And I nearly cried...
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I can top that... I was using mom's car one day to deliver flowers (apparently they don't like vases and flowers floating around in the back of an F-250), and the only running vehicle left in the family was my F-250 (dad's truck broke, mom was using my brother's Jeep). Dad needed it to take my little brothers to their T-ball game. Fine I say, it is less than a mile down the road. Come home from delivering flowers, and dad along with my two younger brothers (6&7) are washing my truck. Using Dawn and a mop to hit the roof and hood. I damn near ran him over with the car. He couldn't understand why I was pissed. Mom knew why and bitched him out for it. 
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I saw a guy at the local coin-op spraying the engine degreaser on his paint and then used the foam brush. Another day I saw a guy in a C6 Vette using the foam brush on his car. I only go there to clean my well wells and to knock the dirt off before I use ONR if my truck is really dirty.
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Originally Posted by ManualF150
At least they used name brand dish soap... 
Originally Posted by Sleestak
I saw a guy at the local coin-op spraying the engine degreaser on his paint and then used the foam brush. Another day I saw a guy in a C6 Vette using the foam brush on his car. I only go there to clean my well wells and to know the dirt off before I use ONR if my truck is really dirty.
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Originally Posted by Sleestak
I saw a guy at the local coin-op spraying the engine degreaser on his paint and then used the foam brush. Another day I saw a guy in a C6 Vette using the foam brush on his car. I only go there to clean my well wells and to know the dirt off before I use ONR if my truck is really dirty.
I feel bad for the people who used it next.
Somehow, some way, it didn't affect the trade in value. So I got away with it big time. I had this scratch then went from my rear door to the back from a tree branch. I guess the dealer failed to notice it. Then again, it was 8' up on a lift and they didn't know that I also wrecked a seat with oil and one of the seatbelts were broken.
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when i was in junior high my mom used to make me wash her bright brand new red 87 toyota 2 door hatchback with palmolive dish soap. I didnt know any better and she told me to do it so I do, Any way a few years later she never understood why it started turning pink and the red was rubbing off.
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Originally Posted by luke280
And I thought when I saw my neighbor sweeping snow off his car with a ice scraper was bad!
I've done it... I'll admit I was a stupid kid at the time with my second car. Really did not care about it like I do now.
