# Car washing OCD **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417 "2011-05-10T17:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417/21 "2011-05-11T23:36:33Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > If he’s got an old-fashioned push mower he needs to mow it at least that often. ??? What in the world for? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417/22 "2011-05-12T00:45:55Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I have a neighbor who mows his lawn at least 3 times a week. Even in wet weather no lawn needs to be mowed that often. > > I can’t decide if it is OCD, or just a way he finds to relax. I hate mowing my lawn but in the middle of summer, there’s about a month where I have to mow mine about 3 times week. If I push it much farther then that, it’s too hard to mow and then I have to rake up the cut grass. Also, sometimes I’m doing it so often because it’s raining so much. So if, it’s been raining for the last two days, and I know it’s going to be raining tomorrow, I’m going to do it today. Sometimes, if the next non-raining day I get is the day after tomorrow, I might do it again then. In rainy weather, my grass grows really fast. > [@Daylate](#): > > If he’s got an old-fashioned push mower he needs to mow it at least that often. Do push mowers not cut the grass as short or as well or, wait what? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417/23 "2011-05-12T23:49:33Z")
If you don’t mow with a push mower often, the grass gets too tall and you can’t mow it at all, I would assume. And I never wash my cars. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417/24 "2011-05-13T00:14:34Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Do your tunnel washes have those under-car sprayers? I’m afraid of those things. It is one of the things that keeps me from even getting my car washed by a machine. Why would you be afraid of high pressure water blasting the undercarriage of your car? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417/25 "2011-05-13T00:42:04Z")
I once had a neighbor who washed his car at least twice a week and usually more often than that. Plus, every time he washed it, he detailed the inside and I’m talking q-tips to get into the tight places. He had a big Lincoln with leather upholstery; he used saddle soap, Armour-all and God knows what. He had tire cleaner, tire blackener, etc, etc. and he used this stuff every time he washed the car; he also polished and/or waxed it at least once a week. He was pretty anal in other ways, too. With the car though, he seemed to really enjoy doing it and would make a day of it every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-washing-ocd/581417.md?page=1)