"...score the upholstery, and get one small dent. Then crumbs aren't that big a deal. It is just a car."

You are a HERETIC in this venue. Be careful or they'll pull out the burning stakes. I always look forward to the first scratch, it gets me off the wash and wax detail every other day or so.

 

In the best of times, in the worst of times, in sickness and health, in wealth or in poverty, until death do you part.

Remember those words?

You probably didn't say them, or perhaps you didn't mean them.
Marriage is sacred, your car is a car for crying out loud.

Get a grip pal and live life as God intended you to.

 

Teehee, this thread makes me giggle. I'm fastidious about how I keep my car (even the POS Cavalier I drive right while waiting for my MC), but I drink Coke so much that I've wondered if it would be easier to just tap directly into my veins, and I remember the first time I had one of those uber-sized drive-thru cups in my teeny cup holder and I turned a sharp corner and WEEEEEE the cup went flying and I had a lake of Coke in my passenger side footwell. I wanted to cry, but at least that took some of the pressure off.

My husband didn't allow food/drink in his new (to him) Yukon, but I got him over that in a big hurry, like maybe a week.

Anyway, my point is, it *is* just a car, but I think many of us feel the same way...it's just not practical for every day life. Maybe if it's not your "main car" you could get away with no eating/drinking rules...but I can't imagine driving my commute each day and not being able to have Starbucks, or a Coke, or a snack on the long drive to Tahoe or Vegas or LA...

 

I don't eat in my Mini and expect people to follow suit. It gives me a small pleasure getting into my spotless car. Explain to your wife how her eating in your car gives you the heebie-geebies...but explain nicely and I'm sure she'll respond in kind...if not, tell her to take a taxi.

 

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Originally Posted by DaveTinNY
You may want to hold off on the kiddie plans - at least for a little while, lol.


Exactly what I thought after reading the original post.

 

Er, so if you're so concerned about crumbs in the car, why do you let anyone eat in there?

If you don't communicate the things you're thinking, she's never going to know about them, you know.

 

I would just talk to her about it. I probably would have freaked out, I can't believe you felt like you were freaking out but didn't communicate that to her?!

I've been married for only 2 years but share everything with my wife. Even if I didn't tell her "exactly" how I felt, she would get the hint when I spent 2 hours detailing the interior after getting home.

 

Lets see pics!

 

Seat cover

 

Yeah, as long as they don't drop the crumbs everywhere.

My wife has to have everything but the kitchen sink with her before she can go anywhere.

 

Maybe you are a true prophet, but from where I'm sitting, God's intentions for my life or anyone else's are unknowable.

 

Well, one thing is clear, the physical life is a finite one.

 

I feel sorry for you guys...10th wedding anniversary this year for us...and my sweet wife knows exactly where to put one finger on the belt trim to shut the door without leaving a finger print

 

The 911 that I owned in 1978 was my last "HOLY CAR" people are more important than cars.....I think I would have a talk with her and let her know how you feel ask her please.....it is hard to have sex with someone who is mad at you......at least that is what they always told/tell me...never found it a problem myself

 

"it is hard to have sex with someone who is mad at you......at least that is what they always told/tell me...never found it a problem myself"

Classic, now that's what I call a "Man's man", I love it.

 

Man, I wished that worked for me! If I don't drink my coffee down a bit, even when there's some froth up there, it still sloshes out!

I think it took me about three weeks with the first MINI before I threw my hands up and said "it's a dang daily driver, it's going to get dirty" and stopped worrying about dirt, crumbs, spills, etc...

The car still gets washed somewhat regularly, waxed too. But it does get dirty quite a bit.

I'll be getting the car washed before I head down to Monterey next weekend (if for no other reason than to try and get the dang tar splatters off the hood!) but I won't be on the hunt for a washing location once I arrive down there...

 

Ah, I'm right there with you. Even my travel mug isn't good enough. I can't fill it more than half-way full, or I have to take corners like a granny if I don't want to spill coffee all over the console and my right leg. And since taking corners like a granny isn't an option for me, I've opted for just making all my coffee, bringing it with me in a thermos, and putting it in my mug once I get to work.

Or, if you get your coffee at Dunkin' Donuts (I MISS that place out here on the west coast!) they have a little tab that you can close back up after you take a sip. Now that's engineering!

 

When vacuuming the other day.... I found a french fry between the driver's seat & the console.
OH THE HORROR

Soooo... after much deep thought & ponderation...
I vacuumed it up & it went away

 

because everything she owns, well once it's in the MDX, it doesnt come back out. The amound of crap in there means there's less interior room than in my Mini. And the MDX seats 7.

Matt

ps, another hint. If the little slot is to the rear of the car, then you will get more splashes. Most of jerky motions are when you start from a dead stop. Play around to find the best angle.....

 

Dude ...

Its a car. A hunk of metal that's going to end up in the junkyard or Mexico.

On the other hand, your wife is most probably the most important thing in your life.

If you really want to keep your car clean, go buy some of those plastic slipcovers people used to put over their sofas in the 1950s so when anyone sat on them, the real fabric would stay clean I never could understand the point of those things like ... when do you ever get to enjoy the real fabric? Then get some clear bra and do the entire outside of the car. That way, you never ever have to worry about the paint being dirty.

If little things like this bother, you will die of stress at a very young age ... move on, its ain't nothing in the big scheme of life. Live life and enjoy it!

(IMHO).

 

Oh man, this is really funny!

I would have said something... "Be careful", "Hey, watch the crumbs!", "Are you going to clean that up when we get home?" Or as one of my friends likes to say, "Oink, oink!" She probably didn't even realize or know that this bothered you. You have to speak up otherwise all of these little things will fester and you will get divorced!

I keep my cars pretty clean inside but I've had things happen. Once a good month after bringing home sushi take out I found a piece under the seat! Don't ask me how it jumped out of the container. That was pretty gross. Another time a soda was left in the car and the cup melted. I've also accidently punched my straw through the bottom of a styro cup and pink lemonade soaked my car seats and floor and myself before I could think to throw the cup outside.

If crumbs bother you then I dunno about kids, they are messy little things. You could always tell where my friends little boy had been sitting in their leased vehicle because of the booger marks all over the leather seats. Or my other friend whose boy on a road trip completely rainbirded the inside of his truck!


All of this should be kept in perspective though, your MINI can be cleaned. Unless you've had something seriously decomposing in your car you can clean it up.

 

When the vaccum doesn't work, I've found that a dandy little tape lint remover roller works great (or even masking tape). Tear the sheets off and fold them to get in the tight spots. Actually, I think the lint remover works better than a vaccum.

 

Thanks I will remember that tip next time I eat in the Mini.

& there will be a next time
& a next time & a next time......

 

lol funny story...

Next time, just have your coffee and food outside the car with her, and let ehre know that you don't eat in the car, so she should do the same...

 

We've been married 26 and she too knows that little strip of trim to use. She, however, uses her car (my old Exped) as a McD's straw paper wrapper reclamation center. At least she does know which is which and how to behave in each.

But I also agree with some of the other posters. It's a car, a complex assemblage of metal, plastic, rubber, glass and other things no one really knows about. In those 26 years I've had 5 vehicles I always clean endlessly trying to keep them nice and clean. I like driving a shiny, clean, vehicle. But it's a car, and I paid usually good money for, and I'll do whatever I want to in there including SMOKING, eating, SMOKING, drinking coffee, SMOKING, etc. Okay, I don't smoke in it THAT much, just sometimes. I'm just careful and I clean up afterwards quickly. Fact is, when I see the next one I want, the current one will go to the dark side, probably a child. I never trade them in because they always are high mileage and perfect for someone else in the family.