[weekendwarrior]

[quote=Relaited;1248612]You are making my point that most in this industry are technicians, not business people. 2 days on a detail ... 6 hours perfecting paint ... holy cow, that is embarrassing from my point of view.


I am passionate, and I am motivated by making money. That’s why I call it Water $mart Eco Detailing. I think it is a great model. When I sit 100 feet from the entrance of a Nordstrom’s … there is no way I could spend 2 days on that $80,000 Mercedes 2 years old. We spend about an hour with a team of 2 for $179 … thank you very much. Do you get over $1,200 for your 2 days of effort? Customers love the quality and convenience.[quote]

Regarding the first comment above, you find it embarrasing that we spend so long working on a car. Conversely, I would probably be embarrased by presenting to my clients what you refer to as a "detail". Additionally, I'd probably be fired by my client, and then flamed on sites like this by them for being a hack. There's no way a team of 2 could spend only an hour on a car and perfect it. That's the difference...your clients seem to want Big Macs through a drive through window (convenience), and our clients want Morton's and are willing to wait for the better quality.

Regarding the second comment...again, your passion is to be commended. But like a religious zealot, there is a fine line between being passionate, and believing only you are right, and pushing your idea on everyone as the only truth. What ends up happening a lot of times is that the over zealousness turns a lot of people off to your idea, simply by the way you come across. See, you have managed to come to this site, and turn the majority of people off to your ideas, just because of the way you interact.

If you want to truly see the time involved in what most autopia pros do, go glance at the "Click and Brag" section. Most detail the steps involved, and time that goes into the detail.

Regarding pricing, most autopian pros charge between $50-$80 hour for a corrective detail. If it takes 2 days, then do the math. You seem to be passionate about being water smart and making money. Most of us are passionate about making the car as perfect as we can, and making money.