This was a good day, but oh man did I piss a 911 owner off

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 01/12/2019 at 20:29 • Filed to: None

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Not bad for 25 years old, 350,000ish miles, and constant abuse. Washed and waxed. Clay barred the hood too. Pictures are of the car dry.

Oh and.... #hottake. The best Audi color is N ardo Grey. And the RS3 is gorgeous (wheels aren’t great tho).

Funny story.... I decided to use a self-service car wash today. I brought a bucket so I could really do a good wash. Yeah, it was kinda busy and I felt bad taking up more time than average, but... Miata desperately needed a deep clean.

So halfway through, a 30-something year old guy in a new 911—girlfriend in the passenger seat—pulls up behind me to wait for the wash bay. Now, I’ve got a bucket out and am clearly taking a while here. The guy watches me washes my car for a good twenty minutes before finally getting out and yelling “detail your car at home you fucking asshole! Get the fuck out of here!”

I considered pointing out that I was in fact not detailing my car... Just washing it. I also briefly considered apologizing for having a higher standard of cleanliness than mister 911.

I decided to just ignore him. Didn’t miss a beat, kept washing at my normal pace. Dude was getting pissed, kept screaming from next to his car until there was a crowd. I think he finally realized I had wireless earbuds in, and assumed he’d been shouting at someone for 5 minutes who couldn’t hear a word he said.

At this point I feel bad.

...for everyone else that the guy is disturbing on one of the nicest days of the past month.

I was hoping he’d either

A) Leave, so peace could resume, or

B) stop yelling from behind his Porsche and try to grab me. I hate *starting* confrontations... But oh man. I might have started grinning maniacally at the thought of him swinging at me. I know, I’m a dick.

Anyways, he kept yelling another minute (I was just finishing my wash and starting to rinse) and then he drove off, revving like crazy and honking at two people who were in his way. I finished up literal minutes after he left, and proceeded to park on the side of the facility so I could clay bar and wax without taking up a b ay. If you’re curious, I probably spent about 7 minutes vaccuuming, and then 35 minutes washing the car. Average wash time for everyone else was maybe 20 minutes..?

Fun stuff! That’s whe n Mr RS3 came over and—assuming I hadn’t heard or noticed the guy yelling at me—proceeded to “fill me in” while laughing hysterically. He showed me his engine (5 cylinder!), talked about his RS3 hatch he had back in Australia, and chatted Miata stuff with me. Cool guy. I need Nardo Grey in my life.

Have a skyline.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:32

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Nice Fit....also 350k miles? Jesus man that's high. Sucks that there's crappy people like Mr 911 but also good that there's people like Mr RS3 to make up for em :)

MM54 > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:35

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Sounds like a good day / typical people. That is a good grey.

AestheticsInMotion > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 01/12/2019 at 20:35

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I probably could have been nicer. I am curious what the girlfriend thought of the whole thing

Engine may have been rebuilt at one point. Or not. Guy I bought it from said the clutch was original, if you believe it

Chuckles > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:36

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A lot of the self serve car washes around here have signs that say "no buckets." They aren't making any money except for when you're dropping quarters in to use the sprayer or brush.

AestheticsInMotion > MM54 01/12/2019 at 20:37

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There's one big issue. After driving both the Volvo and Miata in the same day... I want to turbo my Miata. 300hp in this thing would be a religious experience 

just-a-scratch > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:37

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Well played Sir. Keeping composure and ignoring idiocy is usually a good plan. 

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:37

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Lmao that's fake news, that must've been a God clutch if so. Girlfriend, seeing as she dates a loser like that, probably thought that was the sexiest most alpha male thing ever

sony1492 > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:40

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So we are back to square one.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:40

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Looks amazing! Can’t wait to detail the Ram, CX-3 and ST tomorrow.

We need to go for a drive soon, I’ve been thinking of coming down to do deception pass sometime.

AestheticsInMotion > Chuckles 01/12/2019 at 20:41

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I love this place. During the spring and summer, I’ll go once a week at like 2am to wash the Miata. That’s when the supercars, and serious built cars come out, believe it or not.

I spent $12 there? Bout the same as when I don’t bucket wash. Funny enough, my Miata is the cover photo for the business, and has been viewed about 600,000 times since taking that picture last winter!I’d say they owe me for the publicity...

AestheticsInMotion > sony1492 01/12/2019 at 20:42

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....I went out to experience the world, and learned that I loved my hometown all along.

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/12/2019 at 20:43

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Happily! I’m... Uh. Still running the Miata without a fan *cringe*. Really need to fix that.

I was just thinking “I bet CoFT detailed his cars today”

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:45

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I was going to, but our neighbourhood had its water shutoff due to an emergency... so plans changed! 

facw > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:48

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I don’t like self-service washes, doing stuff on a timer is stressful, but seriously its a car wash, it exists for people to wash cars, and doing a good job washing by hand takes time. If people don’t want to wait for others , they can go at unpopular times, wash at home, take it to a hand-wash place, or just go to an automatic.

Spasoje > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:53

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What a sad little bastard. Were there a merit-based system for getting nice cars (where having enough money w o u l d n ’ t b e e n o u g h ), this guy would be the poster child!

A g r e e d o n N a r d o G r e y . W e l l , m a y b e I ’ d g o f o r N o g a r o B l u e f i r s t , b u t N a r d o i s s t i l l p retty dope.

MM54 > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 20:55

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do it

Rico > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:05

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That’s amazing!

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:07

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You did the right thing in my opinion. Ignore the prick while he gets increasingly agitated and makes a fool of himseld. My smile was growing more and more as I read through your description.

gettingoldercarguy > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:11

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Do the cheap supercharger upgrade, buy a tvs900 if you need more. From there? Compound with a bigun turbo. Have your cake and eat it too.

https://www.m.fastforwardsuperchargers.com/tvs-900.html

AestheticsInMotion > gettingoldercarguy 01/12/2019 at 21:18

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If I go the forced indication route I’m still team #borg-warner. I just feel like this engine has seen a lot of abuse to spend so much money on power adders

http://www.trackspeedengineering.com/Trackspeed-EFR-Turbocharger-System.html

gettingoldercarguy > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:29

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You can still Borg Warner it, just with a bigger one. With the tvs your engine will behave off turbo like a seriously large engine, so lag  will be a distant memory.  Or you can Borg Warner it ahead, compound it later and go bigger turbo if you need.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:30

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...Are those Wrangler headlights?

AestheticsInMotion > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 01/12/2019 at 21:32

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7" LED rounds. So... Not specifically, but a lot of J eep guys use them. And long-haul truckers seem to love the rectangular versions of this light

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php%3Ft%3D527546&ved=2ahUKEwibyZPJ2-nfAhWzKX0KHQuRC5AQFjACegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw0aGEwBLxWC_1pxIm419SFW

AestheticsInMotion > gettingoldercarguy 01/12/2019 at 21:33

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This sounds... Complex. Somebody please abandon a twincharged Volvo near me

WilliamsSW > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:35

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Stereotypes broken by the Porsche douche today: ZERO

gettingoldercarguy > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:39

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Heh, it's not.  Twin charge isn't really compound.  It is fun though.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:39

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Man, if those were cheaper, I’d throw a set on a brush guard on my Golf.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:41

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Turbo or...

https://www.flyinmiata.com/v8-engine-installation-kit.html

AestheticsInMotion > Rico 01/12/2019 at 21:41

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I’m trying to take over the cover photo of all local business. I’ve got about 7!

AestheticsInMotion > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/12/2019 at 21:41

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You know what I learned from all this?

I need to stop by Audi and see if I can get my hands on an RS3. 

AestheticsInMotion > MM54 01/12/2019 at 21:42

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Garage :/

AestheticsInMotion > gettingoldercarguy 01/12/2019 at 21:42

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Okay, you're helping right? 

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/12/2019 at 21:43

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At some point I’ll own an LSX/LFX Miata.

But not right now. There will be a new car in a few weeks taking up my time...... *foreshadowing increases *

AestheticsInMotion > Spasoje 01/12/2019 at 21:44

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Nogaro Blue, and whatever the primary color yellow is that I see on TTRS's occasionally. So good

AestheticsInMotion > WilliamsSW 01/12/2019 at 21:44

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The Audi driver was a huge car nut and a cool guy. So there's that

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:44

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Whaaaat??? You are not getting rid of your Miata are you?

WilliamsSW > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:46

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I love it when you run into a total asshole, he leaves pissed, and you end up having a few laughs with total strangers over it. Best revenge ever!

AestheticsInMotion > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 01/12/2019 at 21:46

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They fluctuate on Amazon quite a bit, but even at their lowest they’re still $$$ for a 7" round.

Halogens would look better on the brush gaurd anyways. The LEDs Look way too modern, on or off

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/12/2019 at 21:47

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Not getting rid of anything, but something too good to pass up made itself known. 

Although I have considered parting out the Miata a few times this year, as sad as the thought is...

AestheticsInMotion > WilliamsSW 01/12/2019 at 21:48

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I was really hoping the 911 guy was going to stay. I would have w alked over and complimented his car all friendly-like, just for shits -and-giggles.

gettingoldercarguy > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 21:50

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More than happy to.

Rico > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 22:03

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Haha you’re a legend, I’m sure somewhere someone has spotted your Miata and knew it was from the cover photos.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 22:03

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That is sad!

Wudstock22 > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 22:21

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I can't be the only one that scanned the last picture for a GTR...

MM54 > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 22:24

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Just bring it by my place, we’ll knock it out in no time...

AestheticsInMotion > MM54 01/12/2019 at 22:26

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If Delta w ill fly the Miata in coach, I’ll be there

benjrblant > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 23:27

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But... The 911 owner chose to wait behind you. Like he selected that line, no?

Sometimes i will bring a bucket to the coin op, but usually make it a point to show up late in the evening or early in the morning. Even still, if someone pulls behind i'll let them know that i'm planning.on being a while. 

wafflesnfalafel > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 23:40

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A guy in our garage has a one of the bright blue ones of those RS3s - beautiful car, but I do really like that grey too. Though they seem kinda tiny - the cabin seems quite a bit smaller than the GTI that regularly parks next to it.

Too bad about the goofball Porsche dude - there seems to be an greater than average percentage of crazy people out the last couple weeks... But you are absolutely right about the mountains today - absolutely beautiful.

Tapas > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 23:46

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I mean......coming at a dude with a power washer at the ready is a bad idea lol

Glad he didn't escalate.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 01/12/2019 at 23:59

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I’ve met you two or three times now . Yes, I’ve been in some scrums and I will defend myself if necessary. But if I — as a stranger -- saw  you at a carwash, I would not be thinking to myself, “Hey this guy is small and looks like he can’t lift a loaf a bread. I think I’ll attempt to antagonize him.”

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > AestheticsInMotion 01/15/2019 at 12:18

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Thats an expensive self service wash. I spend about $4 at mine, although it is ghetto and in the ghetto, but all I need is a hose with water, I am going to bring everything else.

Spasoje > AestheticsInMotion 01/16/2019 at 01:49

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Vegas Yellow?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Audi/comments/abmdbz/speaking_of_vegas_yellow/