19VFB19

I keep it clean
Wash and wax in spring when I bring it out of winter storage. Not my DD and dont drive in rain so it stays fairly clean.
Before every drive, dust off using California Car Duster
Clean the windows and rims.
It stays clean and shiny.
Will hand wash maybe once every couple of months.

Fined

I've found this phenomena to be the case, almost without fail. If I wash one of the cars... it's likely to rain the same day. If I wash both the cars at once then it's likely to rain right around the time I've finished drying the second one. Even though I've checked the radar and it was supposed to be clear the next few days. Last time I thought I was going to be smart and check multiple forecasts first.

It didn't work out in my favor regardless.

WV997S

I laughed about this thread last week as I drove the car on Wednesday to work and it wasn't very dirty but needed to be washed. I waited to wash it until Thursday night so I could drive it to work again on Thursday. I had a Cars & Coffee on Saturday that I wanted to be clean for and had it been spotless on Thursday, I probably would not have driven it.

Verdict.....we all have varied levels of CRAZY!

Rikky001

Ah well, everybody seem to be different. I like all my cars in clean and shiny condition, hand- washed at least once a week; The 997 is not my daily driver so that helps. For me the taking care of the cars, makes as much fun as only driving. If you wash every week, the car does not get that dirty and it result in a quick job. Every 6 months I detail the car, my 997 4S has 85000 km and is almost 9 years but in a new condition. My experience, exemptions aside, is that a lot of "dirty" car drivers have not a hard feeling of delaying, or just not doing anything for maintenance either. When it is time to sell the car they come crying to me why they get such a low price as offer, or why nobody is willing to take their stinking car.

Steben

What's wrong with cuddling after sex? Usually leads to more sex

Omnigeek

If I can't see it while I'm driving, I generally don't care, it's other peoples' problem. On the other hand, for some reason I feel compelled to towel it off when I get home after driving through rain.

mreloc

Brake dust is more an issue and obsession of mine- it is so corrosive to the wheels' finish it gets cleaned off at least once a week.

SnP

I hand washed my first Porsche every time it got dirty for 4 years. I had a very clean car that I almost never drove.

Fast forward 15 years and four p-cars later...My current Porsche, has three sets of wheels. Summer tires, winter wheels, and track wheels. She's dirty and I've left a lot of marks on her.

Garage queens are like marrying a super model and never f---ing her. Beautiful but useless.

mlv_250

I have no problems driving it dirty.

ManoTexas

My dad washed every car weekly. All 8 of them. And blue turtle waxed twice/yr. The kind of wax like spraying concrete on car and trying to get it off. By hand. So genetically, I like clean cars. Hate brake dust. I only wash DD every few weeks. In summer when TX quits raining for 4 months don't even wash every few weeks. Too hot to wash, water spots no matter what, it dries coming out of the hose. Purists will cringe, but in between use Griots speed shine, even on the wheels. Clay and wax twice/yr. Maybe with scope can see swirls from speed shine, but not to eye. Last car was jet black and no swirls. Basalt black makes it easier as well to hide minor imperfections.
So pick up car at airport on Thursday, drive home, spend 10 min speed shine and couple min on windows and got to go.

nevadakid

I spray clean the car before leaving (for dust) and after parking it back home (for road dirt). Seriously, it takes 5 minutes each time.
That's the least we can do for our cars, and our ego!
Do I need a consultation?