Hairy scary- did you read the Op?
Yes I did. If you read through the discussion, several people are cleaning their other half’s cars!
My car is a 51 plate with a pale interior. Still looks and smells like new. I did question the beige interior when I got the car 16 years ago, having 2 young kids, but the alcantara type fabric just wipes clean with a baby wipe. So bike mud, oil, and kids, just havent messed it up.
Wifes car is all black ibside and shows up the slightest dust.
No. She's pretty good at keeping it tidy.. Infact very good at keeping it tidy. She even washes it reasonably regularly. It doesn't get hoovered as much as it should and sometimes the dash needs a wipe but it's not ever full of junk.
Mine's the same, my boot gets full of muck but it's got a rubber mat that gets tipped out and sometimes the floor is a bit muddy/sandy.
Why are people cleaning their ‘other half’s’ cars?
Because we both drive each car (they're both ours despite me driving "mine" most the time and she drives "hers"). I don't really like cleaning cars but I do like to look after things and like a clean car. Sometimes she cleans mine.
Completely. I've considered trying to add an apex predator just to try and even out the ecosystem that's developed inside it.
And yet I get stick if I don't empty the dishwasher when I get in from work...
I don’t think I have ever had a girlfriend whose car hasn’t been an absolute rubbish dump.
Ok so anyone in the Derbyshire area in general or anyone willing to travel I have a few friends who can "supply", the dirty sex pool is on 38 degrees, quick ride, few beers and it's on, what night we thinking?
Yep, mobile handbag. WTF is that all about, it drives me nuts !
My partner’s partner’s car is a real shit tip, boot full of mud......
...... every coat, jacket and hoodie he owns.
Typo or threeway?
Why are people cleaning their ‘other half’s’ cars?
Because she does other things like folding, cleaning and washing my smelly under-crackers. So i do things like hoovering and washing her car... That's how it works in a relationship....
I don't just wash my own plate after eating tea and leave hers on the side
We have three muddy kids and a dog. However, neither are allowed near Mrs S's car. The dog has never been in it, kids are only allowed in if cleaned and polished. As a result her car is near showroom condition.
My car however is very much a working vehicle, full of mud, outdoor kit, sand, paw prints, dog smells. No rubbish, just very well used. I love it that way. I'll never feel bad about my kids being muddy or dog being well walked. The car facilitates that, it is the adventuremobile.
Ha, Mrsbits feeds her Horse Habit through Microbits. Her car (the 'good' one) is now full of mud & horse poo and stinks of wet riding gear the whole time. She's also gone nose blind and says she can't notice the smell (it bloody stinks!) it's also got a cream leather interior which nanobits smears with what I can only assume is ectoplasm. Utterly disgusting. I won't go in it any more, I stick to my truck!
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If you think this is down to pride then you have no idea. The one my wife uses to take the kids to school, it is fetid. There's mouldy stale food in every crevice, sometimes even plates with toast crusts on (wtf?) and the kids tread on a layer of food wrappers, toys, clothing and general rubbish to get in and out. And it stinks.
My wife’s husband’s car is permanently covered in mud from mountain biking.
And there’s half a bikeshop’s worth of spares stashed in it too.
Yes but then so is mine. Last time I cleaned her car out I collected enough kindling (interesting sticks, pine cones etc collected by the kids) to last three weeks. On the other hand my car was no better there was sand in it from a holiday two years ago.
I just don't get filthy cars. I wouldn't toss food onto the floor at home, why would I in a car? Yes, of course the outside gets mucky and I couldn't care less about that but sitting in a stinking environment for 2 hours a day? No thanks!
I wouldn’t toss food onto the floor at home, why would I in a car?
I don't. It's the bloody kids.
Why cars don't have bins built into them I have no idea.
Mines the same (shit tip) I tried to suggest i wash it for her on the way out yesterday and got a bollocking for suggesting so.
Cant win
@geetee 1972 how long has this been going on with my wife?? ia am sorry i have tried and failed to train her to PICK UP THE crap out OF HER CAR. there is always a 'good 'reason for it ... I try not to drive it as i hate the tidal wave of wrappers and assorted crap sliding across the footwell/dash /storage bins etc. Is mine spotless? NO but i DO have good reasons 🙂
Yep, my wife's car is like a landfill on wheels. It only looks clean when I tidy it out of sheer embarrassment before it goes for a service/MOT.
I don’t. It’s the bloody kids
But at home, you pick it up, I mean, I have a 7 & 4 year old, they create muck and filth everywhere they go. At home, I tend to wipe the table when they've finished spreading food on it. Why would I sit on a car seat after that's happened just because it's only a car? It's not being car proud or a car snob, it's just basic hygiene!
For the record, my truck is absolutely covered with mud after driving across a few fields the middle of last week. It'll probably wait until it rains to get the worst off, then it'll be replaced with general road grime instead. The inside however is clean, because I sit there and I'd rather not be sitting in crap!
"Ok so anyone in the Derbyshire area in general or anyone willing to travel ..........."
Ha. 🙂
Probably best do it thursday ,gives you time to clean up before they're back! 🙂
Nope she bought it new, it's immaculate and smells of soap
My wife’s husband’s car is permanently covered in mud from mountain biking.
And there’s half a bikeshop’s worth of spares stashed in it too.
Funnily, my wife also complains about her husband. I wonder if they know each other? In her case, his car is used to move kids to and from various CX races and looks like it's been sluiced out by a non-too-considerate farmer...
So, do people with trash-filled cars live in trash-filled houses, too?
My OH's car is still full of the crap Mrs AndyBrad left in it when we bought it off them 😉
One thing I have noticed that the level of crap appears to be inversely proportional to the fuel level 🙂
If it hasn't been said already, this thread is useless without pitchers!
Pictures of cars or partners? 🙂
I generally do the washing and cleaning the cars as it's a bit of fresh air, and tinkering in the garage with the bikes time. Can't stand a dirty car, especially inside, as I 'now' spend a good two hours a day sat in it (snapped spine has meant more car washing as I don't cycle to work now).
It's easier to do a quick 5 minute vacuum once every two weeks than leave it longer.
Having been in a mates car that was complete with god knows how many month's of discarded Maccy's cups and burger cartons, blurgh.
Absolutele hole. Her speciality is leaving apple cores and chewing gum in it which then stick to everything, go moldy and generally are a health hazard. There’s also really random stuff in there (pair of snow boots anyone?) and stuff we’ve picked up but never removed.
It gets cleaned once every couple of months by the friendly Eastern European fellas down the road. £15 for a mini valet and polish is money well spend IMO.
My mrs is THE car destroyer. She has a 911, which sounds all fine and dandy except it's so chuffin uncomfortable she refuses to drive it and uses mine instead to ferry her kids about. Now in fairness this is only a recent thing, prior to me lending her mine (giving in) she'd use hers. Even now, the inside of the Porsche looks like a bomb has gone off and the outside isn't much better. She point blank refuses to park anywhere other than the nearest space to the door at the supermarket which means every single panel has scratches and marks. Inside it's all broken trim and mankiness, hairbands (what is it with hairbands - I'm sure she does it on purpose to poke fun at me losing my hair) and just general grottiness.
She's been using mine for a few months now to take the youngest to football in north London - it got so bad recently I caved in and took the company car just so she doesn't wreck mine. Two weeks in, the company car has a broken glove box door, various foodstuffs strewn about and marks on the trim that'll never come out. I went to use it the other day to drive to Bedgebury, opened the boot and realized there wasn't a chance I'd get my bike in so just rode there instead. At least it's improving my fitness...
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She’s made my car a shit tip 🙁
I thought that my wife's car was a tip until I read this thread. Now I think it's close to immaculate.
As for mine, the van is a work horse and remains relatively tidy. The car is never untidy.
