1 year in - No Swirl Marks Yet - Just Lucky?? (Pic heavy)

[JonChalk]

After a miserable winter of cold and rushed car washing, spent a good few hours doing a spring clean (wash, clay, cleanse, light hand polish, wax) and slightly surprised (pleasantly) to find I couldn't really find any evidence of swirl marks after 9900 miles.

My TTS was a complete mess and needed hours with a DAS 6 to tidy up after similar period and mileage, on exactly the same roads.

Both Audi, both from new - why do some cars suffer more than others? Or is it just much, much harder to see on a dark grey car?

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[Summit_Detailing]

Silver's and Grey's are quite forgiving in terms of showing/hiding paint defects.

The metal halide lights on petrol station forecourts at night will give you a good idea of how the paint really looks - at least on the horizontal panels.

cheers

Chris

[swisstoni]

When your servicing dealer washes the car for you, then you'll have some.

[JonChalk]

swisstoni said:

When your servicing dealer washes the car for you, then you'll have some.

Ha.

No chance - they've been very good about not washing previous cars when asked not to.

[swisstoni]

JonChalk said:

swisstoni said:

When your servicing dealer washes the car for you, then you'll have some.

Ha.

No chance - they've been very good about not washing previous cars when asked not to.

I was very clear about it once and they did it anyway.

[mon the fish]

swisstoni said:

I was very clear about it once and they did it anyway.

I hung a 'Do not wash this car please' thing from the rear view mirror and they ignored it