Your car is dirtier than you think. Here is why.

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Your car is dirty and it's time to take action.

The dirtiest place in your car: the steering wheel

Your flyer contains the germs that your hands brought with them, regardless of the day. Even if you are determined to vacuum the interior of your car and test it in the car wash, your steering wheel may not be cleaned as often as it should.

How dirty is your car?

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A poll by CarRentals.com's 1000 drivers in the US found that 32% of people clean their cars once a year. In addition, the survey found that 12% of people had never cleaned their car. Follow these tips to better clean the interior of your car .

There are about 700 different types of bacteria living in an average car. This is dangerous if you are someone who likes to eat in your car. CarRentals then disaggregated the numbers by determining the average amount of bacteria per square centimeter. They discovered that the average flywheel contained 629 colony-forming bacteria per square centimeter, which is dirtier than a public toilet seat (172 cfu), a cell phone screen (100 cfu), and public elevator buttons. (313 UFC). Lifting knobs are some of the things you can use to wash your hands after you touch them immediately .

With an average of 506 cfu per square centimeter, the beverage holder does not drag the wheel very heavily into the dirt. The seat belt is classified as the third dirtiest and the inside door handle as the fourth.

A 2014 biofouling study found that Staphylococcus is one of the most common bacteria in cars, which is worrying because Staphylococcus can cause food poisoning, skin infections and MRSA. Luckily, help is at hand. These 46 auto tips describe your car at a reasonable cost and reassure you. And if you are a long way from traditional cleaning products, you should know these 13 strange tricks to clean your car .

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