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#216791 - 11/17/11 02:40 AM Dedicated or Crazy?
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I'm quite sure my wife was laughing hard at me when I left for work tonight. It has been storming all day down here, and the combo of rain and swirling winds had pasted a coating of leaves all over Bonnie from her grille to her rear spoiler. I'm not exaggerating when I say the hood, roof and trunk looked so brown the car appeared to be tu-tone.

So, in the chilly dark of the driveway, in the steady falling rain, I broke out the water hose and jet-blasted the leaves off the car before I drove to work on the 12-8 shift. I feel pretty confident if lighting conditions had been better she probably would have snapped pictures, but she was settling in to read for the night.

Dedicated, silly,or just plain crazy? Only the observer knows for sure, but all I know is that the pesky leaves that deposit ugly brown stains on auto paint are off for at least another 24 hours. By the way, the only reason my convertible didnt get the same treatment was that the hose wont reach all the way to the fence where she is parked, but I'll take care of that when I get back home!
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#216792 - 11/17/11 09:10 AM Re: Dedicated or Crazy? [Re: ThunderBat]
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that is definitely some true dedication!
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#216798 - 11/17/11 06:15 PM Re: Dedicated or Crazy? [Re: ThunderBat]
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Sounds like a dedicated car guy to me, I'm the same way with my Park Avenue. Waxed it with Collinite 845 last month, because I hate seeing oak leaf patterns acid etched into the clear coat.
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#216867 - 11/25/11 08:32 AM Re: Dedicated or Crazy? [Re: ThunderBat]
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Sounds like pre maintenance to skip future headaches!
I wish I didn't loose my dedication.
It's slowly coming back.
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#216975 - 12/22/11 12:48 PM Re: Dedicated or Crazy? [Re: ThunderBat]
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dedicated like me. The last car I sold, a guy down the street bought for his daughter going off to college. He never test drove it or anything. His reasoning was, I've seen you washing the salt and snow off when it is 34 degrees for the last 5 years, I know the car is well taken care of."
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