No one on my block washes their cars
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I guess what I don't understand is how people can go and spend tens of thousands of dollars on a new car and then treat it like an appliance. Every time I look at one of our two cars I remind myself how much that thing cost.
Coatingsarecrack
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That’s cuz dealer don’t really notice and if it’s a brand they would you just get it polished and waxed and your good.
Note to others: if your going to look for a new car, never detail or clean it. If you keep your interior clean throw some clothes and trash around.
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That's my view as well.
Lots of people here like the big truck but would scruff at someone spending $25 for a spray wax yet they are spending thousands on a truck they don't need just to pickup the groceries. It's ironic but typical. People have a herd mentality.
opie2
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Say what now? Lol maybe this one went over my head?
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Most people clean clean their stoves every once in a while. What has always bothered me was people who obviously have enough money to purchase a cool and expensive vehicle and then proceed to totally trash it. I guess disposable income leads to disposable cars.
Coatingsarecrack
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A lot of people will when buying a new car clean their car or have it detailed thinking they’ll get most for car. A car lot knows how to polish up to look good for sale.
But it you Detail it or have it detailed they KNOW you are looking for a new car. Will try harder to play hardball.
If your car is dirty on outside and messy on inside they don’t know how serious you are…. Mighta just stopped by to look at the pretty car on corner display.
If they don’t think your intent was to go in and buy a car but that you just randomly stopped by the will work harder because your intent to buy goes out the window. Basically an impulse buy.
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Big Dave
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Ah, now I get what you're saying.
But one time I did detail one of my cars before I went to a dealer, I looked at the car they had, then said I need to check out the same car at the dealer down the road, they knew I was serious, but didn't want me to walk out. They knew the dealer down the road had a very similar car, but couldn't risk me looking at it. So they gave me the changeover I wanted, and the repayments were good, so I bought it.
He also said because it was ready to go on the lot, he said he gave me an extra 1k on the trade in, yeah I know, he's a used car salesman, if he's talking he's lying, but it was on their website the next day, and on the lot with a price in the window too. 8k more than they gave me for the trade, but I tracked it on their website, they sold it for about 2k above what they gave me, and it took them 2 months.
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Coatingsarecrack
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Yeah it cost them about $250-350 to get lot ready. Maybe a little more. My friend owns a detail shop and does a couple of the bigger dealerships out here. Alot are starting to do in-house.
Yeah if it’s new now A days there’s not much gross… at least when supply chains are normal. They have loved the last few years…
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opie2
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Ahhh ok i get what your puttin down now lol. Thanks for explanation.
That would be a hard thing for me to do.
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Personally I haven't seen anyone hand wash their vehicle in years. I live on a main corner cutting thru our neighborhood, the looks I get while washing. When I am playing with the foam cannon the average speed of passersby's is about 10-15 mph. A couple years ago I had a cop hit the curb because he was gawking. The tunnel wash in our small city always has a line.
I too hate cutting grass, a couple years ago I started having it done. The first season went good, the second season with the same company not so good. I think they didn't know you can sharpen the blades, lawn looked bad. Got rid of them found someone else, not much better, their machine must have been a golf cart in its past life as it was taking what looked like 2-3 foot long divots. I had to put down grass seed. Got rid of them and went back to doing it myself.
I am the only person out of the people I know that changes their own oil. I want to make sure of whats going in and that it is done right.
I too hate cutting grass, a couple years ago I started having it done. The first season went good, the second season with the same company not so good. I think they didn't know you can sharpen the blades, lawn looked bad. Got rid of them found someone else, not much better, their machine must have been a golf cart in its past life as it was taking what looked like 2-3 foot long divots. I had to put down grass seed. Got rid of them and went back to doing it myself.
I am the only person out of the people I know that changes their own oil. I want to make sure of whats going in and that it is done right.
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One thing about cutting your own grass... First of all it's a whole lot more pleasant when your grass is in great condition. Having to go out and mow a weed infested vacant lot isn't quite as much fun. Second, every lawn on my block looks just about the same, you know why? It's the same guys mowing everyone's lawns and when they go from house to house they're picking up and depositing the same weeds and seeds onto everyone else's lawn. I guess you could say it would be like washing everyone's car without changing the water in the bucket. Before you know it everyone's lawn looks the same.
opie2
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Make yourself up some bussiness cards and go stand atthe end of it and hand them out...."here you go sir, call me in a couple months when you need to bring the shine back to this high dollar ride this tunnel wash keeps fuucking up".
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PouncingPanzer
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Time. Money. Hobbies. So many variables. Oh, and automotive meat grinders that are cheap and easy to stop at to and from work or wherever. Factor in many people drive leases(no reason to wash a lease, it isn't and probably never will be yours.) Also rare for people to hold onto cars for any meaningful amount of time. My dad hasn't bought a new car since 1991. I have bought two new cars since 2016.
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Yall seem to have too much time on your hands, worrying about what everyone else in your neighborhood does lol. I could care less who does their car or their own lawn. lol. Nosey ass neighbors. Mind ya business.