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Old May 21, 2017 | 06:12 PM
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Sitting in my wifes truck couldnt believe my eyes, never seen a Vette so dirty.
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Old May 21, 2017 | 06:22 PM
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Some people drive them.....some people clean them....some even do both......he obviously does not.
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Old May 21, 2017 | 06:30 PM
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You haven't seen mine.
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Old May 21, 2017 | 06:30 PM
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someones far too interested in what others do...
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Old May 21, 2017 | 08:19 PM
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Is all good, dirty or clean, I'd rather vette...
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Old May 21, 2017 | 08:36 PM
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Looks like he's been in the rain.
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Old May 21, 2017 | 11:18 PM
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last week, it may have been a show-stopper...It does not look like long-term dirt and grime. Heck, mine gets that bad in one day sometimes when we have a windstorm, very common in NV.
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Old May 21, 2017 | 11:53 PM
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I daily drive my C6 for the most part (about 7-9 months a year, depending on weather) and it gets pretty darn dirty sometimes
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Dirty black cars matter.
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Old May 22, 2017 | 07:06 AM
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Worth starting a thread over?
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Old May 22, 2017 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
Looks like he's been in the rain.
That was my first thought too.

I went on a road trip once with my WRX and it looked like that after 1400 miles of rain. The first day I got to my destination, I looked for one of those wash bay pressure wash car washes. A lot of people just wait until they get home.
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Old May 22, 2017 | 08:26 AM
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I drove my black 08 from Fort Worth to Lafayette La in heavy rain all the way!! It looked like that when i got there. Cleaned it up in my sisters garage and it was clean for the trip home! Had a little rain on the trip back but not as bad!! does not take much rain and dirty roads for one to look like that!! They are made to drive! Smile while doing so and watch the people look at you!! Well probably looking at the car and not the old fart driving it!!
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Originally Posted by EVILFACE
Worth starting a thread over?
I have seen a lot worse ones started!!
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Two buckets for sure on that one.
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Old May 22, 2017 | 09:37 AM
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That isn't even close to dirty.

I've had mine covered in mud. Driven in snow. Driven over a mountain dirt road into park city. Its a car, it is fun to drive. Dirt comes off easy enough.
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Its not dirty. Its Black. They come that way from the factory.
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Old May 22, 2017 | 12:49 PM
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you should have seen my c5 with salt, slush, snow, and dirt caked all over the sides, the rockers, the wheel wells, etc in 2014, and 2015's winters.

I'm sure some of you would have lost your damn minds. The c6 stayed snug, and hid during the winter this year though.
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If you drive them, they will get dirty.


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Its not dirty. Its Black. They come that way from the factory.


At least he is driving a Vette not a truck.

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Old May 22, 2017 | 04:23 PM
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Erm, yeah, my car's probably at least that dirty. I used painter's tape for numbers at the track and at an autocross the other day and you can still see where the tape was from the old dirt around it. And my wheels are all caked with brake dust. And I've got a thousand bug corpses plastered to the nose. And it's been raining. And it lives outside.

The inside is perfectly clean, though!
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