And with my dogs and activities like hiking and camping (with my dogs) my cars are well lived in. I'm not the best about keeping up with the detail cleaning (byproduct of living with OCD neat freaks all my life...they always cleaned so I didn't have to). But under the hay and mud my car was in great condition....until...one day a several months ago. I was just driving my lovely jeep on my way home when one of my neighbors two small Chihuahua type dogs ran out into the road and even though I was going maybe only 20 per hour I still had to slam on my brakes to avoid hitting them and just happened to be carrying groceries in my passenger seat. And the commotion of suddenly stopping the groceries slammed into the dash which contained a gallon of milk. Of course at first I was more concerned about making sure the dogs were OK and as the neighbor was running to come gather her dogs, I looked down and noticed the gallon of milk I had just bought spewing all over the interior of my car. Soon as I saw it, I handed the gallon of milk and and said please throw this away and drove home and immediately started cleaning the mess up. Right away I soaked up all the milk and got Dawn soap and water and clean the carpets and upholstery and the next day it needed it all over again. For about a month or so it was horrible. The smell of rotten milk consumed the car even after many cleaning attempts with different cleaners. Couple months after it happened and I was used to living with it my boss happen to have his fish tank at work overflow to where he had to get the carpets at the shop cleaned by a mobile detailing service, while they were there he offered to have my car carpet detailed for me. (Perks of my boss being my brother in law) Immediately in the carpet made such a difference but the milk that seeped into the vents & the speakers to this day is there and although it didn't smell it did show a white residue. You can imagine this wasn't the most appealing thing especially when I was still making payments on the car. So I decided that it was time to trade in old gray. I had planned on keeping that jeep until it lived a long fulfilled life so I stayed within the jeep brand and got a brand new jeep and truly plan on keeping it 'forever'. The last brand-new car I owned was back in 2001. It was a good car but being the first car I bought I didn't negotiate the best deal. Luckily since then I've learned how to negotiate I was able to come up with a deal that would work for me to trade in the patriot for a new 2017 jeep renegade. Of course dealing with a dealership on a trade-in they didn't want to give me anything for the trade and they use the justification that I had an airbag recall and they deemed it unsellable since there wasn't a fix for that recall. I explained to him that he sold me the car that way and I wasn't giving away a car that was in good working order and as I know they would sell it at auction and it would be the third time that this particular dealership 'Sold' this particular car and Of course it helped that car dealerships have a parking lot of inventory that they don't want to sit on. Thank God since all the negotiation took longer than expected my brother had taken care of my pups so I could get the deal done. This 2017 had all the upgrades my last jeep had as both were limited editions. That is one thing I have learned with buying cars that if you can afford it don't buy the standard addition. This new Jeep also has some added perks that I haven't had before like a navigation system so now I don't have to drain my cell phone battery trying to get places. Also the fact that I have dogs and now leather seats plus the whole milk situation from the last jeep I decide to pay $20 more a month for lifetime protection of the exterior and interior of the car. Normally I would've said that's a waste of money but after my last experience it's nice to know I have a safety net. I've decided to name him Rocky since he is Italian parts assembled in the USA. Rocky sure is sexy if I don't say so myself. 
There's nothing worse to spill in a car than milk. It literally won’t go away, no matter what you try. The professionals you used would have known that it just gets ingrained in the micro-fabric of the car. It's a shame that you had to change your car, but the new one looks very nice. Probably a great excuse to upgrade.
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