Hopefully taking delivery of our new Boxster S in the next 2-4 weeks, yay!

So thinking about the best way to look after it and keep it looking good.

Of course the garage have offered us their version of Supaguard and said we can get it cheaper if we don't have the bag of cleaning products, which we already have 2 bags of from our previous BMW purchases and have hardly used.

We know that the garage offerings are expensive for what they are, so what alternatives are there available? and can you recommend anyone in the Berkshire area that can do it?

An Audi we bought came with Supaguard. It was hopeless. Would never have have any of these long life finishes again, but then I enjoy cleaning/polishing my cars. You can't beat proper polish/wax.

Do not use thus stuff.

Tell them to not even touch the car on arrival.

Go to detailing world and find a proper detailer in your area and have them prep the car.

I'm not saying the stuff is bad but dealer prep is usually very very poor and this stuff will seal in any buffer swirls or wash swirls.

The price they charge will get you close to the price of good detail if the car arrives in good order plus the detailer will alert you to any defects in the paint that the dealer may try to cover up prior to delivery.

This. And then you take care of it. The only way.

+1

I did the same on my recent Audi purchase and with the defects the detailer found in the paint (which the dealer was explicitly told not to touch) I managed to get them to pay for the detail! The best advice I can give you beside this is apply a ceramic nano tech sealant as part of the detail, it is the best protection I have ever come across for an everyday driver. All in you should be comfortably less than the £500 or so the OPC will charge.

When I bought my C2 I think they wanted £300 , I offered £100 inc vat and said not a penny more.

They did it at that price , still looks like new 2 years later.

I was quoted £399 when I bought my car from an OPC (911 tax). I declined, was then offered it at £299, then £199, then £150.

In a previous life I used to sell this stuff.....

I warn you now the above statement sounds an awful lot like a trick that was going around when we sold it.

The kit comes with the cleaning products, no-one ever came back to buy more of them indeed most people didn't use the ones we supplied, does that mean the product was so good it didn't need topping up or it was so useless they saw through the sales flim flam? Who knows. Put it this way I wouldn't use it and I've been involved with it.

But the trick was to apply it to one car and forget to give out the cleaning products, the next car would not get it applied but get the "proof" in form of the bag of products and "warranty" card.

No-one ever noticed which probably says much for the product.

The shampoo wasn't bad though and nor was the glass cleaner/bumper cleaner which I used to use on my own cars when I took a px in with the cleaning pack still in the boot.

It`s all "horses for courses" as people have differing standards of what is acceptable and what is verging on OCD when talking about car preparation and cleanliness. Some people wash their car every week religiously following the 2 bucket method etc etc and others are equally happy giving it a quick once over twice a year !

The product ( supaguard ) is supplied by an OPC and therefore has a significant mark up. In my opinion you would be better spending the same money with a detailer who`s business is car preperation not a salesman trying to sweeten a deal.

My Spyder already had it applied as it was a showroom car.

I declined it when I bought the Alpina, however, having washed both cars yesterday, it was far far easier drying the Spyder.
One sweep with the drying cloth whereas it took a further few wipes and another cloth to get the Alp completely dry.

It seems to make quite a difference.