Women's cars question

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imported_pdsterns

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The wifes car gets really dusty inside even tho she vacuums it and tries to keep it neat and clean, Neat = no garbage, no smoking Clean=vacuums it. Is this dustyness a womens thing due to makeup, hair and reading in the car or is it just my wife? Discuss please.
 
pdsterns, "even tho she vacuums it and tries to keep it neat and clean". You have one up on me, I have to clean my wife's car inside and out.



The only gender difference I pick up regarding the cleanliness and wear & tear of my wife's car is whitish spots on the trim from make-up and scratches from diamond rings etc.. Maybe you wife wears clothes that shed fibres more than you?
 
Does she drive around with the windows and sunroof open a lot? More than you I mean? That would allow more dust from outside to enter the cabin.
 
Papi, its only a year old, I don't think its filters



White95Max, probably has them open at lunch time.



Hemi, maybe I exagerrated on the cleaning, she vacuums it.
 
My wife applies tons of baby powder, and other scented powders. It really tends to make a dusty mess.
 
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Nolan_k said:
My wife applies tons of baby powder, and other scented powders. It really tends to make a dusty mess.
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My wife does the same thing. I think I figured out why her car gets dustier then mine. Thanks. Does she use lots of exfoliating soaps?

It always grosses me out to think that most dust is just dead skin cells :eek:
 
Oh ya the exfoliating soaps are big on her list as well. She has one bar for her heels that I accidently grabbed in the shower. I only got one pass on my chest, but it looked like I fought a cat. The thing has crushed walnut shells in it. The dead skin cells thing kind of creeps me out as well.
 
I notice the same thing -- and I seem to usually be cursed with female clients who come to me with their nasty cars. Between the fingernail scratches around the door handles, and the crud on the interiors, I'm left pulling my hair out!
 
Hemi57 said:
pdsterns, "even tho she vacuums it and tries to keep it neat and clean". You have one up on me, I have to clean my wife's car inside and out.



The only gender difference I pick up regarding the cleanliness and wear & tear of my wife's car is whitish spots on the trim from make-up and scratches from diamond rings etc.. Maybe you wife wears clothes that shed fibres more than you?
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I hate to start on the gender-cleaning thing, but I can't help myself. My wife is pretty tidy and clean around the house, *but her car is an ongoing disaster*!! Coffee cups, cig butts and ashes, MacD wrappers, general garbaga. I don't get it; otherwise tidy person is death to car. She drives my Bimmer sometimes, which is totally OCD pristine, inside and out, and I quiver in fear (maybe I'm exagerating a tad) until she gets back. I then at least get out the two Cali Dusters (interior and exterior), the vac and the QD. Shoot! Forgot about the windows. BRB.



I need to talk to Dr. Malfi.......



"Women...ya can't live with 'em, and ya can't kill 'em"
 
"Oh ya the exfoliating soaps are big on her list as well. She has one bar for her heels that I accidently grabbed in the shower. I only got one pass on my chest, but it looked like I fought a cat."

Nolan_k, that is funny :rofl



"Coffee cups, cig butts and ashes, MacD wrappers, general garbaga."

Qship, now there is an issue and time for a serious talk. :argue absolutely no smoking allowed :nono and we have talked about eating and drinking in vehicles on another thread. :nomore:
 
Get a Swiffer (sp?) auto duster for her. She can give the interior a quick once over and you will never notice that your wife is a major dust producer. I have more problems removing the long hair that my wife seems to shed without end in her car.



-GT
 
GTScott said:
Get a Swiffer (sp?) auto duster for her. She can give the interior a quick once over and you will never notice that your wife is a major dust producer. I have more problems removing the long hair that my wife seems to shed without end in her car.



-GT
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Hahaha yeah that's a nice theory, but I know better than to think that a lot of them will bother to use the duster, or Meg's interior QD and an MF, or anything like that. :scared: :hairpull
 
GT already mentioned the Swiffer, I have a black interior that shows every bit of dirt and it works great. Cheap too, 3 for $4, they last about 4 or 5 uses. Get a sticky lint roller for removing hair, works well for any kind of fur or hair removal, use it after vacuuming.



I'm a typical Autopia zealot can't stand any garbage and debris in my car whereas my wife's minivan is a rolling landfill. She hates when I need to borrow it because I spend a half hour cleaning it out.
 
Louie said:
GT already mentioned the Swiffer, I have a black interior that shows every bit of dirt and it works great. Cheap too, 3 for $4, they last about 4 or 5 uses. Get a sticky lint roller for removing hair, works well for any kind of fur or hair removal, use it after vacuuming.



I'm a typical Autopia zealot can't stand any garbage and debris in my car whereas my wife's minivan is a rolling landfill. She hates when I need to borrow it because I spend a half hour cleaning it out.
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Wait... your wife hates that you clean out her van for her? That's a travesty!! :hm
 
Maybe we have zoned in on it. My wife is a baby powderholic. I see it on the glass shelves in the bathroom medicine cabinet. Cleaned off the powder and in no time at all they are covered with powder. Not sure about those exfoliating soaps, I'll have to ask her.
 
I think people that use exfoliating products in the shower every morning would be less like to shed skin cells as they just shed them in the shower extensively. I suppose women who apply makeup in the car...powder type makeup...could create more dust. I can't fathom why someone would do makeup in the car other than lipstick. I do my makeup at my dressing table where I can actully see what I'm doing in the makeup mirror. Perhaps it seems like women have dustier cars because they might wear clothing that exposes more skin surface. I think the only way for the original poster to find out is to trade cars wtih his wife and see how much dust there is when he drives it. As for people treating their cars as garbage cans.....I have yet to see a clear gender pattern....the only one I've seen is people who have to haul kids, especially younger ones.
 
check to see if your car came with a cabin filter, alot have the slot for them but dont come with one in it

both of my toyotas didnt so i made one out of a furnace filter
 
mtwedt said:
I suppose women who apply makeup in the car...powder type makeup...could create more dust. I can't fathom why someone would do makeup in the car other than lipstick. I do my makeup at my dressing table where I can actully see what I'm doing in the makeup mirror.
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Years ago I was dating this woman who was (still is, AFAIK) a nurse-anesthetist. One night, I stayed over at her place having left my car at home. She had to be at the hospital at 7A and, on the way, she dropped me off at home. We were running late; those were perhaps the 10 most anxiety-filled minutes of my life. She was, I kid you not, driving, eating a bagle, drinking a cup of coffee, smoking a cigarette, putting on her makeup AND talking on her cell, all at more or less the same time. I had to close my eyes in fear.



BTW, remember that most cars have mirrors, as well :-)
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Wait... your wife hates that you clean out her van for her? That's a travesty!! :hm
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Something about tossing out little scraps of paper with important info and reciepts for some battered item that she was going to return one day gets under her skin. That and she is tired of hearing comments from me like "a whole Wendy's frosty, upside down, almost dried up, what were you thinking"? My favorite line getting in is "something smells funny" followed by uncovering an old apple core or moldy unidentifiable object. We thought about selling it recently but after 8 hours of cleaning it looked new again and stopped thnking about new cars. Its also a good testbed for extreme detailing techniques.
 
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