The highest run scorer in international cricket, Tendulkar, who retired from one-day international recently, said he used to find it "relaxing" to wash his cars.
"Not that often that I clean my cars nowadays. It was back then when I had a little more time. Those days I used to shampoo and wax the cars myself, because I cared about my cars. I find that relaxing," the veteran batsman said at the Bloomberg TV Autocar India Awards 2013 last night.
"I have got some friends who are as crazy about cars as I am. It was more to take my mind off cricket and relax," he said adding that some players seek his advice on cars.
Taking a walk own the memory lane, Tendulkar recollected his childhood days, when he dreamed about owning his four-wheeler.
"My passion for cars started when I was 8-9 years old. Living in Bandra, just behind our building there was a huge open air drive-in theatre and all the big cars used to come there and park. Those days it was Fiats and Ambassadors or an occasional Contessa or Standard 2000. That was the time when I used to stand in the balcony and tell myself that one day I should have a car of my own," he said. MORE
