How many of your neighbors are into car detailing

You guys are lucky! I'm trying to find anyone in the city where I live, or even the whole country (United Arab Emirates) :)
 
Many of my neighbors are out washing their cars on nice weekends. But I've yet to see one break out 2 buckets or a microfiber towel. One uses a brush that I swear looks like something I sweep my front patio with. Another uses a beach towel! Once I was talking to my next door neighbor next to his VW which looked pretty clean. But then I ran my fingers on a panel and it felt like sandpaper. They must think I'm a little whacko peering into my paint when the sun is out.
 
Sherif said:
You guys are lucky! I'm trying to find anyone in the city where I live, or even the whole country (United Arab Emirates) :)
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on our next trip out, ill bring my detailing products with me
 
I have two that I turned into AG customers. Other than that there is one more guy that takes care of his vehicle.
 
not a single one, and one of them has a garage full of products just sitting on the shelves. i take care of most of the cars in my neighborhood
 
I have not seen a single neighbor by me wash their cars.

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None . I live in $3 carwash free vacuum land. The lines get crazy and they're all over the place.
 
02xtreme07SS said:
None. I'm the neighborhood freak. I actually feel self-conscious when I break out the the MetroVac Air Force Master Blaster.
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This , I can just imagine my neighbors saying to themselves "sounds like he's washing his car again" :).

I've had a few neighbors ask about detailing but they don't have an interest in putting in the time.
 
Pretty much consensus that most people don't put a lot of thought into their cars. But I guess that comes with our disposable society. I bet most of their cars are leases or if not they like to flip their cars every couple years. If that is the case, no real need to keep it clean I guess.
 
This is a funny thread!

My next door neighbor is a fellow AGO member actually. I've lived next door to him for 2 years and we did not know of each other's obsessions, until the UPS guy said something to him :buffing:

He said he has the foam cannon, but I'm yet to see it in action. :drool:

Other than that, I see one neighbor occasionally wash his cars, but other than that, I'm on my own majority of the time.
 
Never seen a single person on my street washing their car in the driveway, and never seen a mobile detailer working in my neighborhood.
 
Cal Naughton Jr said:
Never seen a single person on my street washing their car in the driveway, and never seen a mobile detailer working in my neighborhood.
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i had one try to take credit for doing my truck, that was until the neighbor told him i was a detailer and he sees me clean my truck every weekend and that i detail all of their cars also
 
When I do weekly detail wash, my neighbor look as if i was coming from another planet especially when I foam the car lol
 
NikonGuy said:
Pretty much consensus that most people don't put a lot of thought into their cars. But I guess that comes with our disposable society. I bet most of their cars are leases or if not they like to flip their cars every couple years. If that is the case, no real need to keep it clean I guess.
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You might be on to something there.. I actually OWN my cars and paid cash, so I tend to love them a lot more after seeing that money leave my account.

If someone leases or finances a car, they don't necessarily see the importance of maintaining the car.
 
Nobody.

And sometimes I just can't get over what people are parking at the curb. My street is almost all apartment and condo building. I own the last two houses on the block. Live in one and use the other as my office.

I keep all my cars in the garage, but parked at the curb are two less than two year old Porsches, one a turbo, a Nissan GTR, and two Teslas.

I have given all these cars the visual once over and they are all in HORRIBLE condition.

And one has had it's drivers side rear view mirror bashed off by another car while parked. I know since I saw the spray of mirror glass next to it.

I have seen a couple of people washing their own cars in the apartment house driveways. But they were using a bath towel both to wash and to dry. The same towel.

It's enough to make you want to cry.:cry:
 
I have 1 neighbor who washes his cars at least every Sat or Sun. Now being good at his technique is another story. Uses the 1-bucket-scrub brush-in-the-sun method. I cringe every time I see him washing his car....but the question was how many neighbors....LOL
 
actuator_mz3 said:
Actually, I spotted my neighbor using a electric blower on his car the other day. I thought to myself, whew, there's one neighbor who understands. He keeps his cars pretty nice.

But in general. nobody. You can just walk through a parking lot almost anywhere, and can tell nobody is into detailing in my area.
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I think it is poorly laziness with no thought that air drying will reduce swirls.
 
One of my neighbors tries to but he saw one of my customers cars when I was taking final pics and now I do it for him.

None of my other neighbors do which is good cause I can always pick up last minute jobs when I'm home if needed since they all want it done but don't trust the local guys that they've used so they wait for me to come home

One of my neighbors just bought a Z3M convertible and wants to get into it so I told him I'd do an interactive detail with him and show him the basics
 
I only see a few people washing on their own and a quick vac on my street. Lots of people have stopped at my house to ask what I'm doing though. I run maybe 2 or 3 cars a week through my garage so it draws attention especially when there are higher end vehicles. It's gotten me two cars from neighbors to do myself. I'm new to the street it's a dead end so I draw a little attention.
 
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