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The looks of this car would lead you to believe that the attention to detail was much more expensive than the vehicle itself. And you might be right. This Chevrolet Cruze has spent a significant amount of time underwater. Now, the detailer needs a shovel to clear away the mud.
This poor Chevrolet Cruze has turned completely yellow. It's not a new paint job, but solidified and dried mud after the car spent a lot of time in a swamp. It might be the dirtiest car ever in the world. There is not a single clue that could help anyone identify the true color of this model.Now, this is what I call a completely beige interior,” someone wrote in the comments section under the video uploaded to YouTube.
The detailer penetrates the car through the solidified mud wall with the help of a fire extinguisher. He breaks off pieces of dirt from every single body panel. Even sweeping the hood does not reveal the true color of the car.
The cleaning expert even has to use a shovel to remove mud from the Chevy's seats before pressure washing the entire interior. However, it might occur to viewers that this might not be the best solution to get rid of all the accumulated dirt on board. Removing the seats and everything else inside from the beginning might have helped.
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It is obvious that water and mud have seeped into every single crevice on board the vehicle. Pressure washing it like that could leave behind tons of mud that will smell just like it does now, but only from under the seats or inside the dash.
Everything comes out of this machine full of mud
But he knows what he's doing. That was just the first step in the cleaning process. Removing everything from the inside of the car is, in fact, the next step. Everything is stripped away and the Chevy is stripped to bare metal. Pulling out the rubber floor mats leaves pools of water on the carpet. Unscrewing all the hardware reveals more dirt. Bugs have made this car their home.
The Cruze's electrical system is a thing of the past, so washing out all the switches and screens won't cause any more damage than the swamp already did.
Hours later, when the details are complete, the expert puts everything back together like a puzzle. The car has nice specifications, as the seats are covered in gray fabric, with black vinyl reinforcements. And if you had a hard time figuring out the color of the paint, now you can be sure: it is red.
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This car may never hit the road again. But at least it's clean now and there are plenty of parts that can be sold on the used parts market. Whoever paid $300 for this flooded Chevy is definitely making a profit, unless the attention to detail cost an arm and a leg.
A Porsche 918 Cayman GT4 RS Wiessach spent three days in the mud
We've seen a similar situation before. Earlier this year, RS Dynamics called it the “Seacret Project” and took on the task of repairing a brand-new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS that had spent three days buried in mud somewhere in Slovenia.
The engine was stuck when the Porsche arrived at RS Dynamics, a tuning shop based in Solingen, Germany, the car was not running, it did not drive and the dashboard did not light up. The team collected the mud inside with the help of buckets of water. The sight was similar to what we saw in the Chevy Cruze from the photo gallery and the video embedded below.
Photo: RS Dynamics | Instagram
The Porsche's owner paid around 190,000 euros ($1,204,298) last year to take it home. The model was equipped with the Weissach package, which added 16,460 euros ($17,698) to the final price. The owner had stored the sports car in an underground garage. But a few months after bringing it home, when it had only 471 miles (758 kilometers) on the odometer, disaster struck.
On August 3 and 4, 2023, heavy rains hit much of Slovenia, causing severe flooding and landslides. One of the motorized victims of the flood was this 2023 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS, first registered in June 2023.
The team got their hands on the Porsche in December 2023 and began cleaning it up in January. However, they stopped posting about the vehicle on their Instagram page announcing the project. We reached out to them, asking what happened to the car, and will update this feature when we hear back from them.
