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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 06:41 PM
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This is it for me. After two days in Death Valley and a 2.5 mile drive over a dirt road to hike Mosaic Canyon outside Stovepipe Wells. Note the buildup of dirt on the tail lights! It looked alot dirtier than the picture conveys.


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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnsC5
This is it for me. After two days in Death Valley and a 2.5 mile drive over a dirt road to hike Mosaic Canyon outside Stovepipe Wells. Note the buildup of dirt on the tail lights! It looked alot dirtier than the picture conveys.

I live down a mile of dirt road, and my car is a daily driver. My car looks like that at the end of every week!That's why I bought a silver car.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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and I thought my vette was dirty. It's hard to keep it clean, but you have to do what you have to do. Mine's been covered in complete mud at one point

But I treat my baby better now
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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Not that bad.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 06:59 PM
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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Never been that dirty, but I never had the opportunity to drive through Death Valley either ( I'd do it in a heartbeat, I can always wash the car!). I bet it was fun.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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What color is it?!?
The worst was when there was a wind storm here 4 hours after I washed it and put the cover back on. The next day I took off the cover to find it was now brown I was so pissed I didn't wash it for a week after.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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Not that dirty , not even close. Question is, how do you go about cleaning it when it's that dirty and not scratching the finish getting the dirt off?????

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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Been that dirty in the rain, but not often
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnsC5
This is it for me. After two days in Death Valley and a 2.5 mile drive over a dirt road to hike Mosaic Canyon outside Stovepipe Wells. Note the buildup of dirt on the tail lights! It looked alot dirtier than the picture conveys.

I love it. These cars were built for Adventures. Use 'em, abuse 'em, fix 'em if they break, and spend the occasional Saturday morning cleaning 'em up.
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Mine's a DD and it only gets really dirty when DOT salts the roads.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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After picking it up from the S/C installation...so it was worth the mess!

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If you look close you might see a bug or two This was taken after it got lightly rained on
I am guilty of owning a garage queen, only driven on weekends and nice days in the summer.
I dont even drive my DD on a gravel road
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Cartman98
What color is it?!?
It was/is purple. You must be a neighbor if you're close to Pendleton.
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Don't think mine has been that dirty before. Gonna be a job getting that cleaned up.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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You win, I've been dirty, but never that dirty.
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Don't think mine has been that dirty before. Gonna be a job getting that cleaned up.
No problem. Here it is the next day outside of Lone Pine at the Mt. Whitney Portal:

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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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My dedicated Vette washer just quit,,,said she had career advancement opportunity,,,, now I know where she ran off to!
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Old Jun 10, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnsC5
No problem. Here it is the next day outside of Lone Pine at the Mt. Whitney Portal:

great shot!
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