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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:14 AM
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I just wash my vette and when going 50 on the freeway (hard to go faster in LA) and the schmuck in front of me decides to clean his windshield and his washer fluid flys all over my clean car, makes me just want to run them off the road :-)
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:21 AM
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It could be worse....you could be behind an 'open-slatted back' horse trailer.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:21 AM
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This drives me nuts.

If I am going to use my washers, I wait until I am stopped.

Respect for the person behind me on the freeway as they may have spent just as much time detailing their car as I did.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:25 AM
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Eh... I've been hit by it while riding a motorcycle. Not the best feeling or tasting stuff in the world. I'd rather it get on my car than on me. Sure it sucks when you just cleaned your car but you can always wash it off again. It gives me something to do on the weekends.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 12:46 AM
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That's the first thing I use to tell tailgaters to back off.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 01:01 AM
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that really does kinda suck...
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 01:22 AM
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It is just a car and a bit of water. A hundred things can cause your car to be just as dirty
I have a friend that carries a rag when we ride and he is always wiping his bike off whenever we stop. There comes point where the line is blurred between clean and neurotic.
I think worrying about this enough to post about it is somewhat the same.
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Loosen up ...
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 01:44 AM
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Let's just say that if that upsets you, you'd better never, ever get caught out driving when it starts to rain.
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Let's just say that if that upsets you, you'd better never, ever get caught out driving when it starts to rain.
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It could be worse....you could be behind an 'open-slatted back' horse trailer.
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Originally Posted by Otherslost
I just wash my vette and when going 50 on the freeway (hard to go faster in LA) and the schmuck in front of me decides to clean his windshield and his washer fluid flys all over my clean car, makes me just want to run them off the road :-)
That was me, big boy. That's what you get for talking about my sister!!..........
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 07:59 AM
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Wow, problems,problems is there no end to this terrible world. Getting windshield fluid on our shiny clean Corvette.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Otherslost
I just wash my vette and when going 50 on the freeway (hard to go faster in LA) and the schmuck in front of me decides to clean his windshield and his washer fluid flys all over my clean car, makes me just want to run them off the road :-)
You need to drink less coffee or keep the car in the garage.
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You need to drink less coffee or keep the car in the garage.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 08:53 AM
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I hate when you are out driving and the car in front of you need serious manitenance, you can tell by the oil marks on your car from the oil that comes out their tail pipes or the coolant that comes out.

Now that stuff really irks me, oil and coolant doesnt come off really easy.
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 09:26 AM
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I hate the people that think the world is their ASH TRAY. You see them every day flicking their cig out the window like it is an apple core. In the summer about every 20 miles you will see a section of road ditch that is burned up because of one of these idiots.
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Originally Posted by Otherslost
I just wash my vette and when going 50 on the freeway (hard to go faster in LA) and the schmuck in front of me decides to clean his windshield and his washer fluid flys all over my clean car, makes me just want to run them off the road :-)
"GET OVER IT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Windshield washer fluid I can live with.
One day on the highway had a guy in front of me dump a full Jumbo cup of coca cola out his window
Ignorance
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Old Apr 10, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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Too bad inflection cannot be translated fr a post, I was kind of posting this as a joke and it's one of those "figures" moments.

@sloChicken- I am one of the most laid-back people around and it takes quite a bit to get me riled up.

@Might Train- driving in the rain is what my Silverado is for ( and to throw my fishing gear in)

@PittMD- only 1 cup a day

@ j Willis- I was not just talking about your sister, she really wanted a ride... Sorry about that...

@Crowhater- I agree, I cannot tell you how many cig butts I have cleaned out of the radiator area of my truck.
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