car wash trashed my '91 nsx...

[queenlives]

yesterday was my "weekly drive day" (ya, ya, i know - get out and drive the damn thing) so after taking it for a few laps around the local freeways and up a twisty road, i decided to have it hand-washed at the hand-care car wash i'd been to a few times, then put it in the garage with the cover over it.

i pull in to the wash, carefully review "hal's wash rules" with the guy, pay my $'s and head out to the front/waiting area.

about 10 mins later, out rolls my car - but the entire R/F area is smashed to sh*t and running all the way down the right side are horrible scratches, dents, wheel-well banged up... man, i was ap-o-phucking-plectic... my car is (was) nearly museum quality and these guys have destroyed it.

unreal.

as i'm running up to the car, i'm standing there looking at it... tears starting to form in my eyes (thinking about how the 2 previous owners have taken such good care of it and what a pinhead i was for TAKING IT TO A CARWASH), when i notice that the interior is tan.

tan seats? wtf? mine are black. (ok, catching breath) this may not be my problem after all.

so i walk into the bay, look towards the back of the line and... there's my ride, waiting for its turn in the soap. (a black f360 directly behind it).

ah, there is an nsx god and s/he was just having a little fun with me. (phew)

 

[GOTTSPD]

soooooooo.........

did these guys screw up someone else's nsx or was it like that when it came into the car wash????????

 

[KODIAC]

had me worried.....

god loves to mess with ya every now and then...

i'd feel bad for the NSX tho...

 

[jimmycinla]

Thats pretty damn funny.

:biggrin:

-j-

 

[martin]

Hi

You scared me. My heart rate went ballistic reading that. :smile:

I know how you feel about your NSX.

Regards

 

[Spinner]

You take your car to a car wash??!! Maybe God was giving you a warning.

 

[queenlives]

sorry i didn't mention... the car had pretty clearly been in an accident. despite the damage, the driver (a 30ish woman) made sure the attendants wiped **all** of the water spots off the car - nothing like nsx pride

and, yes... after i dried my eyes and adjusted my shorts, i found myself chuckling about it for several hours afterward... the situation caught me completely by surprise and i was imagining myself on a twisted version of (oldies tv here) candid camera.

ah, life.

 

[queenlives]

You take your car to a car wash??!! Maybe God was giving you a warning.

yes, and don't think i was sayin' my "please dear god" speech... you know, the one you've used when you thought:

* your girlfriend was pregnant
* your wife was pregnant
* both your wife and girlfriend were pregnant
* the cop knew for sure you'd had more than, er, 1 drink
* etc...

 

[Spinner]

yes, and don't think i was sayin' my "please dear god" speech... you know, the one you've used when you thought:

* your girlfriend was pregnant
* your wife was pregnant
* both your wife and girlfriend were pregnant
* the cop knew for sure you'd had more than, er, 1 drink
* etc...

ROFL!! Finished with the: "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you god, I promise I'll never ........"

 

[fannsx]

Hope you learned your lesson. :smile:

 

[steveny]

HAHAHAHA. A roller coaster of emotions. reminds me of the "wife is cheating" thread. :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

 

[queenlives]

HAHAHAHA. A roller coaster of emotions. reminds me of the "wife is cheating" thread. :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

yes, a real roller coaster....

 

[4AU4LIFE]

as i'm running up to the car, i'm standing there looking at it... tears starting to form in my eyes (thinking about how the 2 previous owners have taken such good care of it and what a pinhead i was for TAKING IT TO A CARWASH), when i notice that the interior is tan.

That has to be one of the funniest things I have read on Prime in a looooong time. :biggrin: LMAO

 

[squid2004]

so wait... even after that HUGE SCARE you still let them pull your car through the wash?!?!?!

I would have taken that second chance to get the hell out of there :biggrin:



I'll never let anyone else wash my NSX and I don't even let anyone but a good friend or two drive it. I want to get my windows tinted but I'm too afraid to leave the car with them for several hours and at Acura for oil changes, etc, I watch them pull it into and out of their huge, well lit shop :tongue:

 

[khappucino]

great story!! =)

i think the opposite version would be
"so i pulled my black 91 NSX into a no touch car wash, walked in got some donuts, walked back out, and my black 91 magically turns into a black 05 with HRE's and a GJ turbo kit!!!!!!!!! lol

 

[4AU4LIFE]

so wait... even after that HUGE SCARE you still let them pull your car through the wash?!?!?!

I would have taken that second chance to get the hell out of there :biggrin:



I'll never let anyone else wash my NSX and I don't even let anyone but a good friend or two drive it. I want to get my windows tinted but I'm too afraid to leave the car with them for several hours and at Acura for oil changes, etc, I watch them pull it into and out of their huge, well lit shop :tongue:

I agree with the car wash question. I don't think I would've let that happen either. Even though some other high end cars were there. I don't trust anybody washing any of my cars.
I only let people I REALLY trust drive mine. Doesn't bother me to leave it somewhere to get work done on it though. I feel that if it is at a shop getting something done, then they better have insurance to cover any mishap if it were to happen.

 

[NsXMas]

Wow, funny story!!!

That's why I won't convert my car to look like orbusrex or redshift's NSX.

I also always drive my NSX through at the car wash place. No one at the car wash place is allowed to drive my NSX.

 

[ChopsJazz]

Oh man Hal, you really had me going. I just spoke with Nick a couple days ago about his (your) car and what pristine shape it is (was?) in.

I was just going over in my mind how to tell him what happened, and how to keep him from kicking your a$$!!!

Be good.