More car talk - is yours a dumpster or sanctuary?

Mine is tidy, but there are some things that permanently live in there (in storage areas). Like DS's binoculars and bird journal. An extra camera battery and SD card. Dog leash and poop bags. Shout wipes. Hand sanitizer. A few other things that we routinely need when we're out and about but are easy to forget. Everything is stowed away, though, and not visible.

I often have stuff in my car. Today I have a box of teacups that were given to me as a gift, a couple of books my kids left, and some papers and water bottles that need to get put where they belong. A pair of shoes one of my kids left in there and pool towels that didn't get used last time we went.

Mine was a dumpster until I cleaned it out last night. Now I just need to get it detailed.

Mine is immaculate. Umbrellas in pockets on doors. Tissues, wipes, hand sanitizer, etc stored in glove compartment. Everyone who knows me knows the rule...do not leave crap in Kathie's car!!!

Now, DH's vehicle? Usually looks like a bomb went off in there 😳

When I worked home health I lived in my car 90% of the time. Lunch was eaten in there, paperwork was done in there and I even took naps and changed in there so it was a mess. Like shameful mess lol.

Now things are kept very clean.

my boyfriend is one of the 'sanctuary' people... his Volvo is kept immaculate; I will occasionally drink a soda or eat something while in it, but he never does. When I still had my Honda Fit (I had it for about 8 years, maybe?) it eventually looked like a homeless person lived in it, practically- balled up sweatshirt on the back seat, empty food wrappers, empty pop cans, crumpled up papers, etc.

There's nothing in my car except an umbrella tucked under the passenger seat, my 'restaurant sweater' that's behind the driver's seat and a ball cap that keeps my hair under control with the top down. Anything else would be in the way of the passenger's feet or get blown out. No back seat to clutter. 

Sounds like mine. I keep a snow brush out in the winter and a window reflector out in the summer. If there was a bit of garbage it comes out every time with you. Sometimes the dash is super dusty but there is no junk. My SIL and her SO their vehicles look like bombs. He got a new truck for the first time in his life and he was so proud of it, he was driving a $500 beater and got a brand spanking new truck. Next time I saw it - bomb - dirt, mud, footprints on the seat, back of the seat, wrappers, bits of food, toys, junk, clothes, crap crap crap! I was shocked! I also had two little kids at one point and my vehicle never looked like that. I had a small basket for the kids toys and I/they picked them up each time. I kept a small packed bag with extra diapers and clothes tucked away neatly. 

Mine is more of a dumpster. I don't like it, but it always seems to end up being a mess. I am in my car a lot during my work day, so I have work things in there and I usually have to eat one meal in the car. I also have four kids that are in sports so we go on trips a lot to games. That means sports stuff, things we need for games,snacks, etc are in there often.

My car would be clean if not for the kids and DH. Everytime DH drives my van without me, the next time I go to drive I find wrappers and coffee cups everywhere it drives me nuts.

DH car is embarrassing and I hate when I have to drive it. I call it the garbage pod and refuse to clean it out for him. I think some of the clutter (not the actual trash) has been there since we moved 4 years ago.

I LOVE a clean car. I strive to maintain a clean car. I fail.

I am the mom that drives everyone's kids to and from school so on any given day during the school year I have 5 - 8 different kids in my car over the course of a day. I only have 2 kids, and one of them is THE WORST about leaving stuff in my car. There is a trash can right in front of the middle school where I drop her off and it never fails, every morning she leaves some kind of trash, be it a napkin, straw wrapper, or unfinished drink, in my car. Nine times out of 10 she leaves something she NEEDS in my car.

In the afternoons two of the girls tend to snack in my car (chips, candy, whatever they have) and they leave a debris field. The most frustrating is when it rains, the schoolyard gets muddy and instead of staying on the sidewalk 3 of these girls tend to gather in the muddy area and then track fresh mud into my car. I was beyond pissed off the day that happened. These are 12-year-olds, not preschoolers, and I know for a fact that their own mothers wouldn't stand for them doing that in their cars.

My 15-year-old has sensory issues and has a habit of keeping her backpack on even when she gets in the car. Unfortunately her ballpoint pen poked through the pocket of her backpack and left a 6-inch pen mark (with a deep indention) in my passenger side leather seat. She then tried to clean it up with a Clorox wipe, which bleached the seat. Now I don't unlock the car door for her until the backpack is off.

I tell both of my kids - often - that I can't wait until they have their own homes/cars - and keep in mind by then I will be really old and senile - and I will likely treat your homes/cars the way you treat mine.

There is never trash in my car and no food allowed in it. I can't stand the smell of fast food. Now dog hair on the other hand - that gets vacuumed once a week. He rides in the back back, but his hair has a tendency to float around, but I do my best. It drives me bananas, but he loves the car so much that I can't say no

Mine is tidy. I do have stuff I need to take care of but it's not gross. It does need to be vacuumed though. Plenty of dead grass in it.

DH keeps his car clean too but doesn't wash it enough. I run it through a car wash when I drive it if time permits.

My sister, on the other hand? Yuck. Her car is a rolling trash can. Water bottles that need to be put in the recycle bin, fast food bags that need to be tossed, books, papers, etc. My kids refuse to ride with her.