potting soil.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 16:33

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I’d be that spouse. I only wash it if I have someone to impress.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 16:46

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I was when she had a Silver Cavalier, but she likes the color on the Fir enough she actually keeps it halfway clean.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/29/2017 at 16:46

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Same. Fuel showing empty, but it takes 40L (tank holds 50L). The fuel pump also uses the fuel to keep it cool, anything more I pushing my luck.

gmctavish needs more space > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 16:46

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Not married, but I think my dad has washed his car maybe 5 times in 11 years.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 16:48

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When my wife finds an excuse for needing to use my car, I know hers will be reading 0 miles range.

dogisbadob > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 17:13

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You don’t have to wash your car since it rains in most places, so you get free car washes :o)

mazda616 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 17:35

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Yeah. If I didn’t pick empty water bottles and gas station/drive-thru receipts out of the CX-5 when I drive it (due to my OCD), it’d eventually be full. Completely. Same goes for washing it. But, I don’t mind. It’s half mine anyway so I feel obligated to take care of it (not as much as I take care of my 6, but still).

mazda616 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/29/2017 at 17:37

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Our CX-5 says 1 mile to empty when there’s actually 2 or so gallons left in it so I don’t feel guilty driving it when the gas light comes on.

vicali > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 17:48

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Yep, but as of the first month of dating ‘her’ car tasks were adopted by me. Now we have our cars, and they don’t get dirty because I have the detailer sickness..

We laughed the other day- she suggested that she should fill up the Foz since she hasn’t pumped gas since we met 13 years ago.. just so she knows how.

smobgirl > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 18:58

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I have a rare brown Abarth at the moment. But I also just drove 200 miles through a few mountain passes where the snow was over the top of the speed limit signs. I’ll wash it Tuesday (if it’s not snowing).

XJDano > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 19:04

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I am that person. My wife is also that person. Although I washed the van once last year, and ran it through a gas station touchless another time because kids eww & aww.

yamahog > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 20:00

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I’m engaged to someone who never cleans out the inside of his car. Wasn’t really my problem until he started borrowing my shaker bottles and leaving them to rot in the back seat (••)

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2017 at 20:16

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Y O L O

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 20:19

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When the Great Famine hits, you can come over to my place for some dehydrated mashed potatoes. But you won’t be able to get here because you’ll be out of gas.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/29/2017 at 20:21

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“Great Salmon?” Sign me up!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 20:23

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Did you see the animated GIF I ripped just for you? It’s on the thread you created about the hideous chandeliers.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig 01/29/2017 at 20:46

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He’s just hoping you’ll put gas into it for him.

fhrblig > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/29/2017 at 20:55

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That’s my job. If I’m with him and he needs gas, I’m always the one who pumps it. But even if I’m not with him, he waits until the last possible moment to get it.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig 01/29/2017 at 21:00

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If I was less mature I’d make a joke about you pumping it.

fhrblig > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/29/2017 at 21:40

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You might as well. He always does, after all.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/29/2017 at 22:02

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Well my mother never does and there is a layer of dust inside. When I visit I clean everything.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/30/2017 at 06:34

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my headlights are similar in condition.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/30/2017 at 19:39

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Ugg!!! My guy friend is a total slob with his car. Always dirty, always full of stuff, and almost never clean. Annoys the fuck out of me