CLEAN ME! MODERN BRITS NO LONGER WASH THEIR CARS ON A SUNDAY, WITH THE AVERAGE BRIT ONLY CLEANING THEIR MOTOR ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS.

Gone are the days of getting your shammy and a soapy bucket out on your driveway as a new report has revealed as many as one in five (21 percent) say their car is permanently filthy.

In fact, modern motorists only get their car cleaned once every THREE MONTHS, on average, according to the survey.

According to experts, you should clean your car once a week, with an estimated 700 germs residing on your steering wheel, more than a public toilet which has 80, according to scientists from Queen Mary University London.

Yet a fifth (21 percent) are left red faced, when a friend or family member gets into their car.

So much so, that one in 20 have refused to give someone a lift, even if they are going in the same direction.

As many as 44 percent have a muddy exterior, while eight percent of the nation have boots stuffed to the brim with clothes and fast-food wrappers.

A quarter (25 percent) admit to having leaves stuck between the bonnet and windscreen, with a further fifth (21 percent) confessing that the handles and side mirrors are covered in cobwebs, according to the study by webuyanycar.

Sweet wrappers stuffed into door pockets (13 percent), bird mess all over the motor (10 percent), food stains on the upholstery (seven percent) and dirt all over the back window (seven percent) are also common.

While seven percent admit they cannot even put their feet down on the passenger side, due to the amount of rubbish that has built up over the years.

The news comes following last year’s new Highway Code laws that state drivers could be fined as much as £1,000 for failing to keep their car clean and free from obstruction to vision.

Richard Evans, head of technical services at webuyanycar, commented: “The research shows that even though cleaning our cars is not a priority, Brits still suffer from a lot of embarrassment around the state of their vehicles with half wishing that someone would just come along and clean their car.

“We may not be able to provide a cleaning service to solve the ‘filthy’ car embarrassment that Brits suffer from, but we can certainly take the hassle out of selling your car.”

The study found that residents of Yorkshire have the grubbiest cars, followed by Kent, Essex and Hampshire.

One in three (31 percent) of those with a filthy car claim the reason their car is so dirty is because they can’t be bothered, while 21 percent say they only use it occasionally so there is no need to keep it clean.

It’s always rainy (14 percent), not having the right equipment (12 percent) and having nowhere to clean it (11 percent) are also reasons for not cleaning the car.

Despite this, 87 percent agree that it is easier and safer to drive a clean car with a further two thirds (63 percent) admitting they have judged someone for the state of their car, and even refused a lift because the vehicle is too dirty (18 percent).

Two thirds (68 percent) dream of having a new, clean motor with Audis (32 percent), BMWs (25 percent), Land Rovers (24 percent) and Mercedes-Benz (23 percent) emerging as the nations’ dream cars.

ENDS

Research of 2,000 Britons was conducted by webuyanycar in September 2023.

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