Who said I was in high school?

 

i thought you said you lived with your mom and dad?

 

My older brother lives with my mom. And he's 53.

 

Your MCS only goes out on dry, clear days, do you really need one

Mark

 

Yeah. I'm surprised he hasn't done the front and rear windshield wiper delete mod yet.

 

one of my uncles is single and lived with his mom until she moved
to a nice senior's community condo....so i suppose i can't laugh.
or can i?


well, no, but i just wanted to have it. is that clear as mud?

you think i live in LA or something? it does rain here in Chicago
sometimes and i need it. like last weekend i motored my G in the
rain and i was glad i had the wipers replaced recently. ok, so
i knew it was raining outside and was purposefully going to drive in the
rain...but..

 

I do. I'm 22 and just graduated college, so I'm taking advantage of free rent and food for a while until I have enough money for a house.

 

ahh, you thank your parents well for that opportunity.

i had that option, but when i was 22 after graduating college
i moved out to LA to try it out on my own. my older bro moved
to japan to make it on his own.

ive never asked for one penny from my parents since i moved
out. everything i own is by me, everything we own is by me
and wife. that makes it more funner.

 

Definitely. They'd rather see me stay there anyways since rent money is generally just wasted money. I do pay them rent, but I also owe them a bit for college and all that stuff. :P

Other than that I'm financially independent, so it works out. Having a good job helps.

 

sounds good.

i paid a lot of rent money when i moved out but it was MY PLACE
and so i liked it a lot. never really thought of it as wasted
money since it was the only way i could afford a place of my own
without anyone's help... just part of life. nothin' like coming home
to your own place regardless of whether you own it or not.

wife and i are on the last 1/2 of mortgage now. 7more yrs
and my hobby cars will turn into much expensive cars.
just kidding, im only going to buy something affordable like now
and save up for retirement. that's the reality for middle-class
me.

 

now going back to topic, if it wasn't for the headlight tint wat
xmas present shall i get my MCS? KONI yellows?

 

Ha, good one!

Anyways, yeah, it'd be nice to have my own place, but I'd much rather put up with a year or two of living at home and then have my own house, than 4-5 years of living in an apartment before having a house of my own. To each his own, though.

 

RMW header

 

yep, to each his own. my kids will be kicked out of the house
after college.

LOL!!!

 

i need to slick the MCS's wheels tonight.

anyone know when DLS ends?

 

Nov 2

 

ahh, thanks, blimey.


got done wiping down the BBS on my MCS.... was quite dirtified...
hope i get a few more motoring days this week.

 

oy, this am while moving my FitS off the driveway to pull-out my
MCS, the windshield was frosted. winter's (hibernation) is
coming pretty soon.

motoring the MCS was fun as usual though. hope i get
more weeks to motor.

 

No frost for me today, but rain :(

I think I managed to secure one of our garage spots from now on. Yay!

 

yah, rain suks. it's dry and sunny, thankfully. hope it stays this way
for the rest of the week.

i think i may need to pull-out my washmitt on a stick tool this weekend.

 

yum?

 

Hi everyone, more detailing newbie questions:

Do you need to do anything when you resume your detailing? say if you wash one day, wax one side but not the other? Or don't Wheel Armour your wheels until you find time next week? You don't actually have to rewash, right? Do you use a QD, and what is the proper method of QD'ing? (take off dust and gritty scratchy stuff first? how?)

What do you do with your MR detailing pads and cloths? It seems kind of bad to run a wash for 1 or 2 WW, 4 or 5 skinnies, 1 monster, 1 platinum. that's a lot of water & energy used to wash a handful of towels. Hand washing any better? or re-use all towels for one or more washes? Are you supposed to machine wash the lambswool mitt?

Thanks everyone! Hope these newb questions bring back fond memories for you experts!
Anna

 

Hi Newbie!

As long as the car doesn't get DIRTY between detailing sessions - no worries. Using a duster or light QD to remove dust, then resume.

Same for wheels... though they can get dirty a lot faster than the rest of the car and may require a re-wash if they've been driven.

I have enough microfiber towels of all the various types that I accumulate them over a few weeks of washings and quick detailings and window cleanings, etc. Then when I have a bucket full, I machine wash them - makes a pretty decent small load. I do NOT machine wash my mitt - I just rinse it with the hose and hang it on my floor jack handle to dry.

 

Ken.... hmmmm.... not so sure personally.... I like the Sky a lot more... though I'm really optimistic for the revival of the Triumph brand.

 

+1.
on a side note, i need to wash my DP Platinum MF in white vinegar pretty
soon..it's getting kinda stiff lately and not very fluffy. the newer ones
i have a nice an fluff but the older ones ive been using are feeling kinda
brittle almost.


really? hummm... im not a vert kinda guy so didnt know wat to think,
but yah, a revival of the triumph would be kinda cool.