Aha! Sneaking back after half term! Aparrently one can still be dismissed for witchcraft, although not burned.
And now to my point.
I've had a succession of total lemons as cars go, I've been through 6 while my ex has still got the same one. Generally it's the brakes and structure that disintegrate.

This afternoon I take delivery of a delightful little Suzuki Alto which I hope will be the answer to all my problems.
Does anyone have any suggestions for cleansing the car, to let it know that it's mine, that it needs to protect me and my loved one?
It was owned by a little old lady who only managed 5000 miles in 3 years before she died and it's been very well looked after physically.
(I can't do anything overt for a few days, got the fundy crumblies staying )
I fully intend to get some decals, but something of a more ritual nature would certainly put my mind at rest.
BadgersMoon
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Personally I Bless mine, generally I name the car and consecrate it with some chalk from the Uffington area and some Holy Water, I ask that it keeps the beings within it and outside around it safe.
It only takes a couple of minutes and doesnt look too odd!
Seems to work so far, Ive never had any serious accidents and Ive never run anything over!

Mine is called Trusty. It is.

I usually cleanse by sprinkling salt or consecrated water.
For our car, I made a little protection amulet that is kept near the gear stick or you could hang it from the rear view mirror, if it doesn't distract you too much.

The car will know that it's yours when you start driving it

The last car I had was called T-rusty, I scrapped it

I remember hearing a story about an African guy who had moved to Europe and was doing well, and wrote home to his parents to tell them he had got a new car, and was very proud of it.

When the reply came back, the parents told him that it was bad karma that he was so proud of this car, and that would make him vulnerable. To disperse his pride in the car, he must sacrifice a young chicken and smear its blood and entrails on the car, and leave it that way for a week.

He was in a quandary. He puzzled over it for a few days and then worked out a solution.

He backed his car so it went over an egg.

Excellent Fred!

I am thinking about naming my wee red Noddy car "Nissan My Crap"!
It too had one owner, almost nothing on the clock, and in pristine condition. It is a tad on the grubby side now though - I have put my own stamp on it!

Hope yours runs as well (touches wood here!) as mine.

my nissan only had one lady owner before i came along, so i drive carefully and nothing happens to me so i dont think you need to do anything apart from be careful

Well I have well and truly marked the little 'Zuki as my own.
Last Tuesday my father collapsed with what was eventually diagnosed as a brain haemorrage (sp?) so we have been scooting up and down between Northwich and Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Stoke, Shrewsbury and Northwich via Stoke and vice versa. (will blog)
I put more miles on the poor little thing in 48 hours than the previous little old lady owner did in a month.
It performed beautifully and I have absolute faith in it. I think it knows it's mine now.
BadgersMoon
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Hope your dad gets better soon

A bucket of soapy water helps.
Apart from that, tell it what you like, it won't hear anyway, its a bloody car, not a horse!

The best rituals are before you buy one, read up the reviews and get RAC check.
That way the incidence of lemons goes down and you get confidence.

The best way for a witch to be safe, and I assume you want to survive to be a witch, is to do all the common-sense and practical stuff first and totally do not rely on superstition. That is for muggles, not witches!

Learn to check the basics yourself, i.e. brake fluid, battery level, tyres, oil, water and coolant. Then, if you do enough craft, you might learn to use talismans on your way. They are not all that important but as a stage in your progress they reflect how you focus and imbue objects and less solid things like journeys, with your will (to put it simply). The best ones are always what you make up for yourself, using things that are important and hold resonance with you and your particular shape in life. No talisman will protect you and your loved ones, but you can.

All very true, but there is nothing wrong with a little oomph. I would just do a little cleansing, something small... especially if the car is second hadn, just to get rid of the last owners energies, and any other people who have been test driving it. Make it yours, your wee tin box and although it wont make it safe, it will make you feel calmer, and a calm driver is always a safer driver.

It's all very well adding patronising stuff about mechanical efficiency but when you have a choice of one car, given your finanical situation then the choice of a lemon is often unavoidable. Car? Or no car?
I can assure you I am more than competent in the checking and indeed changing of oil, water, spark plugs etc. Where my knowledge lets me down is the failing of brakes that the garage only fitted the week before, the disintegration of the suspension system or the electronic glitches that make your dash light up like Blackpool illuminations and even baffle the Green Flag mechanic that comes to rescue you from the M6.
BM
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I'm glad that all went well with your car and I hope your dad gets well soon.

You can take it as patronising but in fact it was meant to be helpful! I live on a very low income by choice and I am not a mechanical expert but my cars look after me because I look after them. Mine is 19 yrs old. This is especially relevant to safety. How could we possibly know you are mechanically aware? But I was mainly referring to the idea that any ritual, spell or charm could solve such an important issue. Foresight and planning do a fair bit though.

Magick, especially charms and talismans or simple ritual doesn't work as an overall fixer of anything. I am just politely suggesting that that hope is naive and possibly misleading, even dangerous. No quick fixes.

Think of magick as a bit of oil or lubrication that you add to a well maintained machine, NAMELY YOU not the car, and then what is around you flows better and fits better. As Xalle said, as a bit of extra Ooomph it works well though.

We all get 'lemons' of all sorts in life every now and again. I believe that the more we are in tune with our path and magick the fewer we get. I wish you well.

Same from me too BM - Tasxx