Dirty or shiny?

[R5]

So I'm basically wanting to know if you prefer the polished look, or the dirty look for a super car? In other words, showroom ready or wearing its miles like medals?

 

[carracerptp]

If you can afford a supercar you can afford to wash it.

 

[Anathema]

Generally, people buy supercars as a statement, of money, power, and influence.

There are the select few who do seriously drive their supercars, Roland Atkinson (if I misspelled that, sorry) and his McLaren F1 being the most-known. If I had a supercar, I sure as hell would be driving it.

On cleanliness though... I don't like drawing attention to myself, and the people with the perfect uber-polished shined-out supercars... while I think it's good as a general statement for people to WASH their cars (especially the drivers here in PA), I don't like that 'high-class' stereotype that seems to go right along with it.

I do agree with carracer here, though, keep the thing clean if you've spent that much on it already.

 

[Dean]

Why get a supercar, if you don't want to wash it? - That's just weird.
(So, I'm on shiny/clean .)

 

[kennylmao]

From the funny pic thread.

Makes me feel like Tony Montana you know what I'm saying.

 

[R5]

Why get a supercar, if you don't want to wash it? - That's just weird.
(So, I'm on shiny/clean .)

I kinda like having dirt and grime on it, I'd wash it, just not as often as people would like. Wear the miles.

 

[motortrend]

Both, cars should be used therefore they should be dirty at at times but that does not mean that they should not be cared for. So, they can be dirty and should be but when cleaned they deserve the best just like in the other aspectos Of maintenance.

 

[analog]

Why get a supercar, if you don't want to wash it? - That's just weird.
(So, I'm on shiny/clean .)

If you can afford a supercar, you can afford someone else to wash it too ofcourse.

I actually love the effect dirt can sometimes have on a car, nevermind that it makes you appear as the sort of guy who has more interesting things to worry about or be occupied with than the anal process of meticulously cleaning your car.
As long as the interior still looks spic and span (otherwise you just appear as a slob), I think I'd prefer the scruffy, couldn't care less-look, the 'yes I can afford this car and can actually afford to use it and not look after it'.

Ofcourse the key is not to look scruffy yourself whilst exiting or entering it.

 

[motortrend]

I like how the dirt shows the car's airflow, the M3 gets dirty in the rear Very quickly

 

[Xavier2342]

So I'm basically wanting to know if you prefer the polished look, or the dirty look for a super car? In other words, showroom ready or wearing its miles like medals?

For me it I prefer to be somewhere in between the polished look and dirty. I'm one of those people that believes in spending more time driving your car, than amount of time being spent on detailing the car. Of course this all changes when you have multiple cars to drive and enough money to pay a high-end detailer to clean your car.

 

[Slash]

Both

 

[poolhaas]

Buys TVR. Parks it at a dirty campsite still not looking too dirty, yet.


TVR Sagaris by poolhaas1, on Flickr

I still prefer them clean though

 

[RenoRanes007]

I normally prefer mine clean But I must admit.... I left it like this for a while

The light makes it look cleaner than it was... see:

 

[CAMAROBOY69]

The only vehicles that look good to me with dirt are offroad vehicles. Trucks and even some Subaru Imprezas look great muddy. All other vehicles look better clean IMO.

 

[Dan]

Clean. I don't like dirty cars. They just look gross in my opinion. However, when I see a dirty rally car, I know that guy driving it was having the time of his life and I don't mind if rally cars look muddy or dusty.

There are the select few who do seriously drive their supercars, Roland Atkinson (if I misspelled that, sorry) and his McLaren F1 being the most-known. If I had a supercar, I sure as hell would be driving it.

Don't forget TaxTheRich100 on YouTube. That guy is freaking insane. Ferrari Enzo and Rolls Royce rally cars and the F40 tug of war!

 

[Bc4]

The only vehicles that look good to me with dirt are offroad vehicles. Trucks and even some Subaru Imprezas look great muddy. All other vehicles look better clean IMO.

I agree 100% 👍

 

[Pagey279]

I prefer exotics looking clean for aesthetical reasons, but it is nice to see when they are dirty because it means the owners actually use them on a daily basis. Rather than keeping them covered up under lock and key destined to sit unused and to barely ever see the light of day.

 

[Aquarelle]

Clean, as I prefer all cars.

It doesn't matter if it's a Daihatsu Sirion or a Lamborghini Aventador - all cars deserve to be treated properly and kept clean. Detailing optional but I personally take a great deal of pride and joy in keeping any car I own or drive spotless.

 

[Dean]

I kinda like having dirt and grime on it, I'd wash it, just not as often as people would like. Wear the miles.

Well, what I mean is just leaving it, and never wash it .

If you can afford a supercar, you can afford someone else to wash it too ofcourse.

Of course. Still counts as waching it .

 

[LeadFootLiam]

What the hell is the point of this thread?

 

[RenoRanes007]

Does it matter? OP asked a simple question and there appears to be plenty of users happy to give OP their answers.

 

[lintels123]

I like the dirtyy look of the 458 that Analog put. If its dirty as if it was at a track day or something of the sort (exhaust carbon, bits of rubber and dirt around wheel wells, etc.) but not a layer of dirt and mud around the whole bottom of the car. So in a way yes and in a way no. I vote yes for now.

 

[Wolfe]

For supercars I really don't care one way or the other. Dirty is cool because it means they're getting driven, and clean is cool because they look good.

As for my Legacy, I wash it frequently when there's salt on the ground, but for the rest of the year it's mostly just rainwater baths.

 

[Slash]

When I think dirty I think:

 

[gorsad]

I really like a combination of the 2, I don't want the supercar to be shining bright, but I don't want it to be covered in dirt. Just a general cleanliness is what I want.

 

[BongRipz]

Cars should always be washed regularly but I think I get what the OP means here. Looking showroom new or a car that looks driven. With all those little imperfections you can only truly have on a car thats been enjoyed by being driven as opposed to only shown off.

 

[The Flex]

Gotta love the dust effect. Gives the whole new look to a car.

 

[Crash]

Personally, I don't really care whether the exterior is dirty or clean. I sit inside the car, not outside, so I keep my interior spotless. On the outside though, I use my car, and I can't really be bothered with washing it all the time, so I'm fine with a dirty car, though yes, I admit, a clean car does look very nice.

I think I only wash my car about four times each year right now.

 

[KinLM]

It doesn't have to be spotless because that just looks too brash and showing off too much.

But if I'm 15 and can afford to keep my 1997 Toyota Camry looking halfway decent and clean then anybody who has the money to purchase a good looking car should be able to keep it from looking like it just finished a Finnish Rally race.

 

[ND4SPD]

How about snowy?