Whats the best car colour to keep clean?
Poll: Whats the best car colour to keep clean?
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Discussion
adycav said:
Silver, without a shadow of a doubt.
Black is about the worst!
I will take your black and raise you "metallic teal (blue)". I used to have a black MK2 MR2 and I swore I would never have a black car again: it looked awesome for about 3 nanoseconds after it was washed or waxed and then someone would breathe on it and that would be the end of that Black is about the worst!
However last year I bought a teal bluey-green SL500 which is a lovely colour - I've not had a single bad word said, it's beautiful. In many ways though it's worse than black. It always seems to be suffering from a low level dirtieness no matter what and seems to get dirtier quicker. Shame.
The relection in that Nissan photo is awsome!
Ive owned cars of many colours and always found silvers and yellow (!) to be the easiest to keep clean without doing anything.
My current car is a dark green honda prelude. ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE to keep clean! I'll spend ages perfecting it and drive 100 yards down the road and its filthy again!
Ive owned cars of many colours and always found silvers and yellow (!) to be the easiest to keep clean without doing anything.
My current car is a dark green honda prelude. ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE to keep clean! I'll spend ages perfecting it and drive 100 yards down the road and its filthy again!
We've got a silver MX-5 and an RX-8 in that dark blue / Cadbury's purple colour (Strato Blue). I usually wash both cars at the same time. The RX-8 then mostly sits on the driveway, while the MX-5 is a daily driver.
The blue car always looks filthy within days, while the silver one looks clean for ages.
The blue car always looks filthy within days, while the silver one looks clean for ages.
otolith said:
We've got a silver MX-5 and an RX-8 in that dark blue / Cadbury's purple colour (Strato Blue). I usually wash both cars at the same time. The RX-8 then mostly sits on the driveway, while the MX-5 is a daily driver.
The blue car always looks filthy within days, while the silver one looks clean for ages.
Yeah, mrs hornet has a 2 in Aurora Blue and it shows every spec of dust. Mine (Seal Grey) looks relatively clean even when filthy, result!The blue car always looks filthy within days, while the silver one looks clean for ages.
My 2 black cars are a nightmare to keep clean (mini less so as more plastic bits on it), the cls only gets used to go around the block, rarely goes above 30mph and becomes filthy two days after cleaning, also the swirl marks show up easily on it compared to the grey car which people still think is clean after it hasn't been washed for a month. I had a pearlescent silver A3 which although lost it's pearlescence if not washed for a week but it rarely looked dirty even when not washed for a month.
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