Faster car when clean?

[S10 GTA]

I have just finished cleaning my car after about 4 and a half hours, and took it for s quick spin afterwards, and my god it feels quick, so is it just me, or does anyone else find it weird that their car feels quicker when its clean?

[Urban Sports]

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[anonymous-user]

Did you know that folding your rear seats down also makes your car faster....

[dave1409]

So does driving with an inflatable doll in the passenger seat

[PHmember]

champ54321 said:

Did you know that folding your rear seats down also makes your car faster....

Damn you! Beat me to it.

[Killer2005]

champ54321 said:

Did you know that folding your rear seats down also makes your car faster....

Don't forget to open your glove box too

[Strawman]

It would be interesting to do some scientific study on this, above 100mph there has to be some improvement, but looking at the Le Mans 24hrs where they only clean the cars before the final lap, if they have the time, it must be a very marginal improvement.

[hyperblue]

You should probably stop driving while you're high.

[pilchardthecat]

I dunno, there's a couple of dozen KGs of crap in this one....

[S10 GTA]

champ54321 said:

Did you know that folding your rear seats down also makes your car faster....

very good. There was some lad on a corsa forum who said that one, but meant it. Am I the only one who feels this then? Obviously it makes no difference, but its strange that it feels quicker.

[russy01]

champ54321 said:

Did you know that folding your rear seats down also makes your car faster....

I wanted to write this!! Its true though. I think its because you can hear more road noise and exhaust!! Feels more like a racecar!!

[Zippee]

Killer2005 said:

champ54321 said:

Did you know that folding your rear seats down also makes your car faster....

Don't forget to open your glove box too

More importantly don't forget to cadence clutch....

[Arbs]

S10 GTA said:

champ54321 said:

Did you know that folding your rear seats down also makes your car faster....

very good. There was some lad on a corsa forum who said that one, but meant it. Am I the only one who feels this then? Obviously it makes no difference, but its strange that it feels quicker.

Obviously he is right, it makes it faster because it lowers the center of gravity!!

[Jayzee]

Cleaning your car also makes it quieter - no?

[edo]

Depends how dirty I suppose.

[lescombes]

Its a self gratification thing........ you have put in hard work and go out and enjoy....perhaps you drive it a bit quicker ?

[Deluded]

Could there actually be any scientific fact behind this though?

Surely, a car covered in crap (such as the one above) would be less aerodynamic than the same car with beautifully shiny and slippery polished paintwork?

I realise that the difference would probably only be measurable to the minutest of measurements, but surely, it would make some kind of difference?

[anonymous-user]

yep - witness how they always give F1 cars a wipe whenever they get back to the garage.

[PeteG]

DangerousMike said:

yep - witness how they always give F1 cars a wipe whenever they get back to the garage.

Think that's so the sponsors' names and logos can be seen.

[agent006]

Deluded said:

Surely, a car covered in crap (such as the one above) would be less aerodynamic than the same car with beautifully shiny and slippery polished paintwork?

Golfballs.

Dimpled golfballs travel further than smooth ones. If you're particularly interested, look for an episode of american TV show Mythbusters where they covered a Ford Taurus in clay and cut dimples into it. Confirmed that dimpled car got better MPG.