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Old 07-15-08 | 06:15 PM
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I was just typing up a post about how badly my car got dirty while parked in the city one day, and was wondering if CL can come up with any pics of their own rides; pictures of the dirtiest their cars have ever been. I think it could be a fun thread especially b/c nearly everyone on here keeps their cars gleaming (or I would like to think so) Anyway, here's mine:

Simply parked in the city overnight, came out around 10am in the morning and saw this crud on my car.









Of course my heart stopped, thinking it was some sort of acid or paint. Whatever it was it didn't belong on the damn car yet it was EVERYWHERE! I looked around and nothing else was dirty. Turns out overnight and early morning a crew was cleaning the top of the building i parked in front of and voila. The security guard of the building told me about it as he watched it happen. He felt bad too.





Lucky for me it was just dirt and likely some industrial cleaner. I raced home even though I was on my way to work and gave her a good clean. I was glad I had the Klasse twins on her and my P21S. It came off well and beaded as you can see.

I'd like to see if anybody else has had their car just nasty dirty. I saw a thread on here and somebody showed off some X5 just filthy, I almost got sick from the pics...let's see what happens

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Old 07-15-08 | 08:26 PM
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I don't have any pics, but my car turns a deeper shade of gold if I don't have time to wash it for like 3 weeks. Thats about it. Everything slides right off because of the protection I put on the paint
Old 07-15-08 | 08:37 PM
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going to sequoia national park july 4th weekend... my car ended up with so much ash and dirt on it ... it must have been almost 1/2 cm worth on some areas of my car... also on the drive(ended up arriving at the park at 10 pm) i kept hearing bugs splatting against the car which ended up having the entire front end basically coated in dead bugs... so the front end has so many bugs (luckily i taped it)
Old 07-15-08 | 10:33 PM
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mines never really been too dirty just water marks from the rain but we try to keep her in the garage if shes not being driven.
Old 07-15-08 | 10:38 PM
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No pics of dirty Lex, as they all stay inside garage, covered, but here is pics of my office Hummer recently. Took it to Ocatillo Wells for 4 days (SD, CA), and we had a great time.

Didn't wash it for a month. Everything got so hard on it. Took 300$ to detail and clean it, as all the mud was hard on it. Company paid for the car maintenance
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few more after we got it stuck
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one last one
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Here is my office Benz, this was the last car prior to the Hummer
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LOL damn that hummer seriously is dirty, makes me wonder how you see those rear view mirrors
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Originally Posted by butterbeer
LOL damn that hummer seriously is dirty, makes me wonder how you see those rear view mirrors
Drove it a while with no real visibility
Old 07-16-08 | 06:53 AM
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i've got to go take a picture of my car and my mom's car now hahahah
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those count?
Old 07-16-08 | 07:00 PM
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EEWWW WTF is that on the seat?
Old 07-16-08 | 08:22 PM
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i dunno that i can compete w. that ... the worst mine has ever gotten is the white turned grey, actually grey ... so that to open the driver door i would use one finer which i would absolutely have to wipe off before i touched anything else ... i dont have a pic that captures this dirt well tho ... but there were long streaks running up the hood, over the top, horizontally across the doors ... you get the idea
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