Everyone knows someone like this. Everyone's seen a car like this. You look in the window, and you can't find the seats. Or the carpet. The car has been turned into a mobile trash bin. Burger wrappers, empty cigarette packs, empty cans, dead hookers and other detritus fills the cabin to the point you wonder how the owner manages to drive that thing around safely.
I consider my interior dirty when there's a stray drink straw wrapper in the cup holder. I don't understand how anyone can let a car go like that and just fill it with trash. Take my friend for example. He drives a 1993 Subaru (which already has one foot in the grave). Not only does he do the bare minimum to keep the car roadworthy, but the car is ALWAYS filled with trash. He never cleans it. He never washes it. And because he's a 2 pack a day chain smoker, the car reeks of stale tobacco constantly.
I had another friend with an old Sunbird whose car was so full of trash, the only usable seat was the driver's seat. The rest were filled with garbage. Yes, even the trunk was stuffed with crap.
I don't know how anyone can mistreat a car like that. And not only is this filthy, it's a safety hazard. In an accident those bottles and cans floating around the backseat will turn into projectiles, and that won't be fun for anybody.
People, please keep your cars clean. Or at least keep your junk in the trunk.
I know a person like this, and I admit that while I don't really care because it's their car, it can be maddening when I have to drive in his car - it's an 80's Mitsubishi Pajero which is usually literally filled from the bottom to top with tool boxes, tools, tarps, misc. items, and countless pieces of trash from food wrappers to discarded tool packing materials and empty plastic bottles.
ReplyDeleteIt's so bad that one usually can't open either of the rear doors or the rear hatch without at least something falling out, and getting to the passenger seat in front means shoving junk out of the way and trying to find room for your feet. And god forbid there be a crash, since the cabin is totally open to the cargo space and the tools include lots of hefty metal/steel items. At least the example gives me incentive not to allow junk to accumulate in my own van...