Top 10 signs you are obsessed with detailing

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I loved watching David Letterman and Johnny Carson as a kid. I enjoy(ed) Jay Leno too, but enjoy his car show/channels the most.

So in honor of David Letterman's Top 10 list, lets hear your, Top 10 signs you are obsessed with detailing.

Here is my list:


#10 When you turn on your computer, iPhone, iPad, the first thing you check isn't your email or the news. It's Autogeek Online or Autopia.

#9 You walk through a parking lot and your 3 and 5 year old point out how dirty and swirled out all the cars are.

#8. You expect everyone to just know what D156, M205, M105 and 3401 stand for with no additional information given.

#7. You have stopped a complete stranger in a public setting and given them unsolicited detailing advice.

#6. Your friends and family make fun of how obsessed you are with keeping your car clean. Instead of getting upset or angered, it makes you happy they notice and your time and effort has not gone to waste.

#5. Youtube has become a place where you watch others polish, detail, and wash cars, not only to learn new techniques, but it actually brings you some form of inner peace.

#4. You have spent 8-12 hrs detailing a car in one day, and get excited because you still have more work left on the same car tomorrow.

#3. You've researched everything there is to know about microfiber, and South Korea has now become the "Mecca of MF".

#2. Names like Mike Phillips, Jason Rose, Todd Helm, Larry Kosilla, Renny Doyle, Kevin Brown, Joe Fernandez, and Todd Cooperider have all become superstars in your world.

And the #1 sign you are obsessed with detailing:

All your friends and family are constantly asking "how much to detail my car?", you quote them a price, but in the back of you mind your thinking. "You fool! If you just left the car in my driveway with the keys, I'd detail it for free"
 
LOL. I’m getting there. Everyone already says I’m obsessed but not every one of your 10 points is true for me. So I guess it’s not out of control yet :)
 
You're 1 of the first 10 people logged onto AGO once it came back online just now. Lol.
 
LEDetailing said:
I loved watching David Letterman and Johnny Carson as a kid. I enjoy(ed) Jay Leno too, but enjoy his car show/channels the most.

So in honor of David Letterman's Top 10 list, lets hear your, Top 10 signs you are obsessed with detailing.

Here is my list:


#10 When you turn on your computer, iPhone, iPad, the first thing you check isn't your email or the news. It's Autogeek Online or Autopia.

#9 You walk through a parking lot and your 3 and 5 year old point out how dirty and swirled out all the cars are.

#8. You expect everyone to just know what D156, M205, M105 and 3401 stand for with no additional information given.

#7. You have stopped a complete stranger in a public setting and given them unsolicited detailing advice.

#6. Your friends and family make fun of how obsessed you are with keeping your car clean. Instead of getting upset or angered, it makes you happy they notice and your time and effort has not gone to waste.

#5. Youtube has become a place where you watch others polish, detail, and wash cars, not only to learn new techniques, but it actually brings you some form of inner peace.

#4. You have spent 8-12 hrs detailing a car in one day, and get excited because you still have more work left on the same car tomorrow.

#3. You've researched everything there is to know about microfiber, and South Korea has now become the "Mecca of MF".

#2. Names like Mike Phillips, Jason Rose, Todd Helm, Larry Kosilla, Renny Doyle, Kevin Brown, Joe Fernandez, and Todd Cooperider have all become superstars in your world.

And the #1 sign you are obsessed with detailing:

All your friends and family are constantly asking "how much to detail my car?", you quote them a price, but in the back of you mind your thinking. "You fool! If you just left the car in my driveway with the keys, I'd detail it for free"
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Only numbers 10, 7, 5 are true for me. I guess I am not at the "guru" level yet. :)
 
Waiting at a stop light and looking for swirls all over the car ahead of you...
 
Going to an auto show diminishes the joy due to seeing the swirled paint.
 
Great list. An alternative one is: You use terms like "lubricity" or "sheeting action" in every day conversation.
 
richy said:
Going to an auto show diminishes the joy due to seeing the swirled paint.
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Yes!!! Or watching an auto auction on TV and being able to spot the swirled out paint on all the vehicles going across the stage.
 
Awesome thread & list!! I love your #4. I would humbly add the following:

1. Your wife is now able to rank a car's paint condition from perfect/show car to clear coat failure, and she does so while walking through a parking lot.

2. Your wife knows the difference between a paint coating, sealant and wax.

3. You go through withdrawal anytime the weather prevents you from detailing (e.g. rain, cold winter temps etc.) You get in a bad mood, you get cranky (LOL)

4. Your wife now knows the proper way to wash your microfiber towels.

5. Watching your wife pull her freshly detailed car out of the garage into the rain (or snow) sends you into a state of depression.

ScottH
 
LMAO!!! So true! Well done and I salute you for your PERFECT statement!
 
You walk through your local Target, Home Depot, Wal-Mart or department store and check out the auto parts section just to see what they might have and then walk away shaking your head realizing that Meg's Ultimate is the closest thing to pro-grade detailing products they stock.

While walking through a parking lot you see yellowed headlight lenses and say to your wife or whoever is around, "I can fix that."
 
Route246 said:
You walk through your local Target, Home Depot, Wal-Mart or department store and check out the auto parts section just to see what they might have and then walk away shaking your head realizing that Meg's Ultimate is the closest thing to pro-grade detailing products they stock.

While walking through a parking lot you see yellowed headlight lenses and say to your wife or whoever is around, "I can fix that."
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Agree!!!

I tend to always check on the auto parts section knowing turtle wax is the only product i will see, and yet i still check it out.
 
Route246 said:
You walk through your local Target, Home Depot, Wal-Mart or department store and check out the auto parts section just to see what they might have and then walk away shaking your head realizing that Meg's Ultimate is the closest thing to pro-grade detailing products they stock.

While walking through a parking lot you see yellowed headlight lenses and say to your wife or whoever is around, "I can fix that."
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LMAO! I did that this morning at Walmart! OMG! You be OCD Man!.....PS: Me too! As for the headlight thing, I haven't seen that here in my parking lot....YET! LOL
 
.....When looking at your room full of Waxes brings inner joy even knowing you can only use one of the 100+ jars at a time!

...... skipping social events because you have to go shake all of your polishes/liquid products up so they don’t separate.
 
Dr Oldz said:
.....When looking at your room full of Waxes brings inner joy even knowing you can only use one of the 100+ jars at a time!

...... skipping social events because you have to go shake all of your polishes/liquid products up so they don’t separate.
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Do you use the side to side shaking or the up and down shaking? :)
 
Route246 said:
You walk through your local Target, Home Depot, Wal-Mart or department store and check out the auto parts section just to see what they might have and then walk away shaking your head realizing that Meg's Ultimate is the closest thing to pro-grade detailing products they stock.

While walking through a parking lot you see yellowed headlight lenses and say to your wife or whoever is around, "I can fix that."
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Always disappointed when I go to look, but still hope that there is some chance that Walmart/Target will start carrying some real detailing products.
 
richy said:
Going to an auto show diminishes the joy due to seeing the swirled paint.
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Swirled paint, dirty wheels, tires, wells, smeared/hazy interior glass, and dust in all the nooks and crannies. Then all of the sudden you find a guy/gal with a perfect paint job and a beautifully detailed vehicle and it reminds you why you love car shows:)
 
ScottH said:
Awesome thread & list!! I love your #4. I would humbly add the following:

1. Your wife is now able to rank a car's paint condition from perfect/show car to clear coat failure, and she does so while walking through a parking lot.

2. Your wife knows the difference between a paint coating, sealant and wax.

3. You go through withdrawal anytime the weather prevents you from detailing (e.g. rain, cold winter temps etc.) You get in a bad mood, you get cranky (LOL)

4. Your wife now knows the proper way to wash your microfiber towels.

5. Watching your wife pull her freshly detailed car out of the garage into the rain (or snow) sends you into a state of depression.

ScottH
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No one touches my MF towels:)

Your wife is a keeper. My wife just likes that our cars are clean. My 3 year old always wants to detail my Weathertech mats. And he makes them look perfect and dries them too. Doesn't hurt that they are scrubbed by either him or me 2-3 times a month so the never get too dirty.
 
RippyD said:
Great list. An alternative one is: You use terms like "lubricity" or "sheeting action" in every day conversation.
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And you run your fingers together in your wash bucket to test the lubricity of you your wash soap:)
 
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