Would your vehicle pass my 'White Glove Test' ?

[member006]

Splinter thread off the 'males and nails' thread.

Do you think how a person cares for themselves, their home and vehicle is a reflection of who they are or only superficial?

Soap and water are cheap my grandma always said. "Even if you don't have much, with what you have show pride." My ****** came behind her with the addition " ...no pride no shame." I followed with " A persons car interior shows you that of their house."

Your car may be a lemon, but you can keep it clean. I really think peoples cars and how they keep them are a reflection them. I have never been a woman impressed by a mans 'ride' but if the interior is clean and void of trash. I am impressed as hell.

Just like you may not have the best house, furnishings or clothes. If they are clean though then you're are on top of your game. Only having a rundown older house or mobile home isn't an excuse to put cars on blocks in the yard and car parts all over the place. Having only second hand clothes no excuse for being dirty and old furniture needs dusting too. Sorry for the ramblings but this is a issue that bugs me.

So again I ask, do you think how a person cares for themselves, their home and vehicle is a reflection of who they are or only superficial?

LL

 

[AverageAllStar]

I like to keep the inside of my car clean. I don't know if it is spotless, but I don't have a bunch of clutter around.

More important to me though, is how a person and their car or house smell. Probably because in my line of work I deal with people from all walks of life. I don't care how rich or how poor a person is, nobody has an excuse to smell bad. I always got so disgusted when I worked in a grocery store and a person with a more meager lifestyle would come in and throw down 20 bucks on the lottery and smell like they just came from a pig ****.

I know the ***** of winning millions is something that we all want, but when you sacrifice hygiene for it, that is going too far. So no, I don't think you are superficial for thinking that the cleanliness of a person and their belongings is important. It is a huge sign of how much pride they take in themselves. Like they always say, cleanliness is close to godliness.

 

[tartanterrier]

Not a Chance - it's far too filthy

 

[Will E Worm]

Hmmm....I doubt it. :tongue:

You can wash it and clean it out. I'd appreciate it. :hatsoff:

 

[member006]

I have been in the construction industry for many years and the only thing I ever tossed was a cell phone. I put my trash in the trash. Not on site when I have to go there, not in my car and a few years back not in my truck.

I see men all the time with VERY expensive, beautiful trucks full of 7-11 coffee cups, Burger King wrappers, empty **** cans/bottles and cigarette packs but no visible floorboard. They keep the outside spitshined the inside a ********. Placing a grocery bag a day in there and taking it it the house with you in the evening, disposing of it in your can in the drive as you get out of your truck isn't that hard. I always felt a tug at my heart for their wives. I mean they have to be the same at home.:dunno:

If nothing else even drop it the next morning in the 7-11 trash can outside on your way in to grab that great coffee and a few donuts. Ask for a bag, then start all over again. I finally have my boss doing that routinely.

LL

 

[slowhand]

Yes I like to keep my truck clean Inside and out I keep a bag hanging on my door. So If I have anything to throw away and put it in there and I keep it Vacuum was well and take to the car wash when it gets dirty.


You never know who might want to ride in it.

 

[holdol]

:bowdown:

Cleaning exteriors is a piece of cake, interiors........well :eek: another story completely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1RvIiNymFM

 

[17tobyracing]

I put approximately 60K on my Silverado a year. It is not spotless, but I would consider it clean and free of any clutter... Now my 1978 Tran Am and 1977 MGB are emaculately clean.

 

[sputnikgirl]

It's always better if you keep your house/car clean and smelling fresh, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a reflection on you as a person. If someone's house/car is trashed, I'm not automatically going to think less of them...maybe their schedule is just too hectic to clean it at the moment. Although if it's an ongoing problem, and it's offending others, that's a different story.

I had a roommate who never cleaned her cats' litter box...the smell was disgusting. It was so bad that the cats wouldn't even use their own litter box...they'd go in our bathroom sinks. I cleaned it out multiple times, to find two inches of pure cat *** in the bottom of the box. It was a miracle I didn't ****. I finally had to tell her I was calling ****** protection to take them away unless she started cleaning it regularly.

 

[gunslingingbird]

I agree with you that it's a reflection of a person's personality. I like to have the interior of my car clean, but it doesn't always stay that way. Just like the rest of my life, I tend to procrastinate and not keep up on the detailing of my car.:o

 

[senob44]

LadyLove, I love you and all, but if you saw the inside of my car, I think You Might faint. :shy:

Well, it's actually not so bad. When I get my oil changed every 3000 mi, they clean out the front passenger floor for me. As a result, I tend to just throw all my garbage on the floor until it is time for an oil change.

 

[wigster]

I don't have a car, what does that mean???? :dunno:

 

[member006]

It's always better if you keep your house/car clean and smelling fresh, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a reflection on you as a person. If someone's house/car is trashed, I'm not automatically going to think less of them...maybe their schedule is just too hectic to clean it at the moment. Although if it's an ongoing problem, and it's offending others, that's a different story..

I see your point and love that you see mine. I wouldn't dislike/think less of someone because of it. It does however show me a lot about them as a person. As for to hectic to clean, if you don't toss it, drop it or not put it away, then there is no mess. :dunno: A fast dusting and vacuuming can be done in the time it takes for a average phone call and ongoing as you say and filth cannot be put off on anything but being lazy I think.

I had a roommate who never cleaned her cats' litter box...the smell was disgusting. It was so bad that the cats wouldn't even use their own litter box...they'd go in our bathroom sinks. I cleaned it out multiple times, to find two inches of pure cat *** in the bottom of the box. It was a miracle I didn't ****. I finally had to tell her I was calling ****** protection to take them away unless she started cleaning it regularly.

Good for you. :thumbsup: The cat and your carpet/floors would suffer from that, as well as the people breathing it. Everyone knows if you don't clean the boxes cats will find somewhere clean to go. Then the sorry owners want to fault them. :nono:

LL

 

[BNF]

I can't say that the bodies would always pass, but I am borderline obsessive about keeping my wheels free from brake dust. I have a wheel cleaning kit in every car and wash them every week, sometimes 2x a week in the summer.

Weekend cars are easy to keep clean inside and out, so those, no problem with the white glove test.

I don't think it reflects too much on the owner. Sometimes I think the totally shiny, "armour-all'd" look is for boy racers or moldy-oldie-baldies for crusing around and trying too hard.

 

[Kil4Thril]

Right now, the inside of my truck would pass the test (except for the floor mats- damn snow). You could find a ****** and a pack of smokes. That's it. The outside is so covered with that salty brine **** they put on the roads that it'll take me a week to clean it

 

[Sicario]

My car is clean but it wont pass the white glove test. Not with the salt on the floor mats from the snow. Come spring I will have it detailed inside and out. Ask me then.

 

[D-rock]

The inside of my car is clean except for perhaps some dust here and there. I don't clean the outside unless it gets salt on it from the roads. I think I have said this before but the dirt is the only thing that has been holding the cars I have driven together. :1orglaugh

 

[mongo18]

In my experience, girls are far worse for cars than guys are. The filthiest cars I've ever ridden in have all been female owned. As for my car, I have a jeep cherokee that thinks it's a work truck, the back seat is folded down and ever square inch is filled with my tools, and with me working 6 or 7 days a week the passenger seat fills up with lunchboxes, jackets, gloves and anything else I have with me, but having said that, there's no rubbish in there, to me there's a difference between messy and dirty.

 

[jk34]

In my experience, girls are far worse for cars than guys are. The filthiest cars I've ever ridden in have all been female owned. As for my car, I have a jeep cherokee that thinks it's a work truck, the back seat is folded down and ever square inch is filled with my tools, and with me working 6 or 7 days a week the passenger seat fills up with lunchboxes, jackets, gloves and anything else I have with me, but having said that, there's no rubbish in there, to me there's a difference between messy and dirty.

agree,my gf car is alot more messy than mine,but shes superclean in the house...

my car is clean,but i dont wash it just for fun,and its a waste of water.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

My pick up truck, absolutely not, my tractor at work, no freakin way, but my Harley would...of course, if you were on the back of my Harley, white gloves would be the only thing you would be wearing!