Car Talk!

[RamonGTP]

The $150 isn't for a wash... The $150 is for the detail I get every 4-6 months. The regular car washes I do about once a week cost me $25. And frankly, I think I've got a pretty nice daily driver, as does EX, so paying to keep it clean and shiny isn't something I consider a burden. It's money well spent IMO.

Oops, I ment Biz, not EX...

[DoNoTincinerate]

I wish

[The Real Bingo]

I dunno...I just like to spend time cleaning the car. I like going all out - engine bay, wheel wells, wheels, windows...everything short of putting the car on a lift and cleaning the underbody. Never really liked people doing anything to my stuff. Had a body shop fix a dented fender and put on a new bumper, but that's only because I couldn't do the paint myself...and I'm not very impressed with the paint job to say the least - I see fingerprints underneath the clearcoat...kinda pissed about that.

Maybe once I make my first million I'll give it a two-tone paint job or something.

[SoloCamo]

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Originally Posted by Bizkitkid2001

IWhen I had my F150, it only got washed once a year as it was just a pickup

Well maybe this applies to me a lot more than I originally thought. When it needs to be cleaned exterior wise, I clean it, otherwise minus the tires/rims I don't touch it. Interior is another store, though. I keep that very clean.

[RamonGTP]

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Real Bingo

I dunno...I just like to spend time cleaning the car. I like going all out - engine bay, wheel wells, wheels, windows...everything short of putting the car on a lift and cleaning the underbody. Never really liked people doing anything to my stuff. Had a body shop fix a dented fender and put on a new bumper, but that's only because I couldn't do the paint myself...and I'm not very impressed with the paint job to say the least - I see fingerprints underneath the clearcoat...kinda pissed about that.

Maybe once I make my first million I'll give it a two-tone paint job or something.

Yeah, I know some people enjoy that sort of thing. I'm just too impatient for it.

[Bizkitkid2001]

None of the car wash places around here are any good except going to detail masters which I was told would be $200 for a complete detail+wax+scratch removal. $150 for just a detail (inside and out).


All of the other places, like the wash tub, and laser wash only run the cars through a drive through car wash and hand dry it. They are cheaper though, with a basic wash costing $10. But they do a horrible job, especially with the rims. They won't even touch rims. For $30 they will also "clean" the inside of the car (All they do it wipe down the dash board and door panels, they don't even vacuum) They can also wax your car, but that is another $70 charge on top of the wash.


I wanted to give washing my car a try as the places around her either suck, or are too expensive. However, after an hour of being on my feet I could barely walk anymore so coughing up $200 to have a professional company completely detail my car inside and out and remove all of the nasty scratches and paint chips I have from the gravel roads doesn't seem like a bad idea.



I do plan on trying to see how much of my car I can vacuum today. Though I only have a regular house vacuum with no attachments for car use. Nothing that would be good as getting crumbs out of small crevices.

[Bizkitkid2001]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoloCamo

Well maybe this applies to me a lot more than I originally thought. When it needs to be cleaned exterior wise, I clean it, otherwise minus the tires/rims I don't touch it. Interior is another store, though. I keep that very clean.

My truck was "just a pickup" as the main use was to haul things. It wasn't a family truck, or a show truck, or a "Look I'm a rich executive" truck so I didn't need it to be flashy. In fact, I think trucks covered in mud look better than when they are clean.


My truck was always in the stone and garden centers getting loads of dirt, gravel, crushed granite, mulch, and bags of potassium for our water softener. The truck was constantly driving through mud and construction areas. I even took it on a few offroading trips once I get a good set of offroad tires put on it (Dueler Revos).


So washing my pickup was just a waste as within a day or two it would be covered in dirt again.



However, whenever I did take my truck in to get washed, they Wash Tub seem to do a better job of cleaning it then they do with my current car. Maybe its a Texas thing.

[GroundZero3]

What is the opinion on clay bars? I've heard some people swear by them and others say it will mess up your paint.

I was thinking of doing a serious wash of my car this weekend (it needs it badly) and some youtube videos on using the bar.

[Bizkitkid2001]

Theguy who does the most expensive car wash in the world ($10,000 and up per car) uses clay bars.

[Bizkitkid2001]

Theguy who does the most expensive car wash in the world ($10,000 and up per car) uses clay bars.