Copious Amounts of White Grease on Hinges?

[Juliand]

As above really....My car (two weeks in now) has lots of this stuff on door hinges and boot hinges. It's sooo tempting to get a cloth on it to give it a cleaner look, but it's obviously there for the purpose of lubing / protecting the hinges from rust etc. Anyone else seen this? Might try to get a pic or two up

Thoughts, please....

Cheers

[rich83]

Wipe it off. If it's not in the hinge then it's not doing anything.

[jonnyg49]

As above give it a good  clean, it will only start collecting dirt and look horrible.

[MPS]

  Don't wipe it off! Its the proper VW grease for the roller part of the hinge! The dealer applies this from following the manufacturer service manual!

[rich83]

So all the white crap on here that IS NOT in the actual hindge is doing what exactly??

[Dave J]

That picture is quite special - so much grease everywhere, except on the actual pin on the hinge, which looks rusty & dry. Good old VW dealers. Blasting this stuff out to make it look like they've done something...

[shail]

As others have said - just wipe off the excess.  It annoys me when they do it!  Just attracts dirt over time making things worse.

As long as the bits which move/rub together are greased there's no issue.