The question is thus: A car is in all likelihood, going to be the second largest financial commitment you’re going to make, so why don’t people take care of their cars?
The car in question is a 1999 Honda Civic. Nothing special, however when I sold it to a family member, it was for the order of £4,000. Not an insubstantial amount of money, by any persons measure. So why did it come back to me in such a shit state? I used to wash and polish it every weekend. It was immaculate, I would often have people commenting what a pleasant environment it was to be in, and how it looked like a new car.
When it was returned to me…well I don’t know what to say.
Here is the car when I still had it, October 2005:
Here it is now (don't mind the fucking pikey with his caravan in the background):
The paintwork is as flat as a witch's tit. It's going to take many hours of polishing to get it back to that mirror shine.
Here is a shot of the boot (trunk):
No, your eyes are not deceiving you, that is hay.
I shall give you a run-down of what the car needs in order to get it back in the game.
- Clutch
- 3 new tyres
- All new wiper blades
- Alignment
- Battery
- Heater blower motor
- New windscreen
- New stereo
Lastly, but not least, a damn good clean inside and out. If any of you keep pets, and need to visit a pet store in order to get feed or bedding or whatever….that’s what it smells like inside!
I attacked the mats with some extra strong carpet stain cleaner, as they smelled like a bums undercrackers.
When I had finished the first round of cleaning, this is what the water rinse bowl looked like.
How can somebody live with a car that is an utter clusterfuck of filth? I couldn’t see diddly-squat out of the windows from the funk when trying to reverse it off my drive for the first time.
Maybe this is why:
A wiper blade that looks like a tramps G-string. Sigh.
It is pure, unadulterated laziness.
Geoff-rey. This is just lovely. I laughed the entire time.
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