ONCE AGAIN.. I don't care if it was onlt $50 to buy the freakin' car.. its still a car, and people with the mentality like the one posted above is a good portion of why we have "beaters" and nobody parks next to them, etc.
TAKE CARE OF ANY car.. who cares what it "is" or how old..
My car is pushing 7.. does that mean I am not a "true car guy"?
I wax my car once a week, regardless.. rain or shine.
wash it at least three times a week, and EVERY DAY I use detailers spray, and go over the entire car.. (including ALL door edges (open the door, and look at the painted locations on the inside edge).. EVERYWHERE there is paint, I wax... and detail once a day.
I don't get some peoples philosophy of "it's only money" or "its old, who cares..."
HOW do you think your beater GOT to be crappy looking? by not taking care of it when it was NEW...
Ray