What is it with...
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.... the locals spray painting the fronts of their cars with what politely looks like matt magnolia undercoat. Saw a new blue Rangerover butchered today with the whole front section sprayed, including door handles. Is this a new stealth paint technology to evade speed camera's? Seen a few on the roads now and as a newbie I'm intrigued...
What he said. When I first got here I thought they were spray painting on an 'authentic desert look'!
Now...what is it about keeping the plastic delivery sheets on leather seats? I was offered a THREE YEAR OLD Infiti FX50s by a local I know the other day and his wife has sat on plastic for the entire time!
Now...what is it about keeping the plastic delivery sheets on leather seats? I was offered a THREE YEAR OLD Infiti FX50s by a local I know the other day and his wife has sat on plastic for the entire time!
I had an Indian colleague that had the plastic still on their three year old Rangey. It was covered in dents and scratches but the interior was still fresh! She didn't really have an answer why she kept it on when I asked that she'd paid a fair lump for a car with lovely leather seats yet had spent three years sitting on wrapping plastic.
Why am I applying logic..?
Fair enough about the wash off cprotection - I hadn't realised it was like that.
Why am I applying logic..?
Fair enough about the wash off cprotection - I hadn't realised it was like that.
Hitch78 said:
What he said. When I first got here I thought they were spray painting on an 'authentic desert look'!
Now...what is it about keeping the plastic delivery sheets on leather seats? I was offered a THREE YEAR OLD Infiti FX50s by a local I know the other day and his wife has sat on plastic for the entire time!
Same as leaving the blue foam stevedore bump stops on the doors and the delivery sticker in window. Showing off its a new car.Now...what is it about keeping the plastic delivery sheets on leather seats? I was offered a THREE YEAR OLD Infiti FX50s by a local I know the other day and his wife has sat on plastic for the entire time!
Apparently in Sharjah you can get the plastic cover put back on the seats !
Yes as someone stated its for sand protection. Most of the cars that have it are from Saudi as on long distance through the desert roads the blowing sand can really damage the cars. In servere storms it can strip the paint off!
Personally i hate it, but its one of those necessary evils, although if i ever had it done i would take it off at the earliest convienience.
Personally i hate it, but its one of those necessary evils, although if i ever had it done i would take it off at the earliest convienience.
IanUAE said:
Notice how they often cover the number plate as well and how the Saudi's fit hose luggage racks behind the back bumper which just so happen block the number plate.
Thats fine for AUH roads where the majority of the camera's catch you from behind, but in DXB, the majority of the camera's get you from the front.Hitch78 said:
It's to show the owner that they've been washed. There are territorial little wash-wallers on every block and you pay them 30ds a week to keep your car clean - so two or three washes.
This.I remember telling people it was to stop the rubber melting onto the windscreen during the summer. I couldn't explain why only 1 was lifted.
Kieran said:
looks like matt magnolia undercoat.
For some strange reason, I think this looks kinda cool. In fact, my whole car looks a bit like this at the moment after the showers on Monday.yorky500 said:
KSA. The roads there are exposed, open, long and very fast plus subject to sandstorms.
Also on the Salalah road. Virtually every vehicle had this when I went last year.Gassing Station | Middle East | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff