How dirty is your car?

PauloMN

At the moment, mine's the filthiest it's been in the 5 years I've had it. The roads I travel on daily are in an awful state, not helped by the amount of rain lately or whatever they put on the roads to stop the ice.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I'd say it's an 8.5 (10 being dirtiest)

Our man in Havana

Mine has been at 11 at least! So bad that I got a pull from the cops for filthty number plates. It was suggested that I spend €6 at the local car wash without delay!

Saruman

My work car was filthy.. got it serviced yesterday and they washed it for me

Damn filthy roads.. too much construction going on.. though i suppose its a good thing or will be when its done.. then again.. it will never be done

mike65

Ah only about 3.5 at the moment (can still see out!).

Mike.

kikel

0.5 cleaned, dried and polished rubbers and plastic. Don't want to drive it cause i know a trip to the shops will make it a 2 at least

Duiske

Few heavy sleet showers today, so I reckon mine has gone from an 8 to about 6.5.:p Shame and embarrassment are stopping me from giving the inside a rating.

parsi

Bond-007 wrote:

Mine has been at 11 at least! So bad that I got a pull from the cops for filthty number plates. It was suggested that I spend €6 at the local car wash without delay!

that's interesting - a few weeks ago in the city I came across a car which was spotless except for its muck-encrusted plates. I suggested to Mrs Parsi that she jump out and clean them with babywipes but it was rejected...

byte

It's not too bad, I'd say 3/10

Green_Martian

mine is probably about 8.5

But i kind of get away with it as the car colour does not really show the dirt...............lol:D

vector

Bond-007 wrote:

Mine has been at 11 at least! So bad that I got a pull from the cops for filthty number plates. It was suggested that I spend €6 at the local car wash without delay!

Why spend EUR 6 when one can of WD40 can clear your plates of mud time and time again

Sangre

My car is very dirty. Even wanted to do anal tonight.

Our man in Havana

vector wrote:

Why spend EUR 6 when one can of WD40 can clear your plates of mud time and time again

The whole car was dirty!

Sangre wrote:

My car is very dirty. Even wanted to do anal tonight.

ROFL

jcoote

i just got a big feck of dent fixed in mine so the dent area is spotless and the rest looks like i live in the sticks

Duiske

jcoote wrote:

i just got a big feck of dent fixed in mine so the dent area is spotless and the rest looks like i live in the sticks

Don't knock living in the sticks !..... Amazing what a layer of cow crap under the chassis can do for noise insulation.

Our man in Havana

Excatly, its the dirt that is hold my car together that this stage!

blastman

Mine's constantly filthy, becasue I take cr@p back roads to work and any rain at all, you're bound to meet a tipper truck, get stuck behind it and get covered in sh!t. As I wash it nearly every week, the first cop that tells me I need to clean the plates will get an earful!

It's soul-destroying, watching it get coated as you drive away from the car wash. :mad:

Ronan Raver77

Wish the last lady i was out with was as dirty as my car its 11 out 10:D

PauloMN

Sangre wrote:

My car is very dirty. Even wanted to do anal tonight.

It was only a matter of time I suppose...

PauloMN

blastman wrote:

Mine's constantly filthy, becasue I take cr@p back roads to work and any rain at all, you're bound to meet a tipper truck, get stuck behind it and get covered in sh!t. As I wash it nearly every week, the first cop that tells me I need to clean the plates will get an earful!

It's soul-destroying, watching it get coated as you drive away from the car wash. :mad:

Yeah, same here. I'm on back roads around Blanchardstown/Finglas a lot, they are terrible, no kerbs and hence the trucks churn the side of the road up and leave the place in a mess.

Was in Germany once on back roads and it was very wet. The car was getting sprayed, but there was no muck on the roads. The car was spotless even after driving hundreds of kilometers.

Surely if certain roads are used by huge volumes of cars and trucks, they warrant being looked after a bit better i.e. kerbs and cleaning.

johnnyrotten

Post the pics people

Squirrel

Sonata - Not too bad, went a few weeks being filthy, a comfortable 9. Now it's about a 4

MR2 - Pretty dirty, it wasn't too bad 2 weeks ago but then it got used a fair amount and got dirty and I haven't had the time to clean it

Micra - Filthy, I cleaned it about 2 months ago, and I haven't had enough time or the weather has been crap to do it since

That said my brother got a 323F yesterday and it's pretty spotless

_Kaiser_

Mine's about a 7 I'd say (the rain, and it being silver has helped )

I use the Finglas/Blanch back roads as well and they are in a very bad state at the moment The N3 ain't much fun either - lousy slow dump trucks.

Side note: Think it was done a while back, but is it a big (expensive?) job having a rear wiper fitted to a coupe? It's the only thing I miss about the hatchback I had previously..

bucks

Mine are both a 1.

Cant stand having a dirty car, wash them by hand with a sponge and a warm bucket off water about every 2 or 3 days.

Also regulary give them a good polish.

cormie

I've only cleaned my car for the NCT and driving test, by clean I mean a little hoover and clean the windows, I've never cleaned the body of my car:o but it's surprisingly not that bad!

Hal1

Hehe, mines about a 7 tbh its dead dirty :P

Big Nelly

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Mine's about a 7 I'd say (the rain, and it being silver has helped )

I use the Finglas/Blanch back roads as well and they are in a very bad state at the moment The N3 ain't much fun either - lousy slow dump trucks.

The only thing worht anything on that car is the dirt

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Side note: Think it was done a while back, but is it a big (expensive?) job having a rear wiper fitted to a coupe? It's the only thing I miss about the hatchback I had previously..

Ahh learner drivers:rolleyes:

_Kaiser_

Big Nelly wrote:

The only thing worth anything on that car is the dirt

Ahh learner drivers:rolleyes:

Took the opportunity to help you with your spelling there Nelly

Besides, I'm not the one with penalty points on the way for being a bold bold speeder am I?

Big Nelly

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Took the opportunity to help you with your spelling there Nelly

never was a good speller, Firefox should have a built in spell check, people in IT don't need to spell, everything has 2 letters in it so it easy to remember

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Besides, I'm not the one with penalty points on the way for being a bold bold speeder am I?

Ahh prays are being said weekly that he didn't get me:D Anyway you would be done if you had a car that could actually break the limit

Hotwheels

I've a loner at the Moment so i have not bothered to wash it, reckon the boys at the car wash will need a kango though

Silvera

Mine is usually a '1' .......though it's a '2' at the mo - time to get out the sponge, zip wax and power washer !:D

I reckon most Irish drivers are somehow proud by how dirty their cars are!

LundiMardi

mines about a 7, the outside was a 10 as i hadn't washed it in about 7 months, but i washed it a couple of weeks ago.. the inside is bad now, you can't actually see the floor of the passenger side:o

JohnCleary

Much dirtier than my girlfriend, unfortunately

_Kaiser_

JohnCleary wrote:

Much dirtier than my girlfriend, unfortunately

Post of the week!

Squirrel

Silvera wrote:

I reckon most Irish drivers are somehow proud by how dirty their cars are!

I sometimes think that too, but then I look out the window and see our cars and realise it's not the case, between the 3 cars about 25-30K miles are put on a year. I only get the chance to wash them once every month or two, and only then when the weather holds

ando

seen this a few days ago..... weird one. Someone went out and cleaned half their car. Good laugh all the same:

Silvera

Squirrel wrote:

I sometimes think that too, but then I look out the window and see our cars and realise it's not the case, between the 3 cars about 25-30K miles are put on a year. I only get the chance to wash them once every month or two, and only then when the weather holds

Fair enough - but how come cars in other countries with similar (or worse) weather than us are generally always kept much cleaner than Irish cars?

Squirrel

Silvera wrote:

Fair enough - but how come cars in other countries with similar (or worse) weather than us are generally always kept much cleaner than Irish cars?

There is alot of laziness here. I'm prone to it myself, I was gonna wash the MR2 and Micra today, but I decided not to because it's cold out.

It's the same with general condition of cars in this country, look at many 3/4 year old cars, shockingly bad. People see them as disposable tools