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Friday, April 10, 2009
As you may or may not have noticed, I do weather stories and I have a blog. I am still trying to come to grips with the difference between the two.
There was plenty of hockey played at the War Memorial at OnCenter in Syracuse this past Saturday with the good folks at the Crunch and Aspen Dental spear heading another fund raising effort for a good cause.
It's not often I get to play hockey on the ice of the Onondaga County War Memorial, but I did last weekend and will again this weekend, all for a good cause, helping raise money for charity.
As you may or may not have noticed, I do weather stories and I have a blog. I am still trying to come to grips with the difference between the two. For right or wrong, I tend to look at weather "stories" as more serious and "blog" postings as less serious with less formal writing. As time goes on, maybe that thinking will change. Who knows. For the time being however, I guess I’ll try and keep it that way.
That being said, and since this is a "blog" piece you are reading (meaning less serious), allow me to pass along an article that was sent to me by a company called leasetrader.com, which is essentially an online store for car leases and transfers. They just completed a nationwide survey on car cleanliness. Which cars are the cleanest, which are the dirtiest, who has the cleanest cars and what’s in these cars? Below is the article….
LEASETRADER.COM SPRING CLEANING SURVEY REVEALS MEN HAVE CLEANER CARS
Survey Results Show Audi A6 Drivers Have Cleanest Cars While Honda Accord Most Cluttered
MIAMI – (March 11, 2009) – LeaseTrader.com, the nationwide online marketplace for Car Lease transfers, today released the results of its Spring Cleaning Clean Car Survey, with Audi A6 drivers having the cleanest cars in America. The online survey of more than 2,000 also found that Honda Accord drivers have the most clutter in their vehicles.
To acknowledge the annual "Spring Cleaning" season, LeaseTrader.com polled customers and asked drivers of each major vehicle brand a series of questions relating to the amount of clutter found in their vehicle at any given time, as well as the frequency and time in between cleanings of the exterior and interior of their cars. Minivan and SUV drivers were not included since these vehicles are more often used for families that have a higher propensity for clutter. Other points of interest:
--Survey taken by an equal amount of men and women across all car models.
--35% men claim they wash their car once every two weeks; 22% for women.
--Majority of men claim to have "a few extra papers and limited household items" for car clutter.
--Majority of women have "multiple household items, makeup and paperwork" for car clutter.
--"Household items" for this survey include pens, CDs, snacks, etc.
Top five cleanest vehicles today in America:
1) Audi A6
2) BMW 5 Series
3) Mercedes C Class
4) Infinity M35X
5) Lexus ES
For the record, my car isn’t on this list of the top five. I’ll also tell you, for the record, that I don’t fall into the category of "35% of men claim they wash their cars every two weeks" category. Now, if they had a category of men who wash their vehicles once every two months, then I have a chance at breaking into that category…but don’t hold me to it.
I’m finishing this blog just coming in from getting a bite to eat. As I was getting out of my truck, I was noticing just how dirty it is… surprisingly dirty. As a matter of fact, I don’t know how it got so much mud on it! I was thinking to myself "Man, it’s like I’ve been driving in one of those mud bog races or something". Geez…
Well, at least the weekend is here. Maybe I’ll drive over to one of those automatic car washes, and, if the stars are in perfect alignment, and there is nobody else there and winds are out of the north at no more than 13 mph, maybe, just maybe I’ll get a car wash because I’m all about a clean vehicle!
This story posted by LeaseTrader.com, the automotive service company that lets people transfer out of their Car Leases early. If you're looking to swap a lease or transfer out of your car lease, please visit www.leasetrader.com