We took our 1999 Pontiac Firehawk to a car show this weekend and a couple of people said it was "clean". Now I know it was immaculate (my husband is quite the detailer) but it's gotta mean something else because all the other cars were immaculate too.
2007-10-01 04:36:17 · 5 answers · asked by Just_A_Gal 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Clean in the car show business can also mean the car has not been "monkeyed" with: no "peach tree" mechanic stuff. No cheap, off the wall do-dah stuff. Any changes to the car are done with quality parts and obviously by someone who knows what they are doing and knows which parts are best. Or there are no changes to the car, and of course it is really clean, straight, no dents, dings, scratches, things like that. It is also an expression of appreciation for a nice car.
2007-10-01 04:47:26 · answer #1 · answered by daleabono 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief this usage is not lazy or indecent nor is it as recent as many of you seem to think. At least as far back as the time of the American Revolution pls or plz was used in place of please in correspondence , again after the introduction of the telegraph, and most recently with the advent of text messaging, and all for the same reason, cost. During the early days of our country both paper and ink were expensive, so there were accepted methods of abbreviation to cram as much information into a letter as possible pls (or plz) was one example of this. When sending telegrams you were charged by the word (as in typing every 5 characters not actual words) so once again pls was used (among many other shortcuts u for you and so on) to make the sending of a message as cost effective as possible. As for text messaging, when first introduced, you may recall, we were charged per message we sent, so cutting letters out of messages meant a single text could be sent instead of two. It became a habit that carried over onto the internet, even though the need for the abbreviation no long exists,,,,to be fair though I am fairly sure you type OK or okay instead of Orl Korrekt which is the widely accepted original phrase the abbreviation came from, so can you really cast stones?
2016-05-18 00:39:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
E-mail me jp.hudson@sbcglobal.net I will send you a picture of my second in class winning 2006 Pontiac GTO. Clean is one thing best in class better! best of show! is the highest award you can drive home with. Yes there are other crazys out there. I keep my cars nice too CLEAN
2007-10-01 04:46:05 · answer #3 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means "mechanically" clean...good bodywork with no dents or rust etc etc.
2007-10-01 04:39:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its pretty nice
2007-10-01 04:44:47 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋