I'd like to share with you a story about my car car obsession....
Somehow, I think some supreme being wanted to tell me to stop being obsessed with keeping my car in showroom condition.

Here it goes.
About three weeks ago, I passed through EDSA, taking a U-TURN at Kalayaan onwards to The Fort, where I work. As I took the U-TURN slot, I noticed that there were the Gloria Boys painting the underside of the flyover. The following day (saturday), I washed my car and cursed the high heavens when I saw a bajillion white dots...OVERSPRAY! I spent the next 3 hours claying the entire car...(My car is a Black 2003 City by the way...) All the while I was cursing and swearing, etc. After applying a new coat of cleaner wax + topper, I was back in business.
Monday, I swore not to pass EDSA to and from work. Damned overspray! Going home, I chose to take the Kalayaan -- C5 route. Ayan, at the Kalayaan -C5 intersection, I saw street boys with rags wiping the hood and windshield of hte cars ahead...naknangtinapay. I stopped my car 20ft from them, and as they approached me, I mvoed forward. They chased me, buti na lang, GO na. SO once again, I saved my paint from the nasty swirls it could have picked up from those dirty rags.
At the Libis area, I wanted to make a quick pass at Red Ribbon, so I didn't take the flyover. As I was waiting for the lights to turn green, may PEDICAB na sumingit sa kanan ko. He was close...too close. I couldn't move away. Then an FX hit the pedicab, the pedicab hit me...his handlebar digging under the stem of my right sideview mirror making a shallow dent and exposing a 10 centavo sized white primer! His wheels dug into my front right rims making deep scratches. After a long debate and eventually losing to the "Mahirap lang ako, wag mo akong apihin" defense, I let him go.
As I entered my car, may nanlimos na bata. I was still so pissed at that time. I tapped the window to indicate that I didn't wnat to give any alms. Unfortunately, I tapped too hard and my wedding ring hit the tint, damaging it and leaving a 2mm untinted spot.

Ayan. Had I not been too obsessed, I would have stayed in EDSA, and just endured the white overspray, effectively avoiding the pedicab incident.

Had I not been obsessed, I would not have been too sore/dissed/annoyed that I wouldn't have tapped too hard on my window, saving tint damage.

Andami ko sanang na-iwasan na sakit.

So there... don't be too obsessed.