New Floor mats for the 'Runner
Floor
Mats Arrived
You know,
those beasts I
paid nearly $200 for? Yeah,
those, they showed up yesterday.
So
of course, I just had to wash the 4Runner
The mighty
4Runner did get a bath today. It needed it. The last
time it had been bathed was in August of last year.
Was it dirty? Yeah. It wasn’t like it was mud-covered
though, just all-around grimy.
And I decided that at least once a year from now on,
after the rainy season, it will get a professional
wash/wax/buff/detail job. Not that I can’t do it, I
most definitely can.
I just don’t want to. I’d rather take a nap while my
4Runner gets prettied up for me. Then I can just sort
of wash/maintain throughout the rest of the year – or
at least the Summer – until the rains come back and I
give up washing again.
Wasn’t
that bad, though
No, it was
most definitely nasty, don’t get me wrong. But it had
been since August of 2007 since it was last cleaned.
And in that time, I have been
off-roading in
it
multiple times, gotten
it
stuck axle-deep in muddy
waters, blazed trails through bug country, seen
nightly frosts & freezes, and not once so much as
hosed off.
Thank goodness for that clean rain we get, otherwise
I don’t think I’d be able to see through the
windshield.
Yeah
but how do you like the mats?
I was
getting there! Geez… They’re not bad. At first I was
thinking
I paid $200 for these? But they
will do just fine. I had anticipated a softer, more
rubber-like material that was thicker and heavier,
but these are a little more rigid and light that I
had expected. But, hopefully that will aid in their
longevity (The Girl has the
sort of rubber in the way of floor mats that I was
expecting these to be made of; her floor mats are
deteriorating). They’re a really good fix, and the
raised lip all the way around will keep everything
on top where it is, including water (looking at
you, dogs).
When I first put them in, they looked sort of out of
place. But I continued to clean, and within an hour
they looked right as rain. I even tried to place the
old carpet mats over them, thinking maybe…. Best of
both worlds? Nah. Didn’t seem right, I had already
grown to like the “rubber” mats more.
And hopefully it will mean I only have to clean the
inside of the 4Runner for like 5 minutes at a time,
once a year from now on. Instead of the 15 minute
cleanings twice a year, which is my current schedule
:-|
Peace.