Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

[tbirdman]

I have an MS Gray bird, and if you barely touch it, an ugly fingerprint remains. Of course I carry a soft cloth and some detail spray with me all the time, but fingerprints are inevitable!

My biggest problem is that I have adopted a bad habit when closing the door as I'm getting out of the car. To keep from placing fingerprints, or a palm print, I grab the little 1/2 inch door lock at the top of the door for leverage and swing the door shut. Every time I do it, I think, "one of these days, I'm gonna break that sucker!"

This may sound like a stupid question, but do any of you other obsessive compulsive personalities have an idea of how I can get out of my car and close the door without leaving fingerprints?!?!

[theherd]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

Tim, perhaps you should seriously consider psychoanalysis?

Maybe a good pair of driving gloves would work??

I have a white car. Fingerprints really aren't a problem.

[frankhj]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

My Merlot is the same way. Sometimes I use the lock pull method, sometimes the back of my hand on the window. The best method is to have a handkerchief in your back pocket and use that

[Bruce]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

Tim,
I close the door the same way you do with the door lock. However, I have replaced my door lock with a meta one which is probably less prone to fracture.

[FEsTbird]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

How about wearing gloves?

[taflocks]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

I Have A Smart-ass Neighbor, Everytime I Go For A Visit He Leans On The Car With His Greasy Fingers, He Thinks He's Being Funny,,,,,,,,,,what A Richard-head.

[Johnny Gumballs]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

I just woke up.....( its about 6:30AM here ). Reading this thread gave me a good early morning laugh. If this is our biggest problem, we all have it made in the shade.
I grab the tip of the door and close it.

[grannybird]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

I generally use my foot - that way I avoid fingerprints entirely. ;-)

[ajsam]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

I hear ya tbirdman...my MSG is like a finger print magnet! I keep a cotton diaper in the drivers door pouch for just that reason. My wife always laughs at me beacuse it takes me 5 minutes to figure out how to close the trunk in such a way so that I don't leave any prints behind...I've found pulling down on the trunk lid latch loop and removing your hand a split second before it's crushed between the trunk lid and body is the best technique!!

[Bruce]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

A.J.,
That is the best way to close the trunk and not get fingerprints but I'm sure we will hear someday that someone's reflexes were a little slow. Hopefully it won't be me.

[HeelBird]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

Only wealthy people have Thunderbirds

Just have your doorman close the door for you. He already has the white cotton gloves.

[theherd]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

Only wealthy people have Thunderbirds

Just have your doorman close the door for you. He already has the white cotton gloves.

Good one!

[Bruce]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

Gee, I knew I was missing something with all my wealth, a doorman. I'll go right out this afternoon and buy one. Anyone know of a store that sells good doormen cheap?

[sivyaleah]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

My Merlot is the same way. Sometimes I use the lock pull method, sometimes the back of my hand on the window. The best method is to have a handkerchief in your back pocket and use that

Merlot too? Now I'm gonna have to go and check MY car doors!

Laurie

[tbirdman]

Re: Fingerprints...AAAUUURRRUUUGGGHHH!!!

Tim, perhaps you should seriously consider psychoanalysis?

Maybe a good pair of driving gloves would work??

I have a white car. Fingerprints really aren't a problem.

Ray, I'm sorry, but if I go around wearing white gloves, then they're SURE to institutionalize me! And I bet you owners of white Tbirds have literally thousands of smudges and fingerprints all over your cars. The next time I drive past a white car, I'm going to think... "what does that car REALLY look like?"