How Dirty Do You Let Yours Get?

Harry135 · 12-05-2009, 10:54 AM

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Boy it needs a clean - weather is so awful here at present though....

luv135i · 12-05-2009, 11:20 AM

SlickShift · 12-05-2009, 11:20 AM

Not that dirty!

escobar929 · 12-05-2009, 03:55 PM

oh the horror

Qbone · 12-05-2009, 04:06 PM

well, at fall and winter my car gets that dirty in the half mile i go on my BAD gravel road

Mega Man · 12-05-2009, 04:23 PM

I've been dirtier...should've taken pics...about a month and a half without washing (I was lazy!).

CJRando · 12-05-2009, 04:42 PM

With mine being Alpine White, I tend to clean it more often that any other vehicle I've ever owned.

ruffstik · 12-05-2009, 04:43 PM

That ain't dirty.....salty roads and black car = disaster.

Smac355 · 12-05-2009, 06:10 PM

I live in the NE in the U.S. it snowing right now haven't washed the car in at least a month... rims are black the interior is dirty as all F**k... need some nice weather to clean my baby... gonna powder coat the rims black tho since they are black half the time anyway...

jibaholic101 · 12-05-2009, 06:49 PM

i wash it once a week.

O BYNOE · 12-05-2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SlickShift

Not that dirty!

oneintheory · 12-05-2009, 10:40 PM

it doesn't get dirty.

even if you're gonna leave the paint dirty, you need to keep up with the wheels. you don't want that brake dust becoming permanent.

lopealle · 12-05-2009, 11:16 PM

mine has been a little bit worse than that

Juke · 12-06-2009, 03:25 AM

ORIGIN M. · 12-06-2009, 03:28 AM

Hmmm it must be cold there.

Nice car!!!

dubdemand · 12-06-2009, 06:13 AM

Mine has been washed pretty much every week since I've had it. Hate having a dirty ride!

Dave · 12-06-2009, 08:42 PM

8( wash it!

NihonX · 12-06-2009, 08:54 PM

It's not too bad.

This is my worst. I only had the car for 5 days at that point.

Mark M · 12-07-2009, 10:13 AM

I've often found a direct coorelation between how men take care of their cars and how they take care of other matters in their lives.

Typically a guy who keeps a neat and clean car keeps a neat and clean house, is organized, keeps schedules, very logical mindset, etc. I.e. usually a Type A personality.

Whereas I venture that the person who does not clean their car likely carries those same habbits to other areas of their life. Might not have a tiddy clean house. Might not be very organized or scheduled in their life. Might be habitually late to meetings or appointments, etc.

Granted I am not a scientist, but in my dealings with friends and coworkers this theory has proven true countless times.

NihonX · 12-07-2009, 11:38 AM

You should see the interior. It's flawless still.

smpeck · 12-07-2009, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark M

I've often found a direct coorelation between how men take care of their cars and how they take care of other matters in their lives.

Typically a guy who keeps a neat and clean car keeps a neat and clean house, is organized, keeps schedules, very logical mindset, etc. I.e. usually a Type A personality.

Whereas I venture that the person who does not clean their car likely carries those same habbits to other areas of their life. Might not have a tiddy clean house. Might not be very organized or scheduled in their life. Might be habitually late to meetings or appointments, etc.

Granted I am not a scientist, but in my dealings with friends and coworkers this theory has proven true countless times.

Interesting... you would find the exact opposite with me. In general my car is cleaner than my house!

leemik · 12-07-2009, 12:49 PM

Mine looks similar right now.. I live in New England.. The minute I leave the car wash and get home the car will look about the same as when i went to the car wash..

so it's like throwing money out the window when you wash your car during the snow season here ..

I usually look for about a week of no precipitation and dry roads in the winter before I decide to "wash it" .. but even then it's mostly to get the salt and sand off the bottom side.. not a full detail wash.. and if you do it when it's freezing cold:

#1 you'll freeze your ass off just so the car will get dirty 2 days later
#2 icicles will form on your car and it'll be hard to open your doors haha

--mike

12-05-2009, 10:54 AM	#1
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SlickShift Lieutenant Colonel 323 Rep 1,804 Posts Drives: '11 BMW E90 M3 ZCP, '21 X5 ZMP Join Date: May 2007 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (7)	Not that dirty! __________________ -Nick 2018 BMW 440i - M Sport, Exec Glacier Silver Metallic/Coral Red Dakota Retired: '00 323i, '06 325Ci, '09 135i, '06 Z4M Roadster, '93 525i, '76 2002, '14 X1, '14 M235i, '16 X4, '16 435i
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Qbone Second Lieutenant 10 Rep 271 Posts Drives: BMW 320d Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Västervik iTrader: (0)	well, at fall and winter my car gets that dirty in the half mile i go on my BAD gravel road
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CJRando Enlisted Member 3 Rep 44 Posts Drives: 2007 M6/ 2013 F30 335i Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Upstate NY iTrader: (1)	With mine being Alpine White, I tend to clean it more often that any other vehicle I've ever owned.
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ruffstik Pirate 56 Rep 692 Posts Drives: 2025 M2 G87 - on the list Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wisconsin iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 135i [9.50]	That ain't dirty.....salty roads and black car = disaster.
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Smac355 Lieutenant 40 Rep 400 Posts Drives: Join Date: Dec 2008 iTrader: (0)	I live in the NE in the U.S. it snowing right now haven't washed the car in at least a month... rims are black the interior is dirty as all F**k... need some nice weather to clean my baby... gonna powder coat the rims black tho since they are black half the time anyway... __________________ Black Sapphire Metallic 135i/Coral Leather Interior/ Gloss Black Grills/20% tint/M door sills/Black 135i badge, smoked LED side marker, Dinan stage II , DINAN Exhaust, performance side skirts, performance shift boot/e-brake, pedals, carbon fiber wrapped interior
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jibaholic101 Brigadier General 160 Rep 3,496 Posts Drives: women wild Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC iTrader: (0)	i wash it once a week. __________________ some italian, german, and japanese ones; and on order more of the same
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oneintheory no longer a BMW owner 152 Rep 1,463 Posts Drives: 2011 Ford Edge Sport Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Suffolk/Chesapeake, VA iTrader: (0)	it doesn't get dirty. even if you're gonna leave the paint dirty, you need to keep up with the wheels. you don't want that brake dust becoming permanent.
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lopealle Resident Black Guy 251 Rep 2,302 Posts Drives: Lion Join Date: May 2009 Location: Federal Way, WA iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 M5 [10.00]	mine has been a little bit worse than that
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ORIGIN M. Banned 3161 Rep 9,134 Posts Drives: ///M Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern Hemisphere iTrader: (0)	Hmmm it must be cold there. Nice car!!!
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dubdemand Captain 416 Rep 941 Posts Drives: F80 Individual Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hampshire, UK iTrader: (2)	Mine has been washed pretty much every week since I've had it. Hate having a dirty ride! __________________ Individual SY F80 / insta:@dubdemand
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Dave formerly izzo/comeback 287 Rep 3,382 Posts Drives: 2016 RC 350 F Sport Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NJ iTrader: (3) Garage List 2008 135i [6.80]	8( wash it! __________________ BMW CCA # 418268
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NihonX Captain 63 Rep 901 Posts Drives: 2011 VO 1M Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Antioch iTrader: (8)	It's not too bad. This is my worst. I only had the car for 5 days at that point.
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Mark M Major 240 Rep 1,288 Posts Drives: E30M3 E83X3 E90335D Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA iTrader: (0)	Messy car = Messy life ???? I've often found a direct coorelation between how men take care of their cars and how they take care of other matters in their lives. Typically a guy who keeps a neat and clean car keeps a neat and clean house, is organized, keeps schedules, very logical mindset, etc. I.e. usually a Type A personality. Whereas I venture that the person who does not clean their car likely carries those same habbits to other areas of their life. Might not have a tiddy clean house. Might not be very organized or scheduled in their life. Might be habitually late to meetings or appointments, etc. Granted I am not a scientist, but in my dealings with friends and coworkers this theory has proven true countless times.
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12-07-2009, 11:38 AM	#20
NihonX Captain 63 Rep 901 Posts Drives: 2011 VO 1M Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Antioch iTrader: (8)	You should see the interior. It's flawless still.
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leemik Lieutenant Colonel 509 Rep 1,570 Posts Drives: 2013 LRP M3 Coupe Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Quincy, MA iTrader: (4) Garage List 2020 Acura NSX [0.00] 2013 BMW M3 [9.50]	Mine looks similar right now.. I live in New England.. The minute I leave the car wash and get home the car will look about the same as when i went to the car wash.. so it's like throwing money out the window when you wash your car during the snow season here .. I usually look for about a week of no precipitation and dry roads in the winter before I decide to "wash it" .. but even then it's mostly to get the salt and sand off the bottom side.. not a full detail wash.. and if you do it when it's freezing cold: #1 you'll freeze your ass off just so the car will get dirty 2 days later #2 icicles will form on your car and it'll be hard to open your doors haha --mike
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