Well we got back a little while ago. My dad drove the 500, though I told him to drive the Stang GT. He has problems with his hip, so he doesn't like sitting low in cars. The 500 had seats that sit up higher than most cars.
I asked the salesman that rode along how much they charge for exterior detailing. He said he didn't know, and he said they don't even have their own detailing department...they send the new cars out to a "polishing shop" in town. The salesman asked me if I detailed cars (maybe he saw my car drive up
) and I said yes. He said they were looking for a place to send the cars for detailing because the other place couldn't keep up or something.
Unfortunately, I couldn't say I would do the cars because it's too d*mn cold here for detailing for the next couple months or more.
I could be making a good chunk of change on these dealer cars. And new cars wouldn't be very hard, unless they were badly swirled.
I felt a couple of the cars in the showroom and they were pretty smooth, but still a bit gritty. Obviously they just polished them without claying (or waxing even).
The paint on the car we drove was not smooth at all. No swirling that I could see, although it was silver/grey so it was hard to tell.
The car was actually quite nice. It had the optional CVT transmission, which was interesting. The motor was pretty strong (Duratec V6), although I'm used to hearing the roar of a cold-air intake upon heavy throttle, so I can't say it sounded all that great!
I still wish we would have driven the Stang GT instead.
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