RE: Never wash your car again!
Discussion
Dan Trent said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Novel definition of "Never wash your car again!", Dan.
So, basically, two quid a day for a coating that means your car stays clean so long as you wash it regularly. All my cars have had that. It's called "paint", and is a standard factory feature on just about everything.
Fair one. But I was long pondering a headline that would draw people in, given it's quite a 'dry' subject matter! So, basically, two quid a day for a coating that means your car stays clean so long as you wash it regularly. All my cars have had that. It's called "paint", and is a standard factory feature on just about everything.
Dan
mat205125 said:
Exactly.
Should read "Never polish your car again.
Whilst I like a clean and shiny car as much as the next person, I don't understand why people spend so much time on cars like the Ferrari Speciale in the feature ....... it's designed as a drivers car! f@#king drive it and enjoy it, and who cares if it gets dirty, chipped and scraped along the way!!
I may also have spent a little of that time just looking at it, as I do most evenings when i pop out for a smoke. Been on my drive for near 5 years now and still puts a smile on my face every time i see it like nothing else, short of the Mrs.
J4CKO said:
"Never wash your car again"
Easy, just have a sex change, my missus has never cleaned a car as far as I am aware, don't think my mum has, her mum definitely hasnt, how often do you see ladies cleaning cars that isnt in some gangsta rap video, and being critical, they dont really do a very thorough job, its all about suds, boobs and windows, no two bucket method there, never see them getting in between the spokes on the alloys, I might stick MTV base on to check......again
Point of Order Sir, Easy, just have a sex change, my missus has never cleaned a car as far as I am aware, don't think my mum has, her mum definitely hasnt, how often do you see ladies cleaning cars that isnt in some gangsta rap video, and being critical, they dont really do a very thorough job, its all about suds, boobs and windows, no two bucket method there, never see them getting in between the spokes on the alloys, I might stick MTV base on to check......again
My Mrs is much, much, much more OCD than i am about cleaning her cars. She's washing at least one of then each week and usually does a bloody good job, regadless of if she was or was not topless when she washed it last (saves zips and toggles scratching.)
Would happily spend that amount of money to have a nice shiny swirl free car, actually relatively cheap!
Alternative is a company called Topaz Detailing, I think they may be better than these guys (spoke to the owner and it's some truly next generation stuff - read laser detailing where they scan the whole panel to ensure no bits are left exposed and the protection is invisible!).
Not for everyone obviously (due to cost!) but great stuff.
Alternative is a company called Topaz Detailing, I think they may be better than these guys (spoke to the owner and it's some truly next generation stuff - read laser detailing where they scan the whole panel to ensure no bits are left exposed and the protection is invisible!).
Not for everyone obviously (due to cost!) but great stuff.
Rude-boy said:
PHMatt said:
£2k to an Pagani owner is like a fiver in the local scrub n scratch to most of us.
Most people who can afford a Pagani also know when they are being asked to pay a high price for Snake Oil...I could think of hundreds of things to apply to a car so I never had to wash it again; Vaseline, horse dung, bills posted to me (enough to cover all my cars twice over) emulsion paint etc etc etc.
They don't seem to be offering a coating that means you never have to wash your car again in fact quite the opposite. They are offering to put some jollop on it after they have cleaned it thoroughly so it stays like that for around three years. I can do the same every season with a good wash, a clay bar and some good quality polish and wax. It might cost me half a day's work on the drive and about £20.00 per application, but it's certainly better value for money.
How often do people who can afford those sort of cars take them out of the heated garage, in all weathers anyway? If it was 20% of the driving year then that really isn't good value for money.
They don't seem to be offering a coating that means you never have to wash your car again in fact quite the opposite. They are offering to put some jollop on it after they have cleaned it thoroughly so it stays like that for around three years. I can do the same every season with a good wash, a clay bar and some good quality polish and wax. It might cost me half a day's work on the drive and about £20.00 per application, but it's certainly better value for money.
How often do people who can afford those sort of cars take them out of the heated garage, in all weathers anyway? If it was 20% of the driving year then that really isn't good value for money.
I can't understand why you'd do this.
Surely it's better to have it properly detailed every once in a while (say twice a year at £300 a pop) and then wash it as normal instead of spending £2k+ on, what is in reality, an extra layer of clear coat?
However, they do seem to have convinced supercar owners with money to burn that it's a good idea.
Surely it's better to have it properly detailed every once in a while (say twice a year at £300 a pop) and then wash it as normal instead of spending £2k+ on, what is in reality, an extra layer of clear coat?
However, they do seem to have convinced supercar owners with money to burn that it's a good idea.
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