How dirty have you let your car get?

[yungcotter]

Lets see your car at its dirtiest

Heres mine, So I go to school in up state New York and it pretty much snowed for a week straight. Then drove from Cobleskill to NYC.
Here is the result:


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/0tcotter/IMG_20101218_153336.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/0tcotter/IMG_20101218_153413.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/0tcotter/IMG_20101218_153401.jpg

[DocJ]

god DAMN! i have like ocd about having a clean car, so if it get dirty with salt, i usually rinse it with a hose, then use the mr. clean autodry (which works wonders btw). i dont use the autodry with soap tho, thats just unnecessary (for the simple washes at least)

[Inked]

god DAMN! i have like ocd about having a clean car, so if it get dirty with salt, i usually rinse it with a hose, then use the mr. clean autodry (which works wonders btw). i dont use the autodry with soap tho, thats just unnecessary (for the simple washes at least)

me too minus the snow part since i live in florida, but if it rains or gets bugs I wash it even if its back to back days LOL

[green a6]

mine is the same but i'm bout to wash it lol

[08lichmanj]

i dont wash my car in the winter. suck it. too low for car washes, too cold to turn on my hose, so usually i hit up the spray thingers and might bring a bucket every now and then

[beantown]

I wash it once a week year-round; sometimes more so in the winter from salt buildup.

You gotta hit up a touchless car wash dude.

[bartles]

Ill take a picture in feb or march im letting it go all winter long :)

[bw86]

i dont wash my car in the winter. suck it. too low for car washes, too cold to turn on my hose, so usually i hit up the spray thingers and might bring a bucket every now and then

same here

[B72.0tsline]

i wash my car once a year....

[yungcotter]

I usually keep my car pretty clean. usually hit the car wash every 7 to 10 days but just gave up because it just kept getting dirty.

[chrisftl]

i've gone about 3 months without cleaning my car. the paint/body never got too bad minus road tar and miscellaneous mud all up in the side skirts/doors. the wheels have been dirty to the point that they were practically blacked out (brake dust buildup). in the early days when i first got my car, i would just take it to chevron and get the mexicans to wash it for me (haha sounds totally racist. but the truth hurts sometimes). then i realized it would be more rewarding to do it myself. i do a much better job, which is understandable since i didn't expect the chevron to do a thorough job given the amount of cars they had to finish. i do a big clean-up every month or so now regardless of the weather (wash, clay bar, wax, interior).

my interior usually is dirtier than the outside. i try my best to keep cigarette ash from flying back into the car, but it never works. also, (currently, for example) sometimes there's just a bed of leaves from mine and my passengers' shoes on my mats.

[stirfryguy]

I started one here (http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/403242-Phil-s-(D.-Domain)-worst-nightmare-Post-your-salt-and-slush-cars) but I'll post two that I got a few days ago... it's worse than the pictures show

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JGgtkdkhiiE/TQvNiujqVkI/AAAAAAAAAT4/HYmbwncmXFA/s640/IMAG0035.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JGgtkdkhiiE/TQvNYWaitfI/AAAAAAAAAT0/w5ShQ4zIY-g/s640/IMAG0036.jpg

[nikothegman2003]

damn dude this is from the snow we had a couple days ago? shitt i dont really take my car out when theres salt on the road, but if its this bad i take it to a car wash since its really cold here this way the underside gets rinsed off too

[nikothegman2003]

p.s. like how ur license plate is AMG transfer those to a benz and get diff ones lol

[GarrettReid]

Once I get gunmetal wheels, probably will never wash it again...

[RiCHV382]

You dirty bastards lol I wash my car about 3 times a week sometimes 4. I understand that I'll Probably end up with mOre swirls from washing it too much but it's worth it to me. Yes I live in fl and don't have to deal with cold or snow but still washed my car atleast twice a week when I lived on cape cod(MA).

[yungcotter]

p.s. like how ur license plate is AMG transfer those to a benz and get diff ones lol

They actually came off my moms old E55 and i wanted blue plates instead of the new yellow ones.

[vdubjetta02]

my car does not get dirty..... at the slightest hint of dirt on my car it will get washed that day..... and is garaged in the winter

[Murre R]

Haha, u guys are funny. Thats not dirty.. If my car wasnt covered in 5-6 inches of snow, I'd show you a dirty car..

[Stewy]

my car does not get dirty..... at the slightest hint of dirt on my car it will get washed that day..... and is garaged in the winter

You and me both man. I dont even drive mine in the rain, but yet I still wash it a few times a week. Damn brake dust!

[Mc Suly]

Washing car too much time, let the dealer to it haha ;) jk.

[Stewy]

let the dealer do it haha ;) jk.

[cringes] I don't think there will ever be a day where I let the dealer wash my car.

[agkellyboy]

I've never let the dealer wash it and the car has never seen an automatic car wash. The downside is when I'm at school it never gets washed, but in the end I know there's nothing Phil can't fix!

[jimrobbington]

Yep, mine's dirty all winter long. I wash it once or twice in the summer, but it's too low for an automatic, and too cold for anything else. I should have taken a picture before the last wash.

[arce909]

I wash my car every Saturday.. Even if it's gonna rain the next day!!! I can't stand a dirty car.. And I never let the dealer wash my car.. NEVER!!!

[Tanner]

Only really wash mine when it gets to the point the door handle is completely covered in road grime/salt

[Matt@EuropaParts]

I just don't wash it from Thanksgiving-mid March. Too cold, and I just can't be bothered. I kind of like my car dirty anyway...

[stirfryguy]

^ exactly. Sometimes my wool coat cleans the car when i pass by in the parking garage...

[deeznuts]

im the asshole who cleans his car when it rains out, and am at the carwash at least twice a week...madd ocd with a dirty car...and the carbon from my exhaust gets pretty bad real quick on a white car

[B72.0T]

I can't stand my car being dirty, even the slightest spots on it!

[Soul Kitchen]

i like to wash my car weekly in the summer because all of the pollen around here loves to coat my car, making it look like crap.

during the winter though it rains practically everyday so my car is pretty damn dirty right now.. i do clean the interior a lot though, despite the cigarette ashes that get everywhere

[ASTAR]

I wash and wax my car all the time in the summer but once it gets to winter the rain just makes it pointless

[GarrettReid]

Wash: every week to two weeks.
Interior: every week.
Wax: every two months, sometimes sooner.

[naiku]

I need to take a picture of my car, in almost 2 years of owning it, I have never seen it as dirty as it is now. I keep thinking of how I can get it cleaned up, but might end up just leaving it until Spring.

[beantown]

I can't stand my car being dirty, even the slightest spots on it!

I'm totally with you on that...some of these ppl need to take some pride in their vehicles.

[B5addiction]

Right before her bath this morning

http://i56.tinypic.com/iw82lt.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2s76o08.jpg

[altavant]

..a couple of winters ago...

http://forums.audiworld.com/picture.php?albumid=72650&pictureid=104281

[Murre R]

I like em dirty.. like that red one above, smexy

[AWDTURBO]

i dont let my car out in the salt .. these pics hurt my eyes.

[B5addiction]

i dont let my car out in the salt .. these pics hurt my eyes.

Salty snow frozen roads are way more fun then cleaning a mouse nest out

[yungcotter]

Well it's spring and I finally gave her a bath.i went all out clay bar, menzerna power gloss followed by ther super finish and finally power lock sealant. Here are the results.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/0tcotter/IMG_2132.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/0tcotter/IMG_2130.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/0tcotter/IMG_2129.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/0tcotter/IMG_2128.jpg

Rear bumper will be repainted soon might even go DTM.

[mixtery]

Nice SE. Just saw one CPO exactly like it at bklyn Audi. They wanted 27k, sheesh.

[jamerican1]

How dirty do I let my car get... not very, not very at all:)

[Coderedpl]

yungcotter - your valence in rear hangs a bit at both ends =p, snap that shit in there!

[GarrettReid]

yungcotter - your valence in rear hangs a bit at both ends =p, snap that shit in there!

You have a knack for details lol.

[geekinc]

Not too bad

http://i.imgur.com/PJ1uHl.jpg

Look again...already dirty car before I took it through some mud getting to an airshow I didn't get to go into. Getting a bath tomorrow plus some wax, can't wait!

http://i.imgur.com/jKZh7l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/A46Rql.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jPQ2Rl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TLavFl.jpg

[Coderedpl]

You have a knack for details lol.
Once I notice it, it's hard to either not say anything or just simply ignore it lol.

[GarrettReid]

Once I notice it, it's hard to either not say anything or just simply ignore it lol.

I bet you're good at those puzzles that you have to notice the 5 differences between the two scenes.

[Coderedpl]

I bet you're good at those puzzles that you have to notice the 5 differences between the two scenes.

Depends on the mood I'm in haha

[yungcotter]

yungcotter - your valence in rear hangs a bit at both ends =p, snap that shit in there!

Yea I've been too lazy to do it cus the clips on the ends are broken.

[JPT]

I'm sorry... I saw this picture and had to re-post it...

KEvina4's Clogged Drain picture...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Mx6Driver/photo-2.jpg

[theklug]

http://i55.tinypic.com/w18d92.jpg

From Scranton to Philly....in a shit storm.

http://i56.tinypic.com/347y42v.jpg

[yungcotter]

Well after less than a week after all my hard work, this happens. [=(]
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/0tcotter/IMG_2134-1.jpg [headbang]

[Coderedpl]

^^Most of which already disappeared

[Inked]

there is no way I could live where it snows....that cant be good for a car lol

[yungcotter]

^^Most of which already disappeared
No its still snowing here. I'm at school up near Albany.

[Mezzer]

Besides that red B7 on page one I really haven't seen a dirty car in this thread yet.

Let me help.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/mezzerTL-S/001-1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/mezzerTL-S/009.jpg

AHHHH thats better.

[Stewy]

^^^ Damn, well done bud!

[Rahbey]

OP - looks so much better clean, good work on the detail

[Rahbey]

I'm sorry... I saw this picture and had to re-post it...

KEvina4's Clogged Drain picture...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Mx6Driver/photo-2.jpg


hah, nasty

[VWAUDINUT]

Besides that red B7 on page one I really haven't seen a dirty car in this thread yet.

Let me help.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/mezzerTL-S/001-1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/mezzerTL-S/009.jpg

AHHHH thats better.

Lol, its easy to get that dirty in southern Ontario. My ibis is filthy (i refuse to take pictures), i waxed last week and it looks like shit again. Gotta love CDN winters. Hard to believe i was almost fooled by mother nature into putting on my summer wheels last week.

[Stewy]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Mx6Driver/photo-2.jpg

I am without words!

[Adub-Drew]

My car in like mid december. Went for a cruise down a dirt path right after it was semi plowed from a blizzard...

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a480/Adub-Drew/P1100281.jpg

http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a480/Adub-Drew/P1100282.jpg
Friend decided it would be funny drawing stuff all over my car, ppl honked at me the whole way home. Didn't kno why until i got home...
http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a480/Adub-Drew/P1100287.jpg