A man, a buffer and a car . . . a pictorial of the results of 5 hours of

[ET Awful]

labor on a sunny weekend :).

Having nothing better to do this weekend, I decided to wash, polish and wax the vehicle . . . wow this thing is shiny :)

[Darth_Kitten]

1. that's pretty shiny.........

I would have no patience to do something like that. :) How long did it take you?

[ET Awful]

2. Complete job was about 5 hours. That included washing, drying

buffing/polishing (to get rid of small scratches) and waxing (to make it SHINE) :).

That also included frequent breaks to BS with my buddy.

[BikeWriter]

3. Hey, what the hell? You need to include hazard warnings about that...

That bitch is SHINY!

[ContraBass Black]

4. I guess that means you won't be driving it onto the beach

And then hosing out the interior, as the manufacturer intended.

[ET Awful]

6. Contrary to popular belief, the interior was NEVER designed to be hosed

out. There's insufficient drainage and lots of electrical type stuff under that floor.

BUT, it can be mopped out with a very wet mop with no problems at all :).

[ContraBass Black]

8. Well with all of the ads and magazine articles saying it could be,

Somebody must have tried it and gotten a nasty surprise.

[ET Awful]

10. I never saw an ad saying that, only articles by ill-informed magazines

A few people did get nasty surprises. :).

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Wow! I actually can see my face reflecting even in the pics

when looking at them! :thumbsup: Very very shiny.

[Madrone]

7. You can do my orange E next!!

I keep looking for someplace around this tiny town that will give it a good buff. I have some faint little scratches in my driver's side door.

I also discovered yesterday that someone busted out one of my rear tail lights. :cry: cry:

Bastards. Wonder how much *that* will cost to replace.

Anyway - I'm jealous of your shiny car. :)

[ET Awful]

9. I just noticed 5 minutes ago that after all that work, somebody dinged

my rear drivers side door.

GRRRRRRRR

Fortunately, it didn't scratch the paint at all, which means paintless dent repair type folks can remove it easily.

I wanted an orange E, but nobody had one when I was buying :(.

You can order the tail light and do the works yourself (quick and easy job) from http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&catcgry1=Element&catcgry2=2005&catcgry3=5DR+EX+4WD+SIDE+SRS&catcgry4=KA4AT&catcgry5=TAILLIGHT-LICENSE+LIGHT

Cost is about $120 for the tail light.

[Madrone]

13. Thanks!

I was gonna scour the web for a good price - thanks for the site. $120 seems like soooo much for a piece of plastic. Jesus. Ah well - it has to be done - but it's going to have to wait a few weeks.

Sorry about your dent! I was griping yesterday about how all the old beater cars I've had over the years and nothing like this ever happening - but then I get a new car and Murphy's Law takes effect.

[XNASA]

11. You missed a spot. nt

[ContraBass Black]

12. Actually, I have a black and an orange E.

Sort of.

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/pacquah/matchbox/honda.htm

[radwriter0555]

14. That ALMOST gets me aroused. I had a shiny black car that I LOVINGLY waxed

and polished routinely to get that kinda shine.

It made me giddy.

Mine was a lovely little miata. I miss her very much.