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Old May 30, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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How dirty has your white C ever got?

I thought I would put this out there after neglecting my car for the last 4 months. I hadn't washed the car by hand in months and I didn't really think it was that dirty but apparently it was. I had guests over on the weekend and my Wife asked me to park the car down the street to avoid embarrassment.

So pick a number and tell me how bad your car has ever got. I think my car was a 17 (with bits of 33 to 36 all over) by the time I washed it on Saturday.

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Old May 30, 2011 | 08:17 PM
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Nice color chart you got there

I don't have a white C class but we have an aspen white SUV. I hand wash it weekly and detail it every 3 months or so but for your subjective scale's sake I say maybe a 2 or a 3. It doesn't rain much over here so it doesn't really get that dirty unless we cruise through 99 and I-5 freeway where the hood and bumper gets exposed to flying bugs.
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Old May 30, 2011 | 09:30 PM
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I just arrived new York city for dinner with my friend from Albany and was took me 2.5 hours driving ! My car is 18 ad with thousand dead bugzzzzzzzz in front bumper !
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Old May 31, 2011 | 12:50 AM
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My car is a 29 right now and it's black
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Old May 31, 2011 | 03:49 AM
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23, I drove it from edmonton to vancouver and banff and back to Edmonton.
Now it's.... like a WRC rally car. Hope it will rain tomr. ; )
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I'm glad there's people that don't wash their car very often! I was getting the feeling that I was the only one. I wash my car about once a month or before an important event where people will see my car.
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