door dings...
#1
05-10-2006, 08:45 PM
door dings...
a funny email i got today, thought i'd share it...it's so true!
we live in a society where 85-90% of motorists consider an automobile to be NOTHING more than a method of transportation from A to B.....These, it seems, are the "normal" people. (I mean they must be since there are so many of them, right?)
To them, the PURPOSE of bumpers are to let them know when they've pulled up far enough into the space (they are called "bump"ers after all), scraping wheels is a convenient way to signal proper curb-to-tire distance and your quarter panel is an appropriate place to rest their half-open door so they can reach it once they've properly positioned themselves at the helm of their immensely oversized soccer-mom mobiles.
interior carpeting is meant for sopping up spilled frappachino and baby vomit, rear seats are static-charged dog hair-magnets and washing a car is an annoying and time consuming activity that takes away from more important things like popping out another half dozen children. It's only done once a year simply to alleviate an inability to see out of the windshield and/or tell what the vehicle's original paint color actually is. (i mean c'mon, you DO know the only reason they paint cars at all is to keep them from rusting right?)
Wax is meant for candles and bikini lines and has no place being applied to a car...except by crazy people who don't have their priorities straight.
These "normal" people consider you and I ridiculous for spending $30,000 on a car with less than 9 cupholders, no 3rd row seat, a trunk too small to fit a fully-assembled grandfather clock and a small potted palm tree in, and a transmission that forces you to incorporate your cell-phone hand in the driving process. (who in the hell would want to use their left foot for something as unnecessarily complicated as operating a clutch pedal when they could be tapping it to their favorite celine dion tune playing through a blown-out stereo?)
We're insane for taking care of said vehicle, washing it, waxing it, doing regular maintenance on it and genuinely VALUING its excellent condition. we're even MORE insane for actually having any concern at all for what it looks like.
Our MOST irrational moment is illustrated when we become overtly bothered by the fact that someone is incapable of parking without either striking our pride and joy with an appropriately flung-open door or flat-out plowing into it altogether in a frantic attempt to get from the parking lot into the mall in time to make the last 10 minutes of the sale at Macy's. Things like extensive aesthetic damage are of no significance when there are credit cards to max out and useless **** to be bought!
We're nuts man......It's just a car......It's just a tool.....
we live in a society where 85-90% of motorists consider an automobile to be NOTHING more than a method of transportation from A to B.....These, it seems, are the "normal" people. (I mean they must be since there are so many of them, right?)
To them, the PURPOSE of bumpers are to let them know when they've pulled up far enough into the space (they are called "bump"ers after all), scraping wheels is a convenient way to signal proper curb-to-tire distance and your quarter panel is an appropriate place to rest their half-open door so they can reach it once they've properly positioned themselves at the helm of their immensely oversized soccer-mom mobiles.
interior carpeting is meant for sopping up spilled frappachino and baby vomit, rear seats are static-charged dog hair-magnets and washing a car is an annoying and time consuming activity that takes away from more important things like popping out another half dozen children. It's only done once a year simply to alleviate an inability to see out of the windshield and/or tell what the vehicle's original paint color actually is. (i mean c'mon, you DO know the only reason they paint cars at all is to keep them from rusting right?)
Wax is meant for candles and bikini lines and has no place being applied to a car...except by crazy people who don't have their priorities straight.
These "normal" people consider you and I ridiculous for spending $30,000 on a car with less than 9 cupholders, no 3rd row seat, a trunk too small to fit a fully-assembled grandfather clock and a small potted palm tree in, and a transmission that forces you to incorporate your cell-phone hand in the driving process. (who in the hell would want to use their left foot for something as unnecessarily complicated as operating a clutch pedal when they could be tapping it to their favorite celine dion tune playing through a blown-out stereo?)
We're insane for taking care of said vehicle, washing it, waxing it, doing regular maintenance on it and genuinely VALUING its excellent condition. we're even MORE insane for actually having any concern at all for what it looks like.
Our MOST irrational moment is illustrated when we become overtly bothered by the fact that someone is incapable of parking without either striking our pride and joy with an appropriately flung-open door or flat-out plowing into it altogether in a frantic attempt to get from the parking lot into the mall in time to make the last 10 minutes of the sale at Macy's. Things like extensive aesthetic damage are of no significance when there are credit cards to max out and useless **** to be bought!
We're nuts man......It's just a car......It's just a tool.....
#2
05-10-2006, 08:49 PM
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RE: door dings...
Door Dings sounds like an item from teh KaleCoAuto catalog... I wonder how much they'd charge for a set of left AND right, front & back door dings?
#8
05-11-2006, 02:07 PM
RE: door dings...
well I read it and totally disagree ( its not just a car or a tool ) it has to be looked after for road safety reasons I mean is it ok to drive around with a broken head light/windshield/defective tyre, just because some dork took out your tail light in a parking lot doesnt mean you should leave it like that,
looking after your car give you a sense of pride and letting it go down the toilet shows the untidy mind at work and its a loss of money when you try to resell
We're not nuts man......It's not just a car......It is tool..... its also a pride
looking after your car give you a sense of pride and letting it go down the toilet shows the untidy mind at work and its a loss of money when you try to resell
We're not nuts man......It's not just a car......It is tool..... its also a pride
#9
05-11-2006, 02:38 PM
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RE: door dings...
Well, for ME, She's a part of my family. Every car I've had, that *I* paid for (so, since May 1984, or, before many of you were born) has been a part of my family. Much as some of you see your pets as fam, so do I see my car as such. Silveeya, too. Unlike my REAL family members, I know I can count on her to take care of me, as long as I take care of her...
Of course, we cud never have kids...
Of course, we cud never have kids...
#10
05-11-2006, 02:39 PM
RE: door dings...
I think you took my repspinse the wrong way... my lady friend believes in everything on that list. I try to convince her otherwise that it is a sense of pride and shows how much you care about something. Go to a job interveiw and they see you pull up in a perfectly clean car (the fact that its an audi probably helps). Its just a reflection of how you take care of yourself.