stop the madness

**builthatch** · 10-04-2010, 08:02 PM

does anyone here obsess with their personal vehicle to the point of annoying yourself?

for instance...my mazda...i worry about every last defect. the car literally has no rids. as soon as i see one i attack it. in fact, it got to the point where i've only driven the car 1800 miles over the past year because i'll only take it out in superior weather, as if it's a ferrari. and then i immediately wash it and put it away...

i had my hood repainted during some add'l work that was being done because i rolled my fenders to fit something and it was perfect....well, i finally got a chip and i'm obsessing over it because i can see it so blatantly. i park it in my garage, which has a ton of high powered 4100k overheads...the same place i detail stuff, and it's killing me to see this thing.

where does the madness stop? how do i control this? anyone else suffer from the same thing? i tend to me anal, generally, but it's never interfered with my life. i use it for good things - my career path requires me to be very careful and detail-oriented, i have hobbies that require such detail, ie model building, but all of that doesn't stress me out...my car does. i'm not sobbing over it or anything, but i'll keep thinking about it and figuring out ways to make it closer to perfect. if i don't stop i know i'll end up trying different chip repairs until i sand through the clear, lol.

**chief** · 10-04-2010, 08:27 PM

Enjoy your car. What's the point of detailing it and up keeping it if you are not going to enjoy it?

My car is a daily driver and parked outside all day and night. I take pleasure in maintaining it, but at the same time I realize that it is not going to last forever. You can't beat mother nature and all we can do is offer the car the best protection we can.

Unless you plan on keeping your car for the next 50-60 years and then selling it at high profit as original antique, I wouldn't sweat it too much.

**builthatch** · 10-04-2010, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by chief

Enjoy your car. What's the point of detailing it and up keeping it if you are not going to enjoy it?

My car is a daily driver and parked outside all day and night. I take pleasure in maintaining it, but at the same time I realize that it is not going to last forever. You can't beat mother nature and all we can do is offer the car the best protection we can.

Unless you plan on keeping your car for the next 50-60 years and then selling it at high profit as original antique, I wouldn't sweat it too much.

that all sounds so sensible but in some twisted way i get enjoyment out of keeping it so nice...but get equally as upset when things happen. maybe i'm slightly sick, haha...

**Dubbin1** · 10-04-2010, 10:01 PM

I don't drive myself crazy but I sure do drive my wife crazy. She gets made every time I take her car when its raining

**builthatch** · 10-04-2010, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Dubbin1

I don't drive myself crazy but I sure do drive my wife crazy. She gets made every time I take her car when its raining

my wife gets somewhat bitter when i ask to take her car for road trips. she ends up taking our old montero to work (which is uber safe, just silly), my car sits in the garage, and her car gets the miles ; )