How clean is the inside of your car?

[Exterous]

Mine is pretty clean (or at least I think so) for a 10 year old car. Almost no clutter and trash only ever goes in a small bin in the driver's side door. The floor mat on the driver side a little rough and there are some small stains on the floor but we do use car for our hiking road trips and I never bothered to get the nicer - form fit mats. Since we tend to keep our cars 10+ years I'll probably do that for the next purchase

 

[Captante]

I don't allow crap to accumulate in my car BUT I also don't worry a whole lot about keeping it clean. (beyond moving parts)

This is partially because the only off-street parking I have available is unpaved so dirt tends to splash/blow around a lot when it rains.

(I have "Weathertech" mats btw)

 

[pete6032]

Very clean. Everything must be unloaded and not left in the car upon returning home. No eating in the car allowed unless its not messy like a banana or string cheese or something like that. I have Husky floor mats. Whoever thought carpeting in cars was a good idea clearly had never lived in a snow state.

 

[Captante]

Whoever thought carpeting in cars was a good idea clearly had never lived in a snow state.

Basic cars and trucks used to come with a plastic-lined floorboard which is something I would be all for.

 

[biostud]

No waste, but lots of sand/dirt as it is primarily used to transport three girls to and from kindergarten.
It is cleaned roughly 4 times /year.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

What is 'clean'? Is this a new word?

There is stuff in my car I haven't seen in ten years because of the stuff on top of it.

 

[WilliamM2]

13 years old, and spotless with 77K miles. In the winter I use Toyota rubber winter mats. The carpeted mats get cleaned every fall when I take them out, at least the drivers side. I don't think I've ever had passengers in the back seat. I'm sure that helps.

 

[lxskllr]

 

[Captante]

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I see cars like that parked at the grocery store all the time.... I usually assume the owner is living out of their vehicle!

 

[NutBucket]

Clean as well. Cannot stand cluttered cars. Wife is the same way...or definitely would have been a deal breaker!

 

[Exterous]

I see cars like that parked at the grocery store all the time.... I usually assume the owner is living out of their vehicle!

It certainly looks like a plant is living in there

 

[lxskllr]

That's my autumn decoration. A sprig of oak leaves. It'll be replaced by holly some time after thanksgiving. Summer is bull thistle. I haven't come up with a spring decoration yet. Spring stuff's too delicate.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not clean but not filthy either. Ex: I don't allow food related trash or any of that crap to linger around but I also don't really vacuum it or wash it as much as I should so it has lot of sand and forest related debris etc. The thing I find with a truck is even with the full size bed, there are things you don't want to leave in the elements or to be stolen so I end up shoving stuff behind the seats and then it kind of turns into a dumping ground lol. Lot of it is stuff that needs to be there though, like ratchet straps etc.

 

[AdamK47]

The R8 is immaculate. As clean as the day I bought it in April. The e-tron on the other hand is dirty in some areas being that it's a daily driver.

 

[repoman0]

Very clean. You'd never know it's about to turn 22, at least until you spot the cassette deck in the dash.

 

[brianmanahan]

5/10

 

[nakedfrog]

I tend to treat it like camping, pack it in, pack it out. I don't vacuum the floor mats as often as I should.

 

[blackangst1]

Spotless.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Dusty/dirty, but not really cluttered. 2014 F150. It's time for some new mats, as stated above IDK why it came with carpet. I'll prob end up getting some husky fitted mats this go round. Just have a small set of tools, straps, box of face masks and a roll of tp because you never know...

 

[Exterous]

Dusty/dirty, but not really cluttered. 2014 F150. It's time for some new mats, as stated above IDK why it came with carpet.

Yeah thats a tad annoying here in MI. I never really noticed because my past two cars have been darker interiors. I guess in fairness we weren't as in to hiking then either. In any event the carpet floor mat is definitely the sketchiest looking part of my car. But since I hope to replace it in 1-2 years (depending on the car market) I can't really bring myself to buy a new one

 

[skyking]

5,000 plus miles in 10 days. I think you can do that math.

 

[Muse]

Cleaner than it was, I went after it a few weeks ago. Have only driven the car twice since. Yeah, I'm every 2 weeks on average, one reason I don't pay that much attention to it. Also, it sits under trees, so always looks a mess.

 

[waffleironhead]

Not very. I just dont care. Its just a mode of transport. It gets spot cleaned as needed and also vacuumed maybe once a year.