Taking delivery on 2014 Audi A6

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I am picking up my 2014 Audi A6 next Saturday in Phantom Black Pearl with Nougat Brown interior. What is the first thing I should do? Should I polish/wax right away or wait?

Thanks for any and all suggestions
 
it's most likely going to have contaminants from transportation, so with said, a light clay, polish and seal would be ideal. I wouldn't go to overboard on the polishing and focus on protection given the time of season. you can go all out when winter has passed. btw, congrats on he new ride...
 
Winter? I live in central Florida :). Thanks though, I didn't think about the clay bar...good idea.
 
Probably be wise to either quiz the dealer on their procedures when prepping new cars, or just asking them not to prep it. It'll be nice and dirty after transportation. But that's far better than being swirled up by poor wash techniques, then being hacked up by a wool pad and rotary and slathered with glaze.
 
I bought Menzerna FF3000 for polishing my 1 year old black car. I'm a total polishing noob, but the manufacturer claims that this is a good polish for new or like new paint.

Where in central Florida do you live? I just got my DA, polish, sealant and pads from Autogeek and I can't wait to take advantage of Orlando's weather.


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The first thing I'd do is ride around as much as I wanted, then take a nice road trip of ~400 miles!!!!
 
I live just off of the #1 fairway at Red Tail Country Club in Sorrento. I do plan to put some miles on it right off the bat. Not to go too far afield here but I have been a BMW guy forever but I am amazed in the new Audi's, this was a tough decision for me but the A6 smoked the 535i in my own testing.
 
Congrats on the A6! What a great car. I am a Mercedes guy (ML350) and have been comparing (on paper from internet articles and magazines), the 6 and 7 with the E class and CLS550. They are all great but the Audi seems to trump the Mercedes vehicles on some important factors such as their interface system which seems more user friendly than Mercs rather old Command system. And the Audi styling is to die for. I just might become an Audi man in a year or two!!

Okay, here is what you do on most German paint (except BMW which as you know can be hard or soft depending on the model). After you prep it with clay use the P21S Paintwork Cleanser. Some will say this step is not necessary but once you use this great German product you will always use it prior to finishing steps. You won't need to polish further, especially with the car being brand new. Get some Duragloss sealant and bonding agent (the 601 and 111 or 105). Mix four parts 105 or 111 to one part 601 bonding agent and apply with machine or hand. The 111 has a brighter glow or "candy apple" appearance and is pure sealant. The 105 is a tad richer.

After that has cured 12 hours apply a coat of Collinite 845 and you are good to go for the next four months at least (I want to try the P21S wax but have not done so yet). You can maintain this through your next detail with any of a variety of good spray "wax" toppers such as AquaWax, OCW, Griot's, etc. Enjoy the ride!
 
Congrats. Here's an A6 I detailed a few months back. It had the brown interior too.


 
Ask the dealer to leave all the wraps(self-adhesive protective paper) on the car and you take them off yourself. And DO NOT WASH THE CAR AT THE DEALER.
Removing the wraps and washing it will be your job.
That way, any swirls that show up are not the dealer's fault.
 
4AudiQ said:
Ask the dealer to leave all the wraps(self-adhesive protective paper) on the car and you take them off yourself. And DO NOT WASH THE CAR AT THE DEALER.
Removing the wraps and washing it will be your job.
That way, any swirls that show up are not the dealer's fault.
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Audis come wrapped in a full fabric car cover that is clipped to the bottom of the car instead of the adhesive wraps. It's usually the first thing the dealer removes since you can't really see out of them (except for the windshield) and the fact they only allow you to open the hood, trunk, and driver's door.

The problem with them is those clips scratch and dirt can get trapped under them which means the car will usually have some marring no matter what.

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Because of that cover thing even the wind causes issues if stored in an open lot.
 
Congrats on the new ride.

Wash(with a stripping soap)
Decontaminate(iron x)
Clay
Light polish
LSP(either wax or coating)

We been using the pinnacle black label coating at Autogeek on the Thursday night makeovers. It is very easy to apply and a breeze to work with, that would be mine suggestion.
 
Italian Guy said:
Congrats on the new ride.

Wash(with a stripping soap)
Decontaminate(iron x)
Clay
Light polish
LSP(either wax or coating)

We been using the pinnacle black label coating at Autogeek on the Thursday night makeovers. It is very easy to apply and a breeze to work with, that would be mine suggestion.
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I totally agree that is what I did today with my new car. I used the Pinnacle Black Label coating on the paint, the glass coating and the wheel coating.
 
There was a debate on the topic of not letting the dealer wash the car. Some say any paint defects could be blamed on you if not located by dealer.

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parttimer said:
There was a debate on the topic of not letting the dealer wash the car. Some say any paint defects could be blamed on you if not located by dealer.

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True, but technically the dealer is supposed to unwrap all of the cars before signing for them when they are delivered. If they don't, the burden of the damage is now on the dealer.

So it's really just a gamble if you want it unwrapped or not, but in the case of an Audi, you can't drive it home wrapped.

With that being said, the chance of a car being delivered damaged is probably less than 1% from what I've seen.
 
Wow! Paranoia is alive a well about whether to let the dealer wash the car or not. I doubt you'd find a deal who would send you off in a $50K+ car w/out cleaning it.
Plus, think of all the millions of cars delivered every year where the dealer DOES do the initial "detailing".
I would hope an Audi dealer would know how to treat Audi paint and not screw it up....... maybe I'm wrong, but, I tend to think not.
After the first "detailing" done by the dealer, I would definitely do my own from that point on. And don't know if you've ever had a black car, but, have fun...... a black car either looks really good, or it doesn't. No in between.
Don't get all wrapped up in the dealer screwing up your car on the first clean up....... just enjoy your great new ride and have fun keeping her clean and shiny. :)
 
It's really very simple--just tell the dealer they can prep the interior, but that you want to be present when they unwrap the car on the day of delivery--that way they can inspect it for damage with you present--then just take delivery with no exterior prep. I've done this with the last three cars I've purchased and the dealers had no problem with this arrangement.

And, no I wouldn't trust any dealer--high end or otherwise--to prep the car--just look as some of the click and brags you see on the various detailing forums--allot of new high end cars with all types of dealer installed marring. Also, dealers don't have to take the wrap off at delivery-- I see tons of cars sitting in dealers lots with the wrap still in place.
 
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