Biggest Pet-Peeves in Detailing?

UncleDavy said:
I am with you on that one. As a "courtesy", my dealership runs every car that has service through their automatic car wash. Then it is wiped down by a bunch of yahoos with filthy terry cloth towels. To make matters worse, they dress the tires of every new car with some type of goop that slings off when you leave the lot. The goop sticks to the paint and attracts dirt. I scrape the goop off and power wash the stuff off of the car at the local self serve wash. Then I take it home and dress the tires properly.
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This drives me crazy. Lincoln dealer does that. I ask them not to wash the Navi when it is there. They do a horrible job.

Adding to my pet peeves, the assholes who call themselves mobile "detailers" that wash lot cars for $5 a piece. Spraying water on them, scrubbing them down with the same dirty mit and rinsing. DEALER INSTALLED SWIRLS! They all but ruin factory paint jobs.
 
Klasse Act said:
VERY funny right here! My wife's great Uncle, who's going to be 80 next year, has a C7 in Lime Rock green, my favorite color for the C7, just layers Zaino on his car and brags about how many coats he has on it. Meanwhile, you can see RIDS under all the coats and then brags about paying a Mexican $14.00 to hand wash his car (his exact words, not mine) Not sure why older people here in Chicago have to add the ethnicity of the person performing the work but they do, kinda pathetic, just like the finish on his C7. Meanwhile, my car is never even noticed at family events but people get their Nike Air kneepads out and bow down in front of his car, just can't win but honestly, it doesn't matter, he has a Corvette and I have a Fiat 500, LOL.
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I hear ya man. For a lot of people it's because oh well it's a Corvette. At work, one of my co-workers drives the sedan Mazda 3 and he'll park it next to me normally. His car is black, mine is the Mazda dark blue. People really notice the difference, they see my hood without a single scratch or swirl on it and reflecting like a mirror while his black car has a ton of swirls and what not on it and doesn't really shine. Me personally, I sometimes say to my gf that "Suns out, holograms are out." There is just so many cars that drive around with the horrible holograms on their cars that I don't even bother anymore, just shake my head especially at the high end cars. My other car, people ask me who I take my car to. I tell them I don't take my car to anyone, I wash it myself. I also spent a long ass time polishing it and coating it after I bought it but people are surprised. They say to me that "Well you own a Lexus, why wouldn't you pay someone to wash it?" Because the people around here that wash it are.. well.. they run your car through a brush wash and then hand dry it.

http://doctorcarwash.ca/services/

Seriously, take a look at that. 28 dollars and 50 cents for them to run your car through a brush wash. It literally costs less at a gas station which charges about 16 dollars before taxes to get them to do a "Premium brush wash". This one is 15 minutes from where I live, and there's a Tim Hortons (Canadian popular coffee chain) beside it that I sometimes go to. Some of the guys there ask me if I want a "premium wash" I tell them I always want a premium wash, that's why only I wash it.

Anyway, I'm just ranting now. Nothing wrong with Zaino but most people I know that use it scrub it on their car and think that 50 layers will mean something. I asked one neighbour if that meant that many layers will show up on a thickness meter. He didn't really know how to answer. Well of course not, 50 layers of anything doesn't make a difference unless you were to spent days layering 50 layers of clearcoat. Besides Roger, people underestimate the Fiat 500. I saw an Abarth the other day, was confused for a second because of the Scorpion logo. We don't see a lot of Abarths here in Toronto, mostly just regular Fiats here and there, kind of like the Mini Cooper in a lot of ways. Made me laugh and wonder what you were upto.
 
Love Tim Hortons, grew up in Detroit or Dee-troy-ot like they say on Hockey Night in Canada

Could go for some Tim Bits and then return for soup and sandwich for lunch, that chicken noodle soup

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Haha cheers man, their soups are some of the best retail soups here, period.
 
WillSports3 said:
Haha cheers man, their soups are some of the best retail soups here, period.
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So since we're talking food here, the smoked meat sandwich....is it THAT big of a deal? Also, is it only available in Montreal?
 
Haha montreal smoked meat is basically pastrami that was also spice rubbed with the typical steak spice seasonings. You can get it here in Canada just about anywhere. If pastrami is a big deal to you, Montreal smoked meat might be for you.
 
WillSports3 said:
Haha montreal smoked meat is basically pastrami that was also spice rubbed with the typical steak spice seasonings. You can get it here in Canada just about anywhere. If pastrami is a big deal to you, Montreal smoked meat might be for you.
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Thanks Will, gotta get up to Canada again for sure

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When someone makes a thread with a full write up about a detail, and the initial post has a ton of pictures showing before and after and outlining their process that nearly takes up an entire page or more. Then several people REPLY WITH QUOTE repeating all of the photos and process again and again and again just to say 'Looks great! Good save.' Is it really necessary to repost again.
 
Mainly dealing with customers on the pricing aspect, they don't understand the love we all have for vehicles!
 
DBAILEY said:
When someone makes a thread with a full write up about a detail, and the initial post has a ton of pictures showing before and after and outlining their process that nearly takes up an entire page or more. Then several people REPLY WITH QUOTE repeating all of the photos and process again and again and again just to say 'Looks great! Good save.' Is it really necessary to repost again.
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LOL, I'm glad someone mentioned it. I hate that too but never felt comfortable telling people to stop doing it.
 
DBAILEY said:
When someone makes a thread with a full write up about a detail, and the initial post has a ton of pictures showing before and after and outlining their process that nearly takes up an entire page or more. Then several people REPLY WITH QUOTE repeating all of the photos and process again and again and again just to say 'Looks great! Good save.' Is it really necessary to repost again.
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That's a classic GSKR move. Lol.

... But his good far outweighs that minor offense, and overall I wish he would have the time to post more, because he's a great contributor to the forum.
 
Eldorado2k said:
That's a classic GSKR move. Lol.

... But his good far outweighs that minor offense, and overall I wish he would have the time to post more, because he's a great contributor to the forum.
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I couldn't not laugh when I saw your post. I was thinking the exact same thing. Like the guy, but wish he would change this annoying habit.
 
Leaving rust on brake rotors. It is easy and quick to remove the stuff and ensures that the customer's wheels aren't tinted orange shortly after picking up their vehicle.
 
fightnews said:
I hate when someone touches the finish and their finger tips cause micromarring
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Oh my gosh that drives me crazy. I had a client come out to check his ride out a nice Tahoe that was of course black and his kids were running by dragging their hands across the finish right in front of me. I was dying inside.


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When a customer calls you asking for a “detail” and you show up/find out he or she just meant a normL car wash...

Man that totally throws me off. I mean when I hear the word “detail” my mind gets in the zone! I start getting excited thinking about what I’m going to do the vehicle to really set it apart and go all out...

Major Buzzkill.
 
As mentioned before, when someone asks "how much?". You give them a quote and then they complain. However, a positive note is when they leave and go over to the "premium hand wash" location only to come back and have to pay a little more to fix the brand new scratches.... Lol
 
Eldorado2k said:
When a customer calls you asking for a “detail” and you show up/find out he or she just meant a normL car wash...

Man that totally throws me off. I mean when I hear the word “detail” my mind gets in the zone! I start getting excited thinking about what I’m going to do the vehicle to really set it apart and go all out...

Major Buzzkill.
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That’s why you need to have an “express detail” package that is basically a glorified wash, vacuum, wipe the dash, clean the windows and dress the tires.

In and out giving the customer exactly what they want while still making money


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osiapstndp said:
Leaving rust on brake rotors. It is easy and quick to remove the stuff and ensures that the customer's wheels aren't tinted orange shortly after picking up their vehicle.
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How do you do this, with the wheel still on ?
 
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