wine transport
03-26-2007, 02:48 AM
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wine transport
So today my dad goes "hey, why don't you go pick up some wine from the store for me. I already paid for it, just go pick it up." I need to go get gas anyway so I say sure why not. So its a nice day and I just took off my snows yesterday so I take my car out. I get to the store and pick up the 3 bottles of red that my dad bought. They give them to me in a box, and fold the box closed. I put the box in my front seat and go to get some gas. I get the gas and happen to see a torch red 07 with a pony package filling up too, so I figure I'm having a good day.
Apparently I was wrong. A couple miles later I have to slam on my brakes, I do and the car stops fine, just like it should, unforetunately the box in the front seat doesn't. Instead it topples over and all three bottles slide out. They colide on the passengar side floor, and one of the tops breaks off. A whole bottle of red wine spills out onto the floor of my car.
What do I do? I have red wine sitting in my car, in a puddle on the floor. I drive down the street to the nearest store and buy 3 rolls of paper towels. I sop up as much of the wine as I can and try to think of what my next move should be. I realize that it's 630 and maybe if i'm lucky the nearby carwash still has their interior section open, so I drive over there. I get there at 645, and they closed at 600. So I grab the phonebook. No one is open.
I drive to a nearby self wash, and put a couple of bucks into the self shampooer. A couple minutes later and the carpet looks better, but still not very good. I don't want the stain to sit till the next day to get cleaned, so I call a friend of mine, and they tell me to come over. I spent an hour using oxy clean and their bissel carpet cleaner. That sh*t really works. 5 gallons of water through their carpet cleaner later, and I think that the stain is mostly gone.
I will try to get some pics tomorrow to show you guys, but at worst I may only have to replace the passenger floor mats. Much better than I would have ever guessed after seeing a puddle of wine on my floor.
Anything like this ever happen to anyone else?
Apparently I was wrong. A couple miles later I have to slam on my brakes, I do and the car stops fine, just like it should, unforetunately the box in the front seat doesn't. Instead it topples over and all three bottles slide out. They colide on the passengar side floor, and one of the tops breaks off. A whole bottle of red wine spills out onto the floor of my car.
What do I do? I have red wine sitting in my car, in a puddle on the floor. I drive down the street to the nearest store and buy 3 rolls of paper towels. I sop up as much of the wine as I can and try to think of what my next move should be. I realize that it's 630 and maybe if i'm lucky the nearby carwash still has their interior section open, so I drive over there. I get there at 645, and they closed at 600. So I grab the phonebook. No one is open.
I drive to a nearby self wash, and put a couple of bucks into the self shampooer. A couple minutes later and the carpet looks better, but still not very good. I don't want the stain to sit till the next day to get cleaned, so I call a friend of mine, and they tell me to come over. I spent an hour using oxy clean and their bissel carpet cleaner. That sh*t really works. 5 gallons of water through their carpet cleaner later, and I think that the stain is mostly gone.
I will try to get some pics tomorrow to show you guys, but at worst I may only have to replace the passenger floor mats. Much better than I would have ever guessed after seeing a puddle of wine on my floor.
Anything like this ever happen to anyone else?
03-26-2007, 10:45 AM
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RE: wine transport
no officer i was just transporting the wine when it opened, see its all over the floor, What, Get out...... THats the luck most of us would of had. Ive seen oxy clean work but you will need a carpet cleaner machine to get it all.
03-26-2007, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 398
RE: wine transport
Was it good wine? How did your dad like the other 2 bottles?
Hope you can get the stain out. I had a 1997 Grand Prix GT, when the car wasabout 3 months old my girlfriend spilled a full glass of red wine on the passenger seat. Stain is still there today.
I know what was she doing with wine in the car?????
Hope you can get the stain out. I had a 1997 Grand Prix GT, when the car wasabout 3 months old my girlfriend spilled a full glass of red wine on the passenger seat. Stain is still there today.
I know what was she doing with wine in the car?????
