You Might Be Surprised By How Dirty Your Car Or Truck Actually Is

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We love our cars. We have loved them for over 100 years. From the big, family cars to the zippy little roadsters, America has had a love affair with cars. The same could be said of trucks both big and small. We deck our cars out, giving them beautifully molded carpet and even going so far as fixing up the trunks with things like a lavish cardboard trunk mat.
Accessories like floor mats and trunk mats as well as custom carpets might seem like just the thing to make your car or truck the perfect road palace, but the fact is, cars and trucks tend to be the dirtiest places you spend most of your time in. The GAP Enviromicrobial Services recently conducted a study and found that the car is consistently dirtier than the home. It has 17,000 times more bacteria than a home, making it more likely for you to become ill as a result of your daily driving than your dirty kitchen floors.
Many people use their cars for all kinds of reasons. They drop their children off at activities. They go out to dinner. They do their household shopping. Take the shopping, for example. Most shoppers bring their bags to the car and put them into the trunk before driving home. What they are not aware of is the fact that many trunks are the filthiest place in the car. Many don’t have a cardboard trunk mat to keep the floors clean. Aston University in Birmingham found that the trunk of a car contains somewhere in the neighborhood of 850 different types of bacteria.

Our cars are not what we should be thinking of when we think of healthy air quality. The fact is, your car can be anywhere from two to ten times more polluted than the air outside on the freeway. Keeping your windows rolled up so that you don’t have to breathe the polluted air might actually be backfiring on you.

The best thing to do is make sure you’ve set your car up to be as clean as possible. If your car’s carpeting hasn’t been changed in 10 years or more, maybe it’s about time to pick out something new. You’ll breathe more easily and you might even be able to get the color you wished it had in the first place. Take care of the inside of your vehicle but don’t neglect the trunk. Put down a new cardboard trunk mat and cut down on the bacteria above the spare tire.

We spend a great deal of time in our cars and trucks. The median number of minutes we spend driving each day is 60, while the average number of minutes an American spends in the is 87 every day. If you’re going to spend that much time in your car, why not keep it as clean as you can?

How to Make Your Car Carpeting Look Luxe — A Basic Guide

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If you’re looking for a replacement carpet or two for your car, then there are a couple of different ways that you could go. Car carpets, floor mats, etc. are the kinds of things that people who aren’t super into their rides sort of wish would just materialize out of nowhere, like toilet paper and laundry detergent. Alas, until the witches and wizards of Harry Potter officially come out of the magical closet, us muggles should probably bite the bullet and replace our car carpets once every decade or so. Here are a some of your options:

Quick and Dirty — Universal Carpeting
This is for the statistical six out of 10 of you who don’t have a lot of money and just want to get from point A to point B with their car. Universal carpets are what you’ll probably find if you haphazardly type “I need replacement carpet now” into Google. They’re just generic carpeting that will get the job done in terms of nominally protecting your car flooring and they probably won’t cost you more than $30, but they won’t have that snug to-the-floor fit and might be made of low quality stuff.

An Interior Feature — Molded Carpets
These are a middle ground between deluxe and perfunctory. If you’re looking for a replacement carpet that actually looks like it was made for your car but won’t cost you an arm and a leg, consider visiting an interior detailer and getting some generic car carpeting stamped with a specialized machine to the floor of your car for that snug, glove-like fit. It beats the off-Amazon floor mats any day! If you need a carpet cleaning immediately, you can check out online sites like www.zerorezdallas.com/.

Rollin’ Smooth — The Pre-formed Option
Now we’re moving into “My car is my baby” territory. Some car manufacturers have replacement carpet custom designed based on the make and model of your vehicle. If you’ve got something more than a junker, consider doing some brand research online and seeing if your dealership or manufacturer offers custom replacement jobs for that seamless finish.

Treat Yo’Self — Custom Carpeting
Think about custom carpets like
custom dresses
. They’re made special. They cost a pretty penny, but you get what you pay for. They fit your car perfectly, both physically and stylistically. They tell the whole world and every passenger whose feet are privileged enough to grace the carpet face “hey, my owner loves me. I’m awesome. And even though I’ll soon be rife with thousands of bacteria and dust particles, I’ll look great even when I’m gross.”

So, before you start Googling, pause and ask yourself — what kind of car owner are you? The answer to that question will give you the answer as to which of these replacement carpet options is right for you. (We hope you decide to treat yourself)!