Detailed my car at lunchtime. What do you think.

Diesel said:
He's already stated in this very thread that it is probably the slowest car on the forum. I'd say 'sod all' is a far more accurate description than 'bucketloads', considering being driven is probably the most routine thing a car should be expected to do.

The point still stands that in no way is the Pop '90% ability and 10% visual'.
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You seem to be mistaking 'ability' for 'performance'.

*n
 
benneh said:
it's about a certain feeling you get from driving an old car :)
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So how is that feeling any different to a guy who spends his time making the car look immaculate and getting the feeling when he’s behind the wheel?

"Yeah this is fantastic I love it" - a person who cleans there car may be a little overenthusiastic about his car, but it’s his life and he can do with it as he wants, not as if he’s knocking one off about it.
 
Lets just say with the engine I built it's a pretty wild ride. I'd need to have a damn quick crazy handling modern motor to deliver the same driving experience and I'd have to be going a lot faster to do the same things I do in this :)
 
[TW]Fox;10354327 said:
Do you guys not understand that its just some peoples hobbies? You constantly rip the **** as if you think it makes you superior.

Now, I don't sit outside all day with an orbital polisher checking paint thickness readings on my car becuase I'm far too inept and would probably break something but that doesn't mean it's hilariously funny to constantly deride those that do.

Everyone has different hobbies. For some of you guys, it's posting on the internet about how you dont care about cars, for them, its spending all day with a rotary polisher. For people who dont care you sure do post about it a lot :)
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Fox, I appreciate your stand, but you need to leave it.

This is no different from the Rover HGF and torqueless Honda quips that go round, just ignore it and get on with something else.

Its disguised trollery at its poorest form and it starts with one person trying to get a reaction out of another due to a differing opinion, because his life is deeply unfulfilling. Then of course, all his bumchums jump on the bandwagon because devising an opinion for themselves is all too difficult in 2007.

Seem familiar? Its because it really is no different from picking on the kid in the playground because he is different, then of course everyone joins in.

By taking the bait, you are giving them the attention they require, the attention they never received off mummy and daddy and the attention they still do not get in life from anyone else because they suck at it.

It seems that being able to accept an opinion that is different from your own died long ago, as it requires a certain intelligence that is sadly dwindling in current society.

So leave them to it Fox.

Have a splendid day chaps ;):)
 
Gaijin said:
Seem familiar? Its because it really is no different from picking on the kid in the playground because he is different, then of course everyone joins in.
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That's true. Disasgreeing with detailing is exactly the same as playground bullying
 
Where does this notion that people spend this amount of time on their car on a weekly basis come from? If thats what you are basing your opinion that they are sad on then really, you ought to get a bit of a clue first. Nobody details their car weekly. Infact if you use all the proper kit and do it weekly after a year your car will have no paint on it.

Most people do it what, 3 times a year tops? Which really does make those of you who say 'detailing is well sad, I just polish mine once a week for an hour' look really rather stupid becuase last time I checked 52 x 1 hour = 52 hours of polishing whereas 3x 8 hours is somewhat less.

I don't properly detail my car, as said above, becuase I dont have the skill, the equipment and frankly, I can't be bothered - instead I'll spend the day/afternoon giving it a proper hand-detail or whatever you want to call it 3 times a year to protect my paintwork and then just wash it twice a week.

But that doesn't mean I cannot respect the effort and the results from the people who do it properly.

A question for all of you who think this hobby is sad. What is it about detailing which makes it more sad than:

a) Taking photos of stuff
b) Model railways
c) Arguing on the internet about cars
d) Plane spotting
e) Warhammer
f) Spending entire evenings playing computer games
g) Spending a fortune on computer parts, building machines out of them, then tweakin them
h) Spending all night in the garage fiddling with an engine
i) Spending your money changing one set of wheels for another


etc etc.

Why are people who appreciate an immaculatly presented car sad, yet people who appreciate a high performance car or a well modified car or whatever hip and cool?
 
Gaijin said:
excellent post
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fox knows this all too well

motors gets very like that. Somebody decides its fun to do something and everybody piles in.

why else was there a need to make the thread about Fox's M sport bages so long ? everybody joining in to have a pop regardless of their own oppinion about the bages, it was fox so everybody joined in to have a pop.
 
Just to add further fuel to the fire, although I don't detail myself if I bought a nice shiney car but it was black, I would not hesitate buy to pay somebody to professionally detail it for me.
 
[DW]Muffin;10355521 said:
Disagreeing with..what?

The process? or the result?
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Oh, I don't know, whatever it is they disagree with.

Personally I couldn't give a damn if that's what people want to do.

For myself I disagree with calling what is essentially a heavy duty valet "detailing" but that's just the use of the word.

If people want to spend time polishing their car, then it's up to them and as I said earlier, I'll probably get my car done properly when I pick it up.

I wont call it "detailed" though :D:p
 
volospian said:
That's true. Disasgreeing with detailing is exactly the same as playground bullying
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I used the word picking, you used bullying, not me.

Picking at someone because they are different.
Picking at someone because their opinions are different.

Not so far apart are they?

No need to get bent out of shape mate, wouldn't want someone to think you have a guilty conscience now would we? :p;)
 
[TW]Fox;10355565 said:
Just to add further fuel to the fire, although I don't detail myself if I bought a nice shiney car but it was black, I would not hesitate buy to pay somebody to professionally detail it for me.
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I'll hesitate, but I'll probably get it done. There's nothing nicer than buying a "new" car and having it all properly sparkly shiney :)
 
Gaijin said:
I used the word picking, you used bullying, not me.

Picking at someone because they are different.
Picking at someone because their opinions are different.

Not so far apart are they?

No need to get bent out of shape mate, wouldn't want someone to think you have a guilty conscience now would we? :p;)
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*shrugs* Your post stated "picking on"

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/pick on

— pick on : to single out for criticism, teasing, or bullying <picked on smaller boys>; also : to single out for a particular purpose or for special attention
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I think you'll find it is an accepted definition.
 
volospian said:
I'll hesitate, but I'll probably get it done. There's nothing nicer than buying a "new" car and having it all properly sparkly shiney :)
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Exactly :) I'm having so much difficulty comprehending why some people cannot understand why others like expensive things (Cars are not cheap!) to be in pristine condition.

Especially when the people in question have such aquired tastes themselves.

The word detailing is an American fad. Nothing more. It's just easier to go with the flow and use that term because it as become accepted convention.
 
[TW]Fox;10355511 said:
<snip>...and then just wash it twice a week.

A car does not need to be washed twice a week, unless you happen drive through fields regularly..

A question for all of you who think this hobby is sad. What is it about detailing which makes it more sad than:

a) Taking photos of stuff - Taking photos gets you out of the house, and away form the drive. Photography can take you to Egypt, India and so on, and put you in situations that you would not normally find yourself in, with people that you would otherwise never meet. 'Detailing' your car puts you on the drive with wrinkly hands for a day.

b) Model railways - Equally sad.
c) Arguing on the internet about cars - Again equally sad.
d) Plane spotting - Equally sad, though at least you get to see something happen.
e) Warhammer - *shudders*.
f) Spending entire evenings playing computer games - Again, sad.
g) Spending a fortune on computer parts, building machines out of them, then tweakin them - It's not 'my thing', but I can see how someone might get more out of this than cleaning a car for a day. Because it will offer a performance increase, unlike say.. Washing a car.
h) Spending all night in the garage fiddling with an engine - Again, this can offer an increase in performance/reliability/usability/ability/fun.
i) Spending your money changing one set of wheels for another - This is cosmetic too of course. Some people might argue that a lighter wheel might improve handling etc, but ultimately, you swap the wheels and drive away, they don't need to be washed with 4 brushes and 5 types of shampoo to do the job that they do.


etc etc.

Why are people who appreciate an immaculatly presented car sad, yet people who appreciate a high performance car or a well modified car or whatever hip and cool?

No-one's suggested that people who are into modified cars are 'cool'. It just may be that the particular people you're referring to aren't so sad at to spend a day staring at themselves in the bonnet of a car.
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No offense intended to anyone who'd into detailing. At the end of the day it's just an opinion.
 
So what fantastic hobbies do you enjoy, benneh?

If I was as closed minded as yourself I might liken detailing to agonising over a multitude of different shutter effects on your camera. How sad is that!

I don't actually think photography is sad at all, but you see my point.
 
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