Originally Posted by 32krazy!
i think its more about how you were raised. my father always took pride in his car and taught me to do the same.
nowadays people dont keep cars as long as they used to, (lease cars 0 downpayment and trade off) so they care less about them. i do believe if you buy a car to keep for a long time you take better care of them. just my .02
I think you hit the nail on the head here, I am a little older than most of you (not much, at 26) but I still catch some **** for being young in my car. My car is ALWAYS clean and looking top notch because I have respect for it, the same way it has NEVER been through an automatic carwash. I think 32Krazy is correct in saying it was the way you were raised. You did not have to be raised by a 'car guy' to learn that you respect and take care of things you spend a good amount of money on. I see kids who have nice cars neglect them all the time, and this is horrible because you know they don't pay a nickel for them. It is nearly as bad when you see a guy in a 100K mercedes pull up with black caked on brake dust and he is smoking a cigar in the car - I mean damn, I just want to slap them all LOL