I know that i am far from lazy but sometimes its just plain disgusting to do,but polishing is a lot of work,your right i used to own tankers,you tried not to wash the trucks if you could,try drying one and you wont want to again,polishing looks better in my opinion but it is a lot of work hence why i said chrome it,Did you see my last motor i did,everything was polished and i kept it up,I think the worst thing i had to clean in my life was my Harley,i spent more time cleaning then riding.