Last Saturday night I was the designated driver for my buddy Scott. We also had another car load of friends following in a Mercedes C280 (guess who's car got the most looks? The TT!), but that's another story...

Anyways, Scott proceeds to have about...ahhh...say 12 Gin & Tonics at Gatsby's here in Boca Raton. On the way home he kindly puked them up (along with about a dozen chicken wings) all over my car. I'm talking a full load.

I started clean-up the next morning, and in the hot Florida sun things did not go well. The vomit had really begun to smell, so I sprayed some deodorant on it before scooping it up with this little shovel my son has for the beach.

I then wiped up the remains with a rag soaked in 1 part water 1 part bleach, but it didn't do a good job with the stains or the smell. My questions:

1) How do I remove the stains?
2) How do I remove the liquor/chicken wing/deodorant/bleach smell?
3) How can I get Scott to help, as he's not returning my phone calls now.

Thanks for the input,

Rick

 

might have to take the mat out of the car and just let it air out for a week or so. In regards to Scott, (A)Save the puke you picked up and mail it to him, (B) Next time you go out drinking and he drives, have about 12 Maker's Mark & Cokes and a couple of shots of Goldschlager and don't forget the chili cheese fries, and make a liquid deposit (puke) in his car on the way home. Problem solved.

 

Box of baking soda on floor overnight, new mats from Stratmosphere then run Scott over .

 

Not sure about the first two, but if Scott is really being persistent about not returning your calls (and just isn't really hung over and passed out somewhere), have fun with him at the very least (depending on how much you like/dislike this guy, perhaps even REALLY do this).

Have a friend (not a mutual friend) call Scott. Proceed to tell (or leave a message on answering machine) Scott that they are Mr. XXX from law firm YYY, representing you in the case against him. Filed in circuit court blah blah, and that they request Scott to answer some questions about the case. Have the person tell Scott that he is being sued for $25,000, which is the cost to replace the interior of your car as the odor and stains will not come out. Be sure to also mention that due to DNA evidence that your law firm was able to obtain, it has been determined that the stains in the car definitely belong to him.

This is all obviously ficticious, but very likely enough to get poor old Scott to hurry his *** over to your house to clean your car.

Now, if Scott is not a good friend, and is just an aquaintence, you may want to persue most of what I listed in reality. Obviously nobody is going to go to the lengths of DNA testing, as that would cost more than replacing the interior. However, you have very few other choices. If you cannot remove the smell and the stains, you're stuck with a very smelly, ugly car that is otherwise beautiful. Interior replacement probably would actually run between 5-12k$ depending on how much got ruined. The seats alone are probably a grand a pop.

Being that you were sober, and did not cause this, and he was irresponsible in what he consumed, he is the obvious one at fault. Take him to court if you need to.<p>
Chris Lawrence
chris@nrsys.org
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera
1985.5 Porsche 944
2001 TTQC 225 Brilliant Black/Aviator Grey, Performance/Comfort/Navigation -- NO phone

 

...puke is one of the worst things although saying that my favourite is the split carton of milk on the floor of your car as you're driving home from the supermarket. It creates a rotting corpse like smell that you can go on to enjoy for years.

You could try one of those industrial carpet cleaners.

 

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Nice friend. He should have volunteered gladly to have car cleaned.<ul><li><a href="http://www.iloveproklean.com/vomitremover.html">http://www.iloveproklean.com/vomitremover.html</a</li></ul>

 

drinking with you, and won't puke on your seats! To borrow from Tennyson, who said "Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within", one might say "Blown chunks, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the meal within"!

Good luck. Try to get Scott back somehow.

-Paul

 

Another good reason to avoid dairy products altogether! :-)

 

A guy here at work encountered a 1995 Porsche 911 Twin Turbo for sale, for a measley $10,000. Cheap. Went to see it, and it was in perfect shape. Got in, and about passed out. Turns out, the person selling it inherited it from his brother. His brother apparently died in the car, and was not found for several weeks.

He did not buy the car. heh.<p>
Chris Lawrence
chris@nrsys.org
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera
1985.5 Porsche 944
2001 TTQC 225 Brilliant Black/Aviator Grey, Performance/Comfort/Navigation -- NO phone