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Tell SEAT what the worst things your DC have done to your car - £300 voucher prize draw!NOW CLOSED

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MichelleMumsnet · 09/10/2015 15:51

SEAT have asked us to find out about the terrible things that Mumsnetters' DC have done to the family car.

Here's what SEAT say: "The new seven-seat SEAT Alhambra comes with everything you’d expect from a stylishly modern MPV. It comes with an abundance of space, technology, plus a powerful and sporty edge. The SEAT Alhambra features a wealth of new equipment and contemporary styling with over a dozen “Best MPV” awards since it was launched.
“Versatility remains a designed-in quality for the New Alhambra, packed with features to keep you comfortable, entertained and in control, it’s perfect for family adventures, no matter how long the journey.”
There's a £300 Love2Shop voucher to be won, so now's an excellent time to share: what are the most infuriating/alarming/astonishing things that your DC have done in or to your family vehicle?

Have sticky fingers smeared melted chocolate buttons across your pristine seats - or spilt a million tiny beads which are still turning up years later . Have you discovered unmentionables down the back of the seats - or been embarrassed by child-based detritus when giving a lift to a colleague?

Whatever it is, we'd love to hear it!

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 Love2Shop voucher!

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Tell SEAT what the worst things your DC have done to your car - £300 voucher prize draw!NOW CLOSED
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Jellylove · 10/10/2015 08:21

Not my DC, but being a midwife I helped a young woman bring her baby into the world, she didn't quite make it to the hospital in time and had her baby in the front seat of the car, think blood, placenta, amniotic fluid everywhere. Oops
All's well that ends well, but it was her dads brand new car straight off the car lot... I scooped up what I could, serious valeting required though. Her fathers face was a picture

twirlypoo · 10/10/2015 08:43

I used to be a nanny and once turned round at traffic lights to just check all was ok and realised that the little boy had smeared poo from his nappy all over the window alms car door.... It was not a happy moment!

NotCitrus · 10/10/2015 08:58

Amazingly, only vomit. In triplicate. Leading to complaints the new-to-us car smelt of cheese.

Have since taken loads of soil and rubble to the tip, so it smells a bit bricky which is apparently very nice (though car is a mess).

Tokelau · 10/10/2015 11:01

When DD was about 5 she drew on my car with a stone. It only took a few seconds and by the time I shouted "Nooooo!" she had finished a nice little pattern.

Then she was sitting on DH's lap pretending to drive while I had gone into a shop and she broke off my indicator stalk.

prettybird · 10/10/2015 13:19

Ds once stood in a large dogshit just before getting into the car. He then used his foot to open the car door again, smearing the dogshit liberally into the holes of the speaker in the car door Hmm

MakeTeaNotWar · 10/10/2015 13:26

Oh we've all sorts of charming output from the DC all over the seats - poo, wee, vomit, snot. I dread to think really....

MagicAlwaysLeadsToTrouble · 10/10/2015 13:42

My 4 year old ran a very pointy and scratchy stick along the entire length of our car!

though tbh the damage my husband has done by scrapping the side of the car along a wall is far worse!

Liney15 · 10/10/2015 13:43

DD has been sick and wee'ed in the car both of which weren't pleasant. However most annoying is the habit of picking up leaves, twigs, rosehips etc on a walk and then leaving it in the car to be found later when they've decomposed a bit and the car needs to be completely cleaned.

babster · 10/10/2015 14:30

Puking. The dds were shockers when younger. On one memorable trip, dd2 puked as we went round a roundabout. Out of horror at the stench, dd1 then vomited too. I arrived at my parents' house with two sobbing girls and a Micra full of sick.

Candytree · 10/10/2015 14:45

My kids have battered my poor car.

On a hot day, threw a Mr Whippy ice cream at a closed window. Ice cream trickled and smeared right to the bottom of the window and down into the guts of the door. Trip to garage = take door apart! ££.

Another time riding bike by the side of my parked car on our driveway, wobbled, bike into car, massive foot long cutting scratch into side of car. Lesson - dont buy cheap bikes Grin. Expensive ones have lovely indestructible rubberised handles. Cheap ones are a false economy in my case as the damage done to the car costs more than the extra cost of a nice bike!

Then we have the usual full spectrum of bodily fluids everywhere - wee, poo, sick, blood, spit, snot! Ds wipes bogeys onto the seats. Dd is the puker.

Then we have crumbs, wrappers, shoe prints etc.

I actually really love my car and spend ages clearing all of the above detritus. Apart from the long scratch. Cannot justify the £££ to fix.

Oh and just to top it all off it has one of those VW engines that are subject to the recall for the fumes problem!!!

gingercat12 · 10/10/2015 14:49

Other than throwing up all over several times, he also poured some milk on the seats unbeknownst to us. It curdled and smelled for weeks. Yuck.

Pixi2 · 10/10/2015 14:51

Ds drew a lovely picture on the car - with a STONE.

quietbatperson · 10/10/2015 16:08

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TaperJeanGirl · 10/10/2015 19:44

What is it with kids drawing on cars with stones! My ds ( 5 at the time) wrote his name along the whole passengers side of the car, across both doors, in 8inch high letters, and then as a finishing touch, drew what I swear was a pentagram next to it Shock
He had the audacity to deny writing it....

Dd 4 who is 23 months smeared an egg mayo sandwich all over the window and then opened and closed the window, now every time we opened the window the car smells of stale eggs...

Dd1 ( who was about 8 at the time) punched the window screen in temper and cracked it... My kids are total, utter wreckers!

AliceMum09 · 10/10/2015 23:55

When I was a child my siblings and I left a load of wax crayons (not quite sure why we had them in the car) lying on the seats and back parcel shelf. On a very hot day. My dad was not impressed to find them melted all over the place!

Fortunately for us this was the early 80's when car interiors were furnished more or less entirely in plastic, so most of the mess was easily scraped off!

Weloveoptimus · 11/10/2015 00:34

My then two year old DS was very keen to help his Dad wash the car.
It was a fine day and the two of them were a picture of father son domestic bliss....you know, the kid picking up a paintbrush to help, then a piece of bamboo from the garage. All very cute.
I came in to make some coffee and heard squawking and shouting from outside.
DS had helped wash the front bumper with a Brillo pad.
Excellent.

IfItIsntOkItIsntTheEnd · 11/10/2015 08:03

Not my DC, but my nephew opened the car door (from inside- should have been old enough to know better, or so we thought!) as another car drive past and swiped the door right off.

campocaro · 11/10/2015 08:10

When DD was about 3, on a long two DH gave her a lag of marshmallows.All wa beautifully quiet for about 20 minutes when we looked back to find that she had 'spun' the marshmallow into an enormous sticky pink and white spiderweb -over herseld and the whole of the car seat...

campocaro · 11/10/2015 08:11

*journey-not two!

HavingAnOffDAy · 11/10/2015 08:37

My DD, who was 7 at the time, wrote 'I wish my mummy was as dirty as this car' in the dust/dirt Blush

She'd obviously seen it on a van or lorry but not understood the connotation!!

SoupDragon · 11/10/2015 08:39

Ive found furry sandwiches in boxes before. I'm sure most parents have.

Not my DC, but my older brother once set fire to my car which I imagine would be hard to beat. To be fair, he was welding it for me at the time, it's not like he dropped a match on the seat.

whiteagle · 11/10/2015 09:30

My then 3 year old son was helping me wash the car. I was in an out the house getting hot water and he seemed very happy. Was only when it dried that i discovered he had been using pebbles not a sponge! Lots of little scraches all over the door at toddler height! Luckly my local body shop place took pity on me and buffed them out and charged me very little. Needless to say, car washing was much more closely supervised next time!

CordeliaScott · 11/10/2015 09:52

I've lost count of the amount of times I've cleaned vomit out of the back of the car. I'm really not that bad a driver. Honest...

MariaV0nTrapp · 11/10/2015 10:43

It was my friends car but my ds and her ds decided to have a mud fight at the allotment last summer, one stood each side, car doors open slinging mud through the car at each other! They then smeared mud all over the bodywork. I was mortified she thought it was hilarious. HmmConfused

Misscocopops · 11/10/2015 13:26

We only have the one child and DD has just turned 1, so not been able to do too much damage to the car! I try to give her 'clean' snacks in the car like breadsticks or cucumber slices when we have to do a long journey and she is hungry.
My friends little girl last week who will be 1 in December was wearing a pair of shorts and pooped in her car seat and it leaked out everywhere and her DD decided to take a little taste Blush Shock
We are looking forward to many years of mess.
When I was a child I took a permanent marker to the ceiling of my dads brand new car.
And when dad got the first car with electric windows I played with the control so much on one long journey that I broke it and the window was stuck down - we was driving along the motorways to London! Oh the noise! Bahh