Post #126902 by WillTiki on Mon, Nov 22, 2004 3:02 PM

I have neighbors who seem to need their vehicles to be clean 24 / 7 and they do it to the point of prematurely wearing the paint and interior. I think it is their hobby other than mindless TV watching. Even in the winter, if the temperature climbs above freezing, they are out washing cars. I have seen the matriarch (there is no dad, go figure) outside in the dark with a shop light to see to vacuum and clean the interior. The best part is, her vehicle is garage kept. A few years ago, we had water restrictions that prohibited car washing and the use of soaker hoses for watering (open spray watering was ok, the logic escapes me since it is less efficient) They would actually sneak out in the middle of the night to wash cars! I had to chuckle though since the huge wet runoff hid my use of soaker hoses on my vegetable garden (hey, I do not give a rat's ass if my lawn is brown, but I do not want the man to mess with my ability to grow my own food).