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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 07:37 AM
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Only with the wierd noise thing. I had the same issue this morning. Wierd noise, turn down music, nothing. Wierd noise, turn down music, nothing.... I think it was just the passenger seatbelt hitting the door. Spent a few minutes wondering how vital it was that The Missus be buckled in....

Unfortunately, cleaning my car this year has been kinda secondary. Gave her one good hand wash. Emptied the misc crap from road trips, but haven't vacuumed or anything in who knows how long..
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 11:19 AM
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yah ask my wife im fricken stupid when i get rattlesor clunks. but lately ive been not neglecting my car but paying less attention to it and more to my new dirt bike. but last night my car got alot of tlc vacuum and wash and wax and trunk cleaned and i found alot of those rattles adn destroyed them.
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 11:27 AM
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*cough*...ummm...i know nothing about this sort of behavior
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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Heck yes I am. It drives me crazy when I turn onto a higher elevation (ie driveway higher than road) and I hear plastic adjusting in the back. My car also got sideswiped well it was parked and they replaced the mirror, since its been replaced whenever you roll down the passenger window there is a whisling noise. That really drives me crazy

And recently the front of my car has been squeaking when I go over bumps. Anyone know how to fix that?
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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I don't think I am. I believe I am "perfectly normal". Others seem to think that I may have a certain perfectionism, and OCD tendencies but, I see that as their problem.
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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My car needs a vaccuming, but there is no junk, anywhere. Only some insurance stuff in the dash, and a visor on the back floorboard, and a box of detailing stuff in the trunk. My car is almost always clean on the outside. Vaccuming and engine cleaning go hand-in-hand, usually once every month. Mechanically, a squeak/rattle is tended to immediately, and on the weekends when I get bored, I check all fluids and filters. I'm not as bad with my truck, b/c it is a truck, but it'* clean for the most part.
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by singscountry1967
Boosty and I are also the same way... I rode unknown # of miles on our trip back from Orgyon reaching back to calm an annoying rattle coming from his rear passenger door handle. Diagnosed it to be the handle. Discussions followed on how to fix it... yea... you are not alone there buddy!
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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In case anyone'* wondering..I haven't read anything but the title.

OF COURSE WE ARE....that'* why we are in a forum!
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 06:19 PM
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I haven't heard any clunks or squeaks yet, but I am obsessive about checking my car in parking lots. When I come out and someone is parked too close, I walk around the whole car, rubbing anything that looks like it might be a scratch.

I used to have a jpg of mickey mouse shooting the finger with a nice little poem about parking too close. I printed it and put it on a couple of windows, but I have lost the image and ran out of copies.
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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Like I said earlier, I'm not that anal about noises in my car. (it'* a joke, get it?)
If someone that can hear tells me that there'* a noise, I'll probably ask him/her "is it bad?" and if he/she say no, I'll usually get to it later.

Vaccuming? Yeah I'm a bit slow on that part. Keeping the car'* exterior clean? Well slightly retarded on that part too... Hell if it looks clean it'* fine.
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