Me: "Yeah, the Subie's been washed as many times in the three months since I've bought it as the Zed Drei probably was in any given year, and you know why?"
RX: "Why?"
Me: "Because I can run it through a Mike's car wash! The first time I took it through one, I almost went around and went back through again! They have Kung Fu Panda and Cookie Monster in the drying area... I wish they had that when I was three or four; automatic car washes used to scare the crap out of me. If they'd had big stuffed animals in the drying area..."
RX: "That would have scared the crap out of me."
Books. Bikes. Boomsticks.
“I only regret that I have but one face to palm for my country.”
ROFL you two live in a different world sometimes.
ReplyDeleteBut the spam about picking up women ... that really just freakin' topped off this post, Tam.
What can I say? "SPAMBOTS IN THE WIRE! BLOW THE CLAYMORES!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little kid, I recall going through car washes... never recalled being scared. My parents didn't act like anything was up, either. It was just part of life with a '71 Impala.
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ReplyDeleteI think the earliest car wash rides I remember were in a '70 or '71 Hornet?
I had a similar phobia as a kid going through the car wash. When that huge mop came down an enveloped the vehicle, I was convinced we were getting eaten by a giant octopus.
ReplyDeleteAround '75-76 the wife and I were newlyweds with not two spare nickels to rub together.
ReplyDeleteThe big thrill was filling the gas tank on the '74 Toyota wagon (FREE CAR WASH WITH FILL UP!), and then riding though the wash lane, coming out all squeaky clean on the other side.
Good times, good times...
One of my early part-time jobs was working at a car wash, around '68. Worked weekends. For unremembered reasons, I was a designated driver. Possibly because I could drive anything, due to my background. Had to hop in while it was moving on the chain drag system. Duties involved driving it out to the detailers/driers (towels), and cleaning the dash and inside windshield.
ReplyDeleteHad regular customers, and the worst part was cleaning the glass of the heavy yellow film from smokers. Could go through several towels in the process of cleaning one, plus dealing with the astray smell inside was annoying. Biggest problem was the amount of time it took to get them clean, due to this.
You had to launch hard, to avoid the following car tapping bumpers by the time they got the chain off. Lots of muscle cars, mostly stick. Not many complaints about my driving.
Weirdest thing was being offered a cheap sub-gun for purchase by a fellow worker. Think the price was $150. Don't think I ever saw it, but it fit inside a grocery bag. I declined, but don't recall my reason, now. Think I was saving for a car, maybe.
Nope, for a bike. Rode my first bike there, a co-workers Hodaka? Considering that I was buying '57 Chevy 2dr sedans for $75 at that time, bikes were expensive! I was planning on paying $300 for a used 350 Honda scrambler twin, IIRC.
In New Mexico and Arizona, old timers say the dust just helps protect the finish....
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