Happy day after Valentine’s Day everybody. Right about now, as you wipe the mid-morning crust from your eyes, you begin to realize that the person next to you is the exact same person he/she was last week, just with a few hundred dollars worth of food and chocolate in him/her. This reminds me of the relationship that’s worth putting money into: your car.

The cars in my past have been from Japan, Europe and even a few home-grown in the U.S. -- My dating past has never been that eclectic. So now I’m paying tribute to my best relationships so far with my top 20 reasons a car is better than a woman. Anyone who wants to add to this (especially women with the counterpoints) please feel free.

Am I jaded? Absolutely.

Hit the jump for the list

20 Reasons a Car Is Better Than a Woman:

- Women don’t come with idiot lights

- You can turn on a car whenever you want

- It’s ok for your good friends to borrow your car every once in a while

- It’s an advantage if a car carries a lot of baggage

- You’re expected to go fast with your car

- Upgrading parts on a car doesn’t lead to fights

- You want to know the owner history on a used car

- It’s a good thing when your car is full of gas

- Chrome is cheaper than diamonds

- Cars get better with age

- Maintenance intervals on a car are less frequent

- A car doesn’t care if you drive another car

- You always know the mileage on a car, not always on a woman

- People don’t mind if you carry around magazines with naked car parts

- The rubber lasts longer with a car

- Your car is not offended it you try to sell it on the street

- A car doesn’t mind waiting until after the football game to spend time with it

- Cars are always into leather

- It only takes soap and water to make a car pretty again

- You can have multiple cars at once