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LOL, cool excerpt.

Never heard of that, I was wondering if it was a kit car or something. I mean the Marcos, not your die cast. Oh, looking it up on Wikipedia, I guess it was for a while. Sounds a bit like Avanti, where it went out of business and was resurrected a few times. That pictured one was apparently...

You think Rags to Riches will help with your linting problem? I'm kind of skeptical that changing detergent will help that, but let us know. I'm in the same boat as you and a long way from trying Rags to Riches because I have a gallon and a half of other wash to use up.

+1. Is it possible the scratches were there before and you didn't notice them until you glossed up the rest of the surface? I think that happened to me on one of my cars, years ago, when I first got into machine polishing.

I hate to bring this up, but in the old days Lexus used to apply a coating to the driver's window, I guess to sheet the water for better visibility. We used to talk about it a lot over on Autopia, back in the day. Are you sure that isn't what you are seeing?

That makes perfect sense, I just connected two apparently unrelated events.

Thank you. EDIT: I was just reading the description on that towel, funny it's kind of like an Autofiber one-sided twist weave that I have (in concept, anyway), one texture to clean, one to dry. AF has another towel like that now, the Amphibian or something? Or Inside-Out...something.

Oh, I really thought that was Karl and Klasse's dust storm, continuing east.

Well, he's only got 11 posts in 16 years, so he may not be back for a while.

I guess Griot's got bit by that policy...it kind of reminds me of Sears and the Craftsman policy, where it was great for a long time, and then people started buying broken tools at flea markets and bringing them in to the store for a replacement. I forget what the policy change was that Sear...

This may seem counter-intuitive, but is the lint roller loosening the fibers? I always put mine in the dryer, but I have toned down the heat from what I used to do. I know there is a member on Autopia who says that when his towels get old they start shedding more; I haven't experienced that...

That does seem like the thing to do.

What kind of towel is that, MisterSnoop?

Yes...great stuff and a bottle lasts forever.

Oh come on, you stole that still from some movie...didn't you?? ;)

Oh man, in '82 my sights were set on a GTI. One of those years around there it was the quickest car for sale in the US, IIRC...about 10 seconds zero-60. Those were some tough times.

OMG--a $54,000 "Rabbit"

On the "family car"? I guess it could be, but it could also be a GM "high-polish clear". Looks an awful lot like a 2008 CTS wheel to me https://www.edmunds.com/cadillac/cts/2008/review/

Um...wasn't this the whole Autogeek business model? Every week there was either a sale or free shipping. You felt like a fool if you bought anything when there wasn't a sale going on. All I'm saying is DI is far from the only one who does this.

Isn't that a clearcoated wheel? Why are you guys suggesting abrasive products like steel wool and Barkeeper's Friend? IMO he should be using a paint polish.