Detailing Junkie

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Anyone else find themselves sitting at stoplights staring at cars in front of you looking for paint imperfections or wondering "What would be the ideal process for that car?" What's cool is my wife gets into it too....She says things like, "Looks like that guy needs some swirl remover!" I just wish there was a way to literally reach out and touch the cars and owners for more business. :chuckle:



Just a random thought...Off to :waxing:
 
I know what you mean. I'm doing things like that all the time. I'm always looking at other cars/trucks while sitting at stoplights. I even do it when I'm driving. One of these days I'm gonna get into an accident!! The day will come when I slam into someone elses vehicle......The cops will show up & ask me what happened & I'll say........." You see, officer.......I'm an Autopian & I can't believe that guy hasn't washed-clayed-polished-sealed & waxed that SUV! Look at the swirls on that thing! His paint lacks depth,gloss & reflectivity! I've got some AIO right here. Would you like me to help the Fire Dept. clean up all the dried blood from his paint? Would it be okay if I go over there & check the slickness of his paint? What hospital is he being taken to, so I can show up and give him my card?" (lol)

What surprises me is how many people, down here in west texas, take such good care of their vehicles! I see alot of detailed cars & trucks around here. It's good to see!
 
BlkTac05 said:
The day will come when I slam into someone elses vehicle......The cops will show up & ask me what happened & I'll say........." You see, officer.......I'm an Autopian & I can't believe that guy hasn't washed-clayed-polished-sealed & waxed that SUV! Look at the swirls on that thing! His paint lacks depth,gloss & reflectivity! I've got some AIO right here. Would you like me to help the Fire Dept. clean up all the dried blood from his paint? Would it be okay if I go over there & check the slickness of his paint? What hospital is he being taken to, so I can show up and give him my card?" (lol)
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HAHAHAH!! :lol I started literally laughing outloud at the thought of this! But I'm with you...The other day I was staring at a Black Explorer that looked like it had some bad halos at a light and I unconsciously flicked my highbeams on for more light. My wife snapped me out of it and punched me in the arm and i flicked them back. I have Xenons so I felt really bad then...but I was lost in Autotopispace. FWIW...they were some pretty bad Halos :lol
 
Ah yes.........In 20 years, I'll be the homeless guy standing on the side of the road at stop lights with a bottle of Z8 in my hand, QD'ing peoples vehicles in between green lights. " Have a nice day!!" (lol)
 
LOL, i was just thinking about posting something like this when i got home from work yesterday......... im the same way. every car i see im always checking out the paint an looking for swirls or defects.



i walk past about 30 cars before i get out of the parking lot at work.....just shaking my head and thinking about how i can make the car look soo much better....its a sickenss!!!
 
This is too funny. I know my wife is sick of hearing me as we drive along say" Look at that car I bet it hasn't been washed in years." Or "I don't think that will buff out".
 
As I walk my son to school (don't use the car because of parking it!) I look at almost every car and think "I bet I could get that looking pretty good after a day with the PC" :grinno:
 
Funny how it takes one guy to post something that we can ALL relate to! I find myself doing the exact thing... staring at people's paint when I'm at a stop light. I've gotten back a few stares, but so far, everyone's been nice (meaning, I haven't gotten the finger... yet :dance )



-Mike
 
^^ Yeah, what's up with the finger? I got it once and was like, "WTH?" I don't like shooting the finger b/c it's so lame-o so I made these signs using rulers and colored construc5tion paper and big, fat markers. When I get shot the finger for something like I thnk is stupid, i reach for a sign like "I'll never see you again! Take Care!" or "You're so Lame". I get the craziest looks....sometimes I even get a laugh or sometimes I get the upper-cut double finger. I hate the UCDF. :D







On a side note....maybe we should rename this thread "The most precarious situation caused by drifting into Autotopispace!" or "The most ridiculous thing done (in the eyes of those detail challenged) to avoid driving our "Autotopiamobiles." :LOLOL Some funny stuff in here.
 
Okay.......I see we all have the same sickness when it comes to looking at other peoples vehicles! (lol) But honestly............How often do you stare at your own vehicle??? I catch myself doing this all the time. I always take a look over my should as I'm walking away from my truck. I'm a sick,sick man!
 
I ALWAYS do a walk-around my car before I enter my building. Always. I've had a few co-workers ask me why I do that and after I explain to them that I'm looking at the "reflectivity" of my car paint, they bust out laughing... I gotta admit, if I saw someone do this everyday when they come into work, I would have a good laugh too. In all seriousness though, when they see my car and how clean and shiny it is, it gets contagious and when they get the detailing bug, guess who they come to talk shop with?



You guessed it...



-Mike
 
yes I look over my shoulder at my car when I'm walking away. I don't always make comparisons or even glance, thinking 'ok so you own this. it’s your obsession. it's cool. you know how beautiful your car is. you don't even have to look.' but I do.



my girlfriend's the one with the running commentary on the road. sometimes she'll say something like, 'oh yeah, that's gonna buff right out', laughing her head off. sometimes I hear about paint condition and usually about swirls. and then sometimes she'll lean over and look right into my face with those big blue eyes and carefully place her hand on my thigh and say quietly, 'mark, don't even look'.



you know, it's easier lately not to pass judgment on how the masses treat their cars. I mean, by now you've all heard the neighbor's and family's and friend's and coworker's comments about your cars and detailing for so long that we all understand it's something deeper.



a couple of decades ago I'd hear as my neighbors would walk by while I'm under the car polishing something otherwise totally hidden in the undercarriage, murmuring things like, 'well, there he is again. what does he do under...' to each other. a decade ago they were mumbling things like, 'what is it with that guy... has he always been like this...' now they sometimes just observe or not. and I've seen all their cars and how they're kept and don't make faces or hold it against them. funny thing is, I'd probably take on their cars just for fun if they'd ask.



I'm still laughing about the UCDF comment. that's hilarious.
 
I too suffer from this disease. :cry: Even more unfortunate is that here in Massachusetts there are very, very few people who detail their cars. Also, there are a lot of people who call themselves detailers, but have very little idea what they're doing. So, there is plenty of messed up paint for me to stare at. It's so bad that I was watching a movie earlier and in the movie this guy pulls up in a black Benz and I was like "that thing has nasty swirls in it!" :scared:
 
It's happens here to Autopians down under as well. LOL. I walk through the car park to my car, stopping about 5-10 times at other cars.



I stop, tilt my head to look at a better angle where the light reflects to show the swirls and scratches. Then my thoughts drift and out comes the pad/product combo that I could use and that it would look good after that. Then I snap out of it and continue walking. And repeat.



When I reach my car, I stop, squat to admire the beautiful vertical surfaces. Then I go around the front to check if the damn cat had slept on my hood the night before.
 
There are a lot of newer cars in my lot that look pretty good. I find myself touching (1 finger) a trunk lid or quarter panel to see if it is slick. I've only found 1 that feels as good as mine and I rest easier.
 
pdsterns said:
There are a lot of newer cars in my lot that look pretty good. I find myself touching (1 finger) a trunk lid or quarter panel to see if it is slick. I've only found 1 that feels as good as mine and I rest easier.
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I was at the AUdi dealership yesterday getting a Phatbox installed in mine :woot:



But anyway, while I was waiting I was looking at the new S4's and such. When the sales guy came over, and asked me if I need any help, I was almost embarrassed b/c I felt like I was caught looking at boobies or something. Instead of paying attention to the new V8 engines and whatever else he was telling me, I was looking for orangle peel and admiring the mar-free finish of the Black under the intense showroom lights. I kept mentioning how good the outside looked to me and he agreed, but I think we were talking about two different things :lol
 
Nowdays my wife's been noticing things on other people's cars, especially at car club meets and shows. She has an especially pronounced dislike of holograms and tries to keep a straight face when people tell her a vehicle "just needs some more wax".



Speaking of Porsche/Audi dealerships, when Accumulatorette was looking at a new Cayenne Turbo in Stoddard's showroom I heard her tell the sales rep that "by the time [Accumulator] got all that marring out there wouldn't be much clear left...will somebody really pay that much for something with messed up paint?" :chuckle:
 
Accumulator said:
Nowdays my wife's been noticing things on other people's cars, especially at car club meets and shows. She has an especially pronounced dislike of holograms and tries to keep a straight face when people tell her a vehicle "just needs some more wax".



Speaking of Porsche/Audi dealerships, when Accumulatorette was looking at a new Cayenne Turbo in Stoddard's showroom I heard her tell the sales rep that "by the time [Accumulator] got all that marring out there wouldn't be much clear left...will somebody really pay that much for something with messed up paint?" :chuckle:
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I find it cool how informed our wifes are on the matter of car care. Guys at my wifes office are amazed that she know more about the care and upkeep of care that they do or care to admit.



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I was doing that very thing this afternoon. We had the roadster out on a fall afternoon drive.



it was late afternoon when the light really shows how well the cars are detailed. I saw so many black cars with unbelievable amounts of swirls I wanted to cry.



We passed an SLK230 which appeared NEVER to have been detailed. I just wanted to get him to pull over and whip out my PC to go to work on it!
 
I was really crazy lately. This weekend it was very over cast and the low light made a lot of cars look shiney. I kept running my fingers on them in the parking lot and realizing that each finish was worse than the other. Today, I parked next to a fairly new looking Lexus LS430. It was a metallic blue color. There were swirls and buffer marks all over the DOOR even.
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It was horrible!!
 
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