[nmeadow]

The way I am tracking on my lease the car will be worth more than my residual. If you are the same way, just buy it at the end to keep from paying for minor issues. Then you can sell it for more than it is worth...

[Zeroday]

Originally Posted by Laszlo

Dude, it's a car.

Dude, it's a bmw. If none of us gave a shit about cars, we'd be driving buicks.

[Neurorad]

At least it was ketchup, and not blood spatter.

[ScheerSpeed]

CG lightning spot stain remover should take care of it

p.s. i only read the first post.

[dmz]

WOW! All I got to says is the OP lives a very sad life...

[ruxp]

Originally Posted by Revlis

WTF? As soon as any of YOU relationship Experts/Cavemen actually have a relationship maybe then you could start giving advice... Move out of your Mom's house wait till you grow up a little before deciding to follow in the foot steps of your obviously warped and twisted father figures...

Be sure to "Put your Foot Down" fellas... Holy crap, what the hell kind of women did you marry that gives you the impression that you can "tell them how things are." Christ, find a women with some intelligence, an education, and some self respect and you won't be having these issues... But then, you wouldn't want a women thinking for herself cause you wouldn't be able to lord over them and "keep them in place"...

Pathetic, hopefully most of you are typing this drivel from your Bedrooms at Mom and Dad's house and it's so alarmingly ignorant and wrong because you're simply speaking hypothetically about things you know nothing about...

Dude. Put down the Cosmo & turn off the Oprah. Did you get lost on your way to the Lexus forum?

If you think expecting your wife to respect your wishes about how she treats a car you're paying for is being a caveman, I don't even want to know what the hell kind of relationship you're in.

My guess is most of us here try to respect the wishes of our significant others, & only expect the same in return..

[AoshichanX]

Originally Posted by BK

+1000 on the "chill out, it's just a carpet and he's just a kid" responses. I'm sure your wife and son feel horrible about it. Take a deep breath and be thankful it's just on a carpet that's easy to clean, and not in some crevices in the dash or something.

To those advocating violence against the kid as a means of discipline -- no doubt you don't have children. Hitting them doesn't work.

Try Googling. "Ketchup on carpet" brought up some good suggestions for cleaning. If those don't work, I've found that carpet cleaner gets out all kinds of crap. Pro detailers use steam vacs. I'm sure that would work, if there's a detailer near you. As a last resort, you can buy new mats before you return the car. They aren't expensive.

It worked until the stick broke on my butt. Then they used hands but their hands started to bruise.

They go for the sucker punch/kick now

[CHM]

For the record, I'd be pissed too. Kids don't need to eat in the car. Heck, the Europeans don't even have cup holders in their cars! You don't see them or their kids eating and drinking in the car! I would try to use Spot Shot which is readily available. I have yet to see this stuff fail on a food stain.

[F32Fleet]

Originally Posted by BMWMC

My wife has a 335i sedan - artic/gray leather. I have told her numerous times that i dont like our 5 year old son eating "messy" stuff in the car, especailly when we have "light" interior colors and "light" carpet. I dont really stress it in my cars, cause i always seem to get dark interior with dark carpet. Get home today and she says - your gonna be mad, but we gotta problem with the car. I figured it was a technical issue...NOPE...i go to find KETCHUP stains in the GRAY CARPET!!!!!! I lost it before i knew it, because i have told her about him eating "crap" like that in the car. She said he didnt mean to drop it, i said yea im sure he didn't but the stain is still there. I have tried many things to get it out and the sad thing is that it aint MOVING!!! Its pretty much vacationing there for a while.

Do you guys know of anything that will help move the stain? Since it being a stain, it may be no hope. Then which i will get charged for it when i turn the vehicle in! DAMMMMMMMMMNIT!

I recommend u invest in a Bissel Green Machine. It's a relatively small carpet,upholestry(sp?) cleaner that works wonders on getting stains out (use it to get coffee stains out of my wife grey carpet all the time). http://www.bissell.com/Products/c/Po.../Category.aspx

Now if your son will continue to ride in the back seat, you might want to look into a backseat liner used for pets. You can buy a hammock style (attaches around headrest of front seat) if you son is in a car seat. http://accessories.bmwusa.com/ItemVi...&productId=554

Good luck

[BMWMC]

Update --

Turn the car in last week, and that spot was the first thing my vehicle rep noticed. I will admit, it wasnt half as bad as before, but was still noticeable.
She charged me $65 bucks for the damage, which isnt bad - cause it could have been alot worse.

[hipnotic]

sorry to hear this, but i see where you are coming from. next time but something on the floor and on the seat to prevent that from happening if your child does eat in the car again.

[calleballe]

$65...i'd pay more to avoid an argument with my wife about something so silly as my kids ketchup.

[STE92VE]

Originally Posted by BMWMC

Update --

Turn the car in last week, and that spot was the first thing my vehicle rep noticed. I will admit, it wasnt half as bad as before, but was still noticeable.
She charged me $65 bucks for the damage, which isnt bad - cause it could have been alot worse.

Thankfully, this saga is finally behind us and we can sleep well at night knowing that all is right in the world.....

[kibo0497]

Originally Posted by ElKay

Wow guys....A lot of anger for an object that gets you from one place to another (Although quickly and in some mighty fine style)....Don't get me wrong I love cars, and I honestly can't wait for my 335i to get here....but I hope I never lose my cool over something that can always be repaired or replaced....I just want my kids to grow up knowing what is important to me (meaning my wife and four kids)....

Glad to hear he really wasn't that angry

+1 I am as anal about my car as they come but when you have kids & significant others in your car you have to chill just a bit. In the grand scheme of things the stain is a small bump in the road. Glad it did not cost you an arm & a leg

[ScheerSpeed]

CG lightning fast

[BMXtreme]

my wife could care less about what i said or told her not to do..she continues putting scratch marks and fingerprints on the car body...

[DSe93]

It is mandatory the wifey has her own car.. a NORMAL one... she can make it look like a garbage can on wheels n thats her problem.. it keeps YOU stress-free and YOUR CAR scratch- & trash-free...

[DSe93]

... and it's a great investment