Divorce because I betrayed her trust - PART 7

[DaB35]

Thanks CW.

For detailing I find the whole thing fascinating. There is a ridiculous amount of choice with regard to products - pre-wash, snow foam, shampoo, polish, paint decontamination, wax, sealants, glazes, tyre dressings, wheel cleaners, even air fresheners and air-con cleaner sprays etc.You don't have to do EVERYTHING - some people go waaaay OTT - but I've just bought about £200 worth of stuff in total which is genuinely a *fraction* of what others can spend and have spent on their cars (they wax frequently and wash mroe than once a week or use the most expensive leather cleaners and use top of the range pressure washers and so on - you can spend thousands). You just choose your own routines after a bit of help and advice, and choose products you like the look of (and if the price is right!).

I think I'm attracted to the list-like 'process' nature of the activity. I like lists - that's the accountant in me I guess! I've even been working on a spreadsheet of 4 different cleaning routines - fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annually - with a comprehensive list of what to do, in what order, what tools I need at each stage etc. I find the creation of the list therapeutic too. Of course I just have a normal car that I don't intend to put into car shows, but it's the principal of just maintaining it and keeping it looking nice and prolonging it. I haven't really looked after my cars before; I've never crashed them or anything but I let them get very dirty. This one I want to look after!

Yes absolutely feel I'm finding detachment. No hate at all, just love mixed with a pang of sadness. But then I just head over to Spotify or Netflix and just chill out instead...