@mycya4me You have a rich fantasy life to keep imagining cats doing work!
Mine is asleep next to me on the couch right now, after a long hard day of sleeping on the bed.
(That car is really cute though.)
@tkocka Everything for me is usually tool-brand battery-powered things. On that topic there is a smaller Milwaukee M12 blower that is perfect for this. It’s smaller but packs a punch in a small area.
Then vacuums that use one of the tool systems so I don’t have to drag out an extension cord.
But honestly only do this once or twice a year. I’m thinking detailers are a better way to go. I had a good couple that did it but after Covid they retired to their house, and still will do stuff but I’d have to arrange to drive there and drop off a vehicle for a day. Meaning I need a ride back. Meaning I haven’t done it.
I don’t “use the ON that’s there”, I use the ONE that is there. No outside plugs at the apartment building I live in which means battery operated or nothing. Most battery handhelds don’t have enough power/suction to pick up pebbles, don’t last long enough, etc. to make it worth the money for a once or twice a year vacuum (that being said I do sweep stuff out more often than that).
@Kidsandliz@phendrick Another car story: Decided to vacuum out the Fiat before donating it. Driveway full of cars so Fiat parked on the street. Drag vacuum out to the car. Drag my Kenwood power station (that I bought on Meh) out to the car. Plug everything in. Turn vacuum on. Silence. Vacuum needs 12A. Power station provides 5A. Dirty car donated.
@ItalianScallion@phendrick No thank you for all 3. What I really need is a powerful hand held battery operated vac to clean out my car - not this one based on the problems discussed in the reviews.
What are these things you call garages? - a long-time city apartment dweller
This is why you buy a van. They are an extension of the garage and/or basement you don’t have (or if you prefer, an extension to your purse or backpack).
@jitc@Kidsandliz@metaphore I guess I had the ultimate mobile garage back in the '90s: a VW Vanagon Camper. I could sleep it in, hang out in it, store food and cook in it. All it lacked was a shower and a toilet, and because it was essentially a minivan, it was my everyday car. Too bad it became such a maintenance headache that I parted with it.
@ItalianScallion@jitc@Kidsandliz@metaphore
We had a Honda van as a loaner that had a built-in vacuum cleaner, which seemed pretty robust. It wasn’t cordless, but it did have a long enough cord to easily reach the front floorboards.
@ItalianScallion@jitc@Kidsandliz@metaphore Yeah those needed maintenance and nobody really cared much about them back then (like old Fiats).
They are gold now. Was 90’s the water-cooled rear engine or the front engine? I heard the “Eurovan” front-engine version had bad reviews.
Have my eye on the new Mercedes-based RVs, some with AWD, but with good setup can cost you $200K. My neighbor has one. So jealous.
@jitc@Kidsandliz@metaphore@pmarin The last few years of Vanagons had a four-cylinder water-cooled rear-mounted engine, but since the design was adapted from the air-cooled engine, rather than designed from scratch to be water-cooled, they had several problems. I had a 1991 Vanagon, which was the last year they were sold in the US. The Eurovan had a five-cylinder front-mounted water-cooled engine and was sold is the US from 1992 to 2003.
A Mercedes RV sounds great, but maintenance-wise if it’s anything like my ex-'s Mercedes car, parts and labor would be quite expensive and more frequent that you’d like.
I plan to bombard a quantum black hole with a stream of electrons to enclose it in a strong negative-charge field, and then manipulate it on a path through the vehicle which will cause it to ingest all of the debris but not the car itself. This development project is currently stalled.
I suck at vacuuming the car.
@yakkoTDI vacuums suck
/showme cats vacuuming the car.
@mycya4me You have a rich fantasy life to keep imagining cats doing work!
Mine is asleep next to me on the couch right now, after a long hard day of sleeping on the bed.
(That car is really cute though.)
@mycya4me Those are some majestic cats. Lots of cat hair to vacuum up.
@Fuzzalini @mycya4me
I need some cats to come and vacuum my car.
@Fuzzalini @mycya4me @Star2236 They might lick it, but they’re more likely to leave it all hairy.
@Kyeh @mycya4me @Star2236 Typical AI, the cats are vacuuming the outside of the car.
@Kyeh @mycya4me cats can work fine as seat warmers
Just don’t expect them to finish any time soon
@Fuzzalini @Star2236 I wish mine would do that too, instead of Sleeping, Playing with toys, demanding to be rubbed/ Scratched!
@Fuzzalini @Kyeh @Star2236 So very true, Especially the inside!
Get my car repaired at the dealer, who washes and vacuums at no charge.
@hchavers No charge? Oh you’re getting charged.
The shop-vac lives in the garage so it’s already right there anytime I need to vacuum out the car.
@metaphore This.
@macromeh @metaphore
/giphy this is the way
First approach to drive 80 mph with all the windows open.
Think i lost a cat that way.
@phendrick
/showme cats in a car hanging on at 80 mph.
@mediocrebot Who said “convertible”? Car has weird arrangement of dash, drivers, passengers, …
@phendrick So it was a two-fer! Nice.
@macromeh @phendrick
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f) Don’t.
I clear out the items laying on the seat or floor. Then I get out the leaf blower. I put it on high and blast that sucker clean!
@tkocka Oh yes, I also open all the doors! Even gets rid of the dog fur!
@tkocka Everything for me is usually tool-brand battery-powered things. On that topic there is a smaller Milwaukee M12 blower that is perfect for this. It’s smaller but packs a punch in a small area.
Then vacuums that use one of the tool systems so I don’t have to drag out an extension cord.
But honestly only do this once or twice a year. I’m thinking detailers are a better way to go. I had a good couple that did it but after Covid they retired to their house, and still will do stuff but I’d have to arrange to drive there and drop off a vehicle for a day. Meaning I need a ride back. Meaning I haven’t done it.
I don’t “use the ON that’s there”, I use the ONE that is there. No outside plugs at the apartment building I live in which means battery operated or nothing. Most battery handhelds don’t have enough power/suction to pick up pebbles, don’t last long enough, etc. to make it worth the money for a once or twice a year vacuum (that being said I do sweep stuff out more often than that).
@Kidsandliz Didn’t figure yo to be the firs on to complain.
@Kidsandliz @phendrick Another car story: Decided to vacuum out the Fiat before donating it. Driveway full of cars so Fiat parked on the street. Drag vacuum out to the car. Drag my Kenwood power station (that I bought on Meh) out to the car. Plug everything in. Turn vacuum on. Silence. Vacuum needs 12A. Power station provides 5A. Dirty car donated.
@ItalianScallion @phendrick I know. I thought it would be one of the grammar police on here… AND look how long I had to be first! What do I win?
@ItalianScallion @Kidsandliz So that vacuum in a way sucks (power) even more than you had realized.
@ItalianScallion @Kidsandliz An old copy of Strunks?
@Kidsandliz @phendrick Or the AP Style Book, or the Chicago Manual of Style?
@ItalianScallion @phendrick No thank you for all 3. What I really need is a powerful hand held battery operated vac to clean out my car - not this one based on the problems discussed in the reviews.
@Kidsandliz @phendrick Dyson has this cool handheld vacuum and it’s only $280!
Shop vac
The crumbs fall out when I flip the car over.
I gotta try that with my Mini Cooper convertible! Thanks for the idea, @brennyn!
@brennyn
Here you go:
https://www.eastwood.com/autobody/rotisserie/rotisseries.html
My husband installed a stationery vacuum in our garage for cleaning out the car so I use that.
@jitc @metaphore What are these things you call garages? - a long-time city apartment dweller
@ItalianScallion @jitc @metaphore
This is why you buy a van. They are an extension of the garage and/or basement you don’t have (or if you prefer, an extension to your purse or backpack).
@jitc @Kidsandliz @metaphore I guess I had the ultimate mobile garage back in the '90s: a VW Vanagon Camper. I could sleep it in, hang out in it, store food and cook in it. All it lacked was a shower and a toilet, and because it was essentially a minivan, it was my everyday car. Too bad it became such a maintenance headache that I parted with it.
@ItalianScallion @jitc @Kidsandliz @metaphore
We had a Honda van as a loaner that had a built-in vacuum cleaner, which seemed pretty robust. It wasn’t cordless, but it did have a long enough cord to easily reach the front floorboards.
@ItalianScallion @jitc @Kidsandliz @metaphore Yeah those needed maintenance and nobody really cared much about them back then (like old Fiats).
They are gold now. Was 90’s the water-cooled rear engine or the front engine? I heard the “Eurovan” front-engine version had bad reviews.
Have my eye on the new Mercedes-based RVs, some with AWD, but with good setup can cost you $200K. My neighbor has one. So jealous.
@jitc @Kidsandliz @metaphore @pmarin The last few years of Vanagons had a four-cylinder water-cooled rear-mounted engine, but since the design was adapted from the air-cooled engine, rather than designed from scratch to be water-cooled, they had several problems. I had a 1991 Vanagon, which was the last year they were sold in the US. The Eurovan had a five-cylinder front-mounted water-cooled engine and was sold is the US from 1992 to 2003.
A Mercedes RV sounds great, but maintenance-wise if it’s anything like my ex-'s Mercedes car, parts and labor would be quite expensive and more frequent that you’d like.
@ItalianScallion @jitc @Kidsandliz @metaphore @pmarin The Eurovan started with a 5 cylinder which was a bad motor. The later ones came with the VR6 which is a great motor.
@jitc @Kidsandliz @metaphore @pmarin @yakkoTDI Thanks. I forgot about the change to the six-cylinder.
My car needs to be cleaned and vacuumed so bad.
Another vote for for “shop-vac”…
I plan to bombard a quantum black hole with a stream of electrons to enclose it in a strong negative-charge field, and then manipulate it on a path through the vehicle which will cause it to ingest all of the debris but not the car itself. This development project is currently stalled.
@werehatrack I can understand that. The tariffs are making it expensive to get the parts you need from China.
@ItalianScallion @werehatrack I thought that project was still classified.
@pmarin Now that @werehatrack revealed it to us all, he declared it to be unclassified. There’s precedent for that, you know.