A group of Floridian gay activists were so incensed over Tim Hardaway's anti-gay admission that they started a petition to boycott his car wash: "Tim Hardaway Presents Finest Hand Carwash".

Hoping to throw them off track, The Miami Herald reports, Hardaway decided to quietly remove his name from the whip wiping establishment, rechristening it "Grand Luxe Auto Bathe". Seems like he's trying to give a cosmopolitan, European allure. Too bad it comes across sounding more like a sex club - and not a very classy one, either.

Although, we wouldn't expect Hardaway to know of such things…