[SuperBee364]

SmackTard, I really do appreciate the work that you do. Unfortunately, your work ethic isn't shared by everyone that does your job. In my lifetime, I have been fortunate enough to own 13 new cars. And without exception, everytime I have had one of them prepped or washed (as part of a service call) they have come out with marring and swirls that weren't there before.

I do agree that alot of paint damage does happen along the way to the dealer. My recent thread on my new car shows a bunch of new Chargers sitting in a parking lot at a place called Ground Effects awating vinyl stickers. They are covered in snow. It appears that when they removed the snow, they did *alot* of damage to my car. That isn't disputed. However, there were also alot of swirls in my paint. Every new car at this dealer's lot had the same swirls. To me, that indicates a problem in their washing department, as the majority of these cars never sat in Ground Effect's parking lot.

Every car owner out there appreciates the work you do. We just wish that *everyone* did it like you do. Until that time, there is no way I will let any dealer's wash or detail team touch my car.