Blogography Logo
spacer

  Home  

Possessed

Posted on Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Dave!My neighbor seems to spend most of his free time detailing his car. Every time I see him he's washing it... waxing it... buffing it... touching it up... polishing it... or otherwise taking care of it. And it's not like it's a vintage Corvette or anything. It's just a Ford Explorer. But he takes real pride in making sure it's kept in the best shape possible. Even if he doesn't drive it very much.

And then there's my car.

I would just as soon set the piece of shit on fire than wash it.

In fact, I have no idea when the last time I washed it even was. It's been years, I'm sure. The only time it ever gets clean is when it rains. Or it snows and the snow melts. All other times it's dusty and dirty and looks like it's been abandoned. Which it pretty much has.

Oh sure... I think about driving through the car wash every once in a while. Usually after just having seen my neighbor working on his rig. But the thought is fleeting and I've forgotten all about it the minute I turn out of the driveway. What's the point, after all? It's just going to get dirty again.

When it comes down to it, I don't care about my car. I never have. So long as it gets me from place to place, I don't care what it looks like or how it runs or what people think about it. If I believed that material possessions defined me in any way, this would be a major point of embarrassment. But, well, ya know... attachment leads to suffering and all that.

   

And then I saw a review of the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet cross my feed reader today...

2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet
Gorgeous photo by Porsche, taken from Motor Trend

Dream car.

Some possessions possess you. I know this one would certainly possess me.

Which is why I'm glad I don't have $108,950 burning a hole in my pocket. There are so many more things I'd rather do with my time than to rub my Porsche with a diaper every waking hour of every day that I wasn't driving it.

Unless, you know, somebody wanted to give me one.

I can buy my own diaper.

Tags: , ,
Categories: DaveLife 2012Click To It: Permalink
   

Comments

  1. Sybil Law says:

    Sometimes I feel like the only person on Earth who doesn’t like convertibles.
    You can have the Porsche – I’ll take a Fisker Karma.

  2. Invader_Stu says:

    Thank god I’m not really a car person or I’d be in trouble

  3. Kailyn says:

    I would think that you would have Elizabeth Hurley wiping down the Porsche daily with a diaper…

  4. If you can afford a $108,000 car, you can also afford to pay someone else to wash & detail it, just like the folks who could afford those multi million dollar mansions on the water in Sarasota & Siesta Key could afford to hire me to clean them. 🙂

  5. Etienne says:

    No car is worth 1/10 of a million dollars…just sayin’

  6. Jim says:

    So what your neighbor is doing is regular public masturbation, right? “Look at how magnificent my… car is. Look how I make it shine. Look how I stroke it.”

    Poor guy needs to get laid more often.

  7. kapgar says:

    You sound like Squints describing Wendy in The Sandlot… ” washing it… waxing it… buffing it… touching it up… polishing it… “

  8. martymankins says:

    I was going to comment on how cool it would be to have that Porsche, but then your diaper comment threw me off.

  9. Karen says:

    When asked if she wanted to go outside and see my uncle’s fancy new car, my grandma replied “I don’t care; I’d ride a jackass if it’d keep my hair dry.”

    I hope to reach that level of dismissal of material acquisition some day.

Add a Comment

Blankatar!

   
I love comments! However, all comments are moderated, and won't appear until approved. Are you an abusive troll with nothing to contribute? Don't bother. Selling something? Don't bother. Spam linking? Don't bother.
PLEASE NOTE: My comment-spam protection requires JavaScript... if you have it turned off or are using a mobile device without JavaScript, commenting won't work. Sorry.




   


   


   
   
   
Your personal information is optional. Email addresses are never shown, and are only used by me if a public reply would be too personal or inappropriate here. The URL link to your web site or blog will be provided, so only fill this in if you want people to visit!



   

  Home  

spacer
Welcome:
Blogography is a place to learn and grow by exposing yourself to the mind of David Simmer II, a brilliant commentator on world events and popular culture (or so he claims).
Dave FAQ:
Frequently Asked Questions
Dave Contact:
dave@blogography.com
Blogography Webfeeds:
Atom Entries Feed
Comments Feed
translate me
flags of the world!
lost & found
Search Blogography:
thrice fiction
Thrice Fiction Magazine - March, 2011 - THE END
I'm co-founder of Thrice Fiction magazine. Come check us out!
hard rock moment
Visit DaveCafe for my Hard Rock Cafe travel journal!
travel picto-gram
Visit my travel map to see where I have been in this world!
badgemania
Blogography Badge
Atom Syndicate Badge
Comments Syndicate Badge
Apple Safari Badge
Pirate's Booty Badge
Macintosh Badge
license
All content copyright ©2003-2022
by David Simmer II
   
Creative Commons License
This weblog is licensed under
a Creative Commons License.
ssl security