Something is wrong - do I need help?
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,978
Likes: 1,854
From: North/Central NJ - a.k.a. Gotti in the CFNE section
St. Jude Donor '05
Something is wrong - do I need help?
Ok, I have had my vette for over a month now and am a clean freak with it. I have had a supra, 350z, audi s4, and I never really cared if they were "omg that needs to be really really clean"
However with the vette i am a fanatic!
Heres where i ask if i need help.. forecast calls for rain today and tomorrow, yet I washed my vette today.. in the rain!!!!!
Why i did it, I don't know.. it rained a little yesterday and so i felt washing it would be the right thing, even if it is raining now, since i drove it yesterday a cleaning would be needed, and its just going to sit now..
Ok so im sure someone is like hes crazy but here is where i really think i need help...
I washed the car around 5:00pm and I just got back inside from WASHING it again at like 11:15!!! My GF and family think I am nuts and that something is wrong with me.. but I dont know why either. I just keep cleaning it..
and to make matters worst - Im sitting here on autogeek buying and buying and buying.. stuff i think ill never use i am buying. Along with gears that I am getting soon
.. I am goin to run out of money at this rate, but hey I guess Ill have a clean, fast car? 
And i just love the people on this forum.. i sometimes sit here for hours and think its been 20 minutes!
However with the vette i am a fanatic!
Heres where i ask if i need help.. forecast calls for rain today and tomorrow, yet I washed my vette today.. in the rain!!!!!
Why i did it, I don't know.. it rained a little yesterday and so i felt washing it would be the right thing, even if it is raining now, since i drove it yesterday a cleaning would be needed, and its just going to sit now..
Ok so im sure someone is like hes crazy but here is where i really think i need help...
I washed the car around 5:00pm and I just got back inside from WASHING it again at like 11:15!!! My GF and family think I am nuts and that something is wrong with me.. but I dont know why either. I just keep cleaning it..
and to make matters worst - Im sitting here on autogeek buying and buying and buying.. stuff i think ill never use i am buying. Along with gears that I am getting soon
.. I am goin to run out of money at this rate, but hey I guess Ill have a clean, fast car? And i just love the people on this forum.. i sometimes sit here for hours and think its been 20 minutes!
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,978
Likes: 1,854
From: North/Central NJ - a.k.a. Gotti in the CFNE section
St. Jude Donor '05
thats partly the problem.. my garage door broke recently so I have been forced to leave it outside.. luckily i live in a very safe quiet town.. so the fear of something happening to it is LOW.. but yeah thats the problem.. im washing it in the rain and within hours apart!
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 2,209
Likes: 12
From: Montgomery Alabama
Cruise-In VII Veteran
St. Jude Donor '06
We have had ours for 3 weeks and have washed it about 6 times. It is natural, to have those kind of feelings for a car like the Corvette. It is a very emotional vehicle. I smile when I drive my Q45 in the driveway, and see the Vette waiting to be taken for a spin.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,208
Likes: 2
From: Rochester MN
CI 5-6-7-8 Veteran
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
NCM Ambassador
Originally Posted by Z0Sick6
Yeah is something really wrong.. cause im waashing the car in the rain, two times no less in the same day
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,820
Likes: 2
From: San Diego
I've always wanted to wash a car in a pouring rainstorm. Never have. I thought it would be great to let the rain water rinse off the suds.
There ya' go! I don't think you're crazy at all!
..rickko..
There ya' go! I don't think you're crazy at all!
..rickko..
Yes you do need help 
Heel & Toe
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
From: Seattle WA
Hell, I KNOW I need help...
Maybe you could use a water-proof car cover while you're keeping it outside?
I've been keeping mine under a cover even in the garage. Gets dusty otherwise (likely from my furnace).
Maybe you could use a water-proof car cover while you're keeping it outside?
I've been keeping mine under a cover even in the garage. Gets dusty otherwise (likely from my furnace).
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,263
Likes: 0
From: Bealeton Virginia
Originally Posted by Z0Sick6
Ok, I have had my vette for over a month now and am a clean freak with it. I have had a supra, 350z, audi s4, and I never really cared if they were "omg that needs to be really really clean"
However with the vette i am a fanatic!
Heres where i ask if i need help.. forecast calls for rain today and tomorrow, yet I washed my vette today.. in the rain!!!!!
Why i did it, I don't know.. it rained a little yesterday and so i felt washing it would be the right thing, even if it is raining now, since i drove it yesterday a cleaning would be needed, and its just going to sit now..
Ok so im sure someone is like hes crazy but here is where i really think i need help...
I washed the car around 5:00pm and I just got back inside from WASHING it again at like 11:15!!! My GF and family think I am nuts and that something is wrong with me.. but I dont know why either. I just keep cleaning it..
and to make matters worst - Im sitting here on autogeek buying and buying and buying.. stuff i think ill never use i am buying. Along with gears that I am getting soon.. I am goin to run out of money at this rate, but hey I guess Ill have a clean, fast car?
And i just love the people on this forum.. i sometimes sit here for hours and think its been 20 minutes!
However with the vette i am a fanatic!
Heres where i ask if i need help.. forecast calls for rain today and tomorrow, yet I washed my vette today.. in the rain!!!!!
Why i did it, I don't know.. it rained a little yesterday and so i felt washing it would be the right thing, even if it is raining now, since i drove it yesterday a cleaning would be needed, and its just going to sit now..
Ok so im sure someone is like hes crazy but here is where i really think i need help...
I washed the car around 5:00pm and I just got back inside from WASHING it again at like 11:15!!! My GF and family think I am nuts and that something is wrong with me.. but I dont know why either. I just keep cleaning it..
and to make matters worst - Im sitting here on autogeek buying and buying and buying.. stuff i think ill never use i am buying. Along with gears that I am getting soon
.. I am goin to run out of money at this rate, but hey I guess Ill have a clean, fast car? And i just love the people on this forum.. i sometimes sit here for hours and think its been 20 minutes!
Couldn't care less what people think. When anyone looks at my vette, it's "WOW" & "Holy Cow" & "Is it new?", etc. How do they think it stays so clean all the time? When I'm cleaning it, I'm in another world.
, but heck, aren't we all!
Corvette ***** OG
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 4,776
Likes: 21
From: Charlotte NC
St. Jude Donor '05
CI VI Veteran
Originally Posted by Z0Sick6
thats partly the problem.. my garage door broke recently so I have been forced to leave it outside.. luckily i live in a very safe quiet town.. so the fear of something happening to it is LOW.. but yeah thats the problem.. im washing it in the rain and within hours apart!
Errrr, I got an idea. Why not, I dunno, say, fix the garage door first?
Priorities, priorities, priorities...
Mark
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 10,789
Likes: 894
From: Northern Illinois
Oldtimer
I haven't washed mine in several years, but I doubt that there are too many people out there who are more **** about there Vette than me. Just ask some of my friends. When you only drive it about 1,500 miles a year, it doesn't get dirty.
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,415
Likes: 24,798
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
Can't say I've washed the car in the rain, but I am a little obsessive when it comes to keeping it clean. Nothing wrong with that.
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,454
Likes: 1
From: The Surgeon General has warned that it's ok to smoke mustangs!
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Originally Posted by Z0Sick6
Ok, I have had my vette for over a month now and am a clean freak with it. I have had a supra, 350z, audi s4, and I never really cared if they were "omg that needs to be really really clean"
However with the vette i am a fanatic!
Heres where i ask if i need help.. forecast calls for rain today and tomorrow, yet I washed my vette today.. in the rain!!!!!
Why i did it, I don't know.. it rained a little yesterday and so i felt washing it would be the right thing, even if it is raining now, since i drove it yesterday a cleaning would be needed, and its just going to sit now..
Ok so im sure someone is like hes crazy but here is where i really think i need help...
I washed the car around 5:00pm and I just got back inside from WASHING it again at like 11:15!!! My GF and family think I am nuts and that something is wrong with me.. but I dont know why either. I just keep cleaning it..
and to make matters worst - Im sitting here on autogeek buying and buying and buying.. stuff i think ill never use i am buying. Along with gears that I am getting soon.. I am goin to run out of money at this rate, but hey I guess Ill have a clean, fast car?
And i just love the people on this forum.. i sometimes sit here for hours and think its been 20 minutes!
However with the vette i am a fanatic!
Heres where i ask if i need help.. forecast calls for rain today and tomorrow, yet I washed my vette today.. in the rain!!!!!
Why i did it, I don't know.. it rained a little yesterday and so i felt washing it would be the right thing, even if it is raining now, since i drove it yesterday a cleaning would be needed, and its just going to sit now..
Ok so im sure someone is like hes crazy but here is where i really think i need help...
I washed the car around 5:00pm and I just got back inside from WASHING it again at like 11:15!!! My GF and family think I am nuts and that something is wrong with me.. but I dont know why either. I just keep cleaning it..
and to make matters worst - Im sitting here on autogeek buying and buying and buying.. stuff i think ill never use i am buying. Along with gears that I am getting soon
.. I am goin to run out of money at this rate, but hey I guess Ill have a clean, fast car? And i just love the people on this forum.. i sometimes sit here for hours and think its been 20 minutes!
Lepus-temperamentalus
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 5,827
Likes: 5
From: Roswell Ga
Originally Posted by IdriveC5
We have had ours for 3 weeks and have washed it about 6 times. It is natural, to have those kind of feelings for a car like the Corvette. It is a very emotional vehicle. I smile when I drive my Q45 in the driveway, and see the Vette waiting to be taken for a spin.
That poor, neglected baby.
