Your Most Ridiculous OCD Move

OldGuy · 03-05-2010, 11:27 AM

After bringing my perfectly clean Z home from taking delivery at the dealer, I hand washed and waxed her. Alright, that's on the edge but still defensible. But then I bought an order of those heavy paper floormats dealers sometimes put in your car when they take it in for service. Since getting them, my never-touched-by-a-driver's-shoe, beautiful big red Z Autosport floor mats haven't seen the light of day---and probably never will. Is that sick or what!

370Zapper · 03-05-2010, 11:35 AM

Doesn't the crinkling sound of the paper annoy you?

I don't like when my floor mats are dirty, but I don't think I'll ever take these precations. I'll just vacuum and make sure I don't have dirt or dog **** on my shoes when I get in the Z.

Soygen · 03-05-2010, 11:52 AM

I would rather just have to replace the mats in a year to keep them new looking, instead of driving around with paper covering them up. If I were that concerned with them getting wear and tear.

rcm2525 · 03-05-2010, 11:59 AM

That's kind of like having clear plastic seat covers...

kenchan · 03-05-2010, 12:02 PM

oldguy- we ocd'ers do not take our cars to the dealer... so you need to step it up a couple of notches.

havent driven my z for straight 3 months. waiting for rain to wash the salt off first.

kevindangit · 03-05-2010, 12:19 PM

asians love to put the clear plastic/rubber floor mats on top of the oem floor mats. trust me... i'm asian.

tettes · 03-05-2010, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by OldGuy

After bringing my perfectly clean Z home from taking delivery at the dealer, I hand washed and waxed her. Alright, that's on the edge but still defensible. But then I bought an order of those heavy paper floormats dealers sometimes put in your car when they take it in for service. Since getting them, my never-touched-by-a-driver's-shoe, beautiful big red Z Autosport floor mats haven't seen the light of day---and probably never will. Is that sick or what!

That's pretty funny, man. I left the paper floor mats on the passenger side for about a week...until my girlfriend got pissed about it and I decided she was right...haha.

kenchan · 03-05-2010, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kevindangit

asians love to put the clear plastic/rubber floor mats on top of the oem floor mats. trust me... i'm asian.

you must be the one that got rejected as an asian.

cruzmisl · 03-05-2010, 12:53 PM

Real asians have stuffed animals on their dash, hanging from their a pillar, and sitting on the rear deck.

Trust me... I'm asian.

mcwoowoo · 03-05-2010, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevindangit

asians love to put the clear plastic/rubber floor mats on top of the oem floor mats. trust me... i'm asian.

lol agree, i'm Chinese, i always see my friends buy new cars and then the first thing you see them buy for the car is rubber floor to cover up the original floor mat. hahaha..never understand why...

j.arnaldo · 03-05-2010, 12:55 PM

...there's always new mats at Pep Boys, Auto Zone, etc....

wheee! · 03-05-2010, 01:13 PM

I still have the blue protective plastic film on the dead man's pedal.... the dealer left it on and I haven't brought myself to take it off yet....

kannibul · 03-05-2010, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

oldguy- we ocd'ers do not take our cars to the dealer... so you need to step it up a couple of notches.

havent driven my z for straight 3 months. waiting for rain to wash the salt off first.

I'm on month 5....though I did drive my Z twice this past month...

Roads were dry and clear...but still some areas still had salt/sand remnants, just where I chose to drive it did not!

We're supposed to get hammered Monday, which means...

1) the bike comes out of hiding and gets ridden to work and band practices
2) the Z will be coming out for it's first bath of the year!

Slynky · 03-05-2010, 01:21 PM

I believe in using the things I buy, so I don't go to that extreme. Like, the people who buy a couch and immediately cover it in plastic so it protects the material and keeps the couch from becoming ugly. Of course, the plastic MAKING it ugly !

I do, however, have a small detail station in my garage with a wall-mounted vaccuum with about 15 feet of hose on it that I can just flip on and hit the carpet/mats with easily.

Liquid_G · 03-05-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Slynky

I believe in using the things I buy, so I don't go to that extreme. Like, the people who buy a couch and immediately cover it in plastic so it protects the material and keeps the couch from becoming ugly. Of course, the plastic MAKING it ugly !

I do, however, have a small detail station in my garage with a wall-mounted vaccuum with about 15 feet of hose on it that I can just flip on and hit the carpet/mats with easily.

sorry to thread hijack but pics of the detail station?

03-05-2010, 11:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
OldGuy Base Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Greensburg PA Posts: 899 Drives: '09370Z Red Base A7 Rep Power: 16	Your Most Ridiculous OCD Move After bringing my perfectly clean Z home from taking delivery at the dealer, I hand washed and waxed her. Alright, that's on the edge but still defensible. But then I bought an order of those heavy paper floormats dealers sometimes put in your car when they take it in for service. Since getting them, my never-touched-by-a-driver's-shoe, beautiful big red Z Autosport floor mats haven't seen the light of day---and probably never will. Is that sick or what!

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03-05-2010, 11:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
370Zapper Base Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 116 Drives: PG auto/sport 370Z Rep Power: 15	Doesn't the crinkling sound of the paper annoy you? I don't like when my floor mats are dirty, but I don't think I'll ever take these precations. I'll just vacuum and make sure I don't have dirt or dog **** on my shoes when I get in the Z.

03-05-2010, 11:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
Soygen Base Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 163 Drives: 2017 BMW M2 6MT Rep Power: 15	I would rather just have to replace the mats in a year to keep them new looking, instead of driving around with paper covering them up. If I were that concerned with them getting wear and tear.

03-05-2010, 12:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	oldguy- we ocd'ers do not take our cars to the dealer... so you need to step it up a couple of notches. havent driven my z for straight 3 months. waiting for rain to wash the salt off first.

03-05-2010, 12:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
kevindangit Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 17 Drives: Nothing. Rep Power: 16	asians love to put the clear plastic/rubber floor mats on top of the oem floor mats. trust me... i'm asian.

03-05-2010, 12:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
cruzmisl Base Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 122 Drives: 08 G37S 6MT Rep Power: 15	Real asians have stuffed animals on their dash, hanging from their a pillar, and sitting on the rear deck. Trust me... I'm asian.

03-05-2010, 12:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
j.arnaldo Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 937 Drives: Nissan 350Z, 2004 Rep Power: 0	...there's always new mats at Pep Boys, Auto Zone, etc....