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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 02:15 AM
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Default Who's says dark colors don't hide dirt?!?




I have NO CLUE what you are talking about!!

This was two days after I washed it!

I think my new passtime is hand washing the box between snow storms



I was so tired after all this, I forgot to take photos after it was all clean, dry and happy

I'll try and fix that later.

~Eric~
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 02:17 AM
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you can wash mine next
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 02:18 AM
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dude... those are AWESOME wheels on that Porsche.

/sarcasm
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 02:26 AM
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Im going to take a wild guess out of the blue.....you have a kat
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Priory of Scion
Im going to take a wild guess out of the blue.....you have a kat
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 02:46 AM
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hehe Two rare cats, yes. I think I spend more on litter each
month then I do gas!

Thanks for the sarcasm on the Porsche wheels. I keep 'em
yellow just because it rubs people the wrong way and makes
me laugh.

Though I just put the car up for sale a few seconds ago.
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 04:19 AM
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LOL... I bet you do get a lot of "ribbing" about the yellow wheels.

Oh well, EVERYONE knows yellow means fast. ;)
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Scion05BOPxB
Oh well, EVERYONE knows yellow means fast. ;)
I thought it was Red Type-R stickers?
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 04:58 AM
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snow... I would like to see that someday down here in Cali...

Then again I just washed and wax my car so maybe some other time
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 05:08 AM
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Shush. I'm ready to move my ___ to Arizona at this point.
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 05:13 AM
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Think that porshe would look great with a good detailing job. I saw about an 80'sish corvette with the same oxidation probs.. after a few hours worked it looked sweet. If only i could find that post. But form what i think i remember that porshe didn't run well; maybe detailing wont be worth it.
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 05:20 AM
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For what it's worth, TCM looks awful after it gets covered in salt too.
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 06:25 AM
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in the first pic i swore you had polished wheels, then bam chrome! WTF!
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 12:13 PM
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Yeah, that's called salt man. In socal it comes from the
ocean, in Chicagoland it comes from the roads. (sigh)
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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Ah man! Mine's about that dirty right now cause of all the pollen around here!
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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Default Re: Who's says dark colors don't hide dirt?!?

Originally Posted by Lonely Raven

I think my new passtime is hand washing the box between snow storms
I know that exact feeling. My box looks about like yours right now because I haven't gotten a chance to wash it after the latest round of freezing rain and crap we got last week.
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 01:43 PM
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i have the same probs.. wash car = rain or snow

fuji never happy.
Old Mar 15, 2005 | 05:59 PM
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Gave my box her first wash Sunday. On my way to the ballpark I had a bird ____ on the windshield, bumper, and hood. It's like they know or something.
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