SYMAWD
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So we always talk about DISO (Dealer installed swirl option), but never FISO. It is important to keep in mind that not every car out of the factory has a showroom finish. Also, not every dealer offers DISO.
Here are two examples of brand new cars right off the truck after the transportation wrap has been removed.
How could this be on a brand new car? Well, it is important to keep in mind that at the factory, the car is painted relatively early in the build process, leaving a bunch of time for people to touch the paint. There are also people at the factory who wipe the paint down before it leaves the factory (you can often see this being done with improper techniques during those videos on YouTube that show factory tours). After that, protection is then applied to the car or part of the car for transport. Often, dirt gets trapped under this protection especially the wraps that are similar to car covers.
Then after the cars arrive at port to be loaded onto a truck to arrive at your local dealership, the truckers need to inspect the cars for damage before they load them up. Who knows how much they touch the paint when they inspect the cars and when they go to strap them down on the truck?
Finally, they arrive at the dealership and unfortunately, you often get what is shown above.
However, you may be lucky and get this:
From there, most buyers allow the dealer to wash the car. Now how this is done varies by dealership. Some run it through a swirl-o-matic, some wipe it with a dirty rag, and then some actually have real detailers who hand wash, clay, and wax the car and machine polish when necessary.
The point of this is that perhaps you want to ask to see the detailers at the dealership. Perhaps your dealer provides good prep and doesn't inflict damage or they actually remove damage. Or perhaps they cause DISO and then you don't want to them to wash it.
Now, I mostly agree with you shouldn't let the dealer wash your new car, but in some cases it is perfectly fine. You just need to find out how they are doing it and whether the damage on your car was already inflicted before the dealer even touched it.
Just some information I felt was worth sharing as you never hear of FISO.
Here are two examples of brand new cars right off the truck after the transportation wrap has been removed.
How could this be on a brand new car? Well, it is important to keep in mind that at the factory, the car is painted relatively early in the build process, leaving a bunch of time for people to touch the paint. There are also people at the factory who wipe the paint down before it leaves the factory (you can often see this being done with improper techniques during those videos on YouTube that show factory tours). After that, protection is then applied to the car or part of the car for transport. Often, dirt gets trapped under this protection especially the wraps that are similar to car covers.
Then after the cars arrive at port to be loaded onto a truck to arrive at your local dealership, the truckers need to inspect the cars for damage before they load them up. Who knows how much they touch the paint when they inspect the cars and when they go to strap them down on the truck?
Finally, they arrive at the dealership and unfortunately, you often get what is shown above.
However, you may be lucky and get this:
From there, most buyers allow the dealer to wash the car. Now how this is done varies by dealership. Some run it through a swirl-o-matic, some wipe it with a dirty rag, and then some actually have real detailers who hand wash, clay, and wax the car and machine polish when necessary.
The point of this is that perhaps you want to ask to see the detailers at the dealership. Perhaps your dealer provides good prep and doesn't inflict damage or they actually remove damage. Or perhaps they cause DISO and then you don't want to them to wash it.
Now, I mostly agree with you shouldn't let the dealer wash your new car, but in some cases it is perfectly fine. You just need to find out how they are doing it and whether the damage on your car was already inflicted before the dealer even touched it.
Just some information I felt was worth sharing as you never hear of FISO.
