Remarks from neighbors

[UpNorth]

Maybe it`s just me, but I can`t focus on detailing when I have my iPod on (or even the radio, for that matter).

I can` t listen to anything when I polish either, only when I wash the car or wax it.



I know & hate that "again" look too.

[Old Pirate]

Everyone thinks i have a new ride when i`m detailing someone`s ride, and i go along with it and the next day they ask what happen and i just say that i didn`t like it so i took it back to the dealer and got my car back..............:chuckle:

[imported_weekendwarrior]

Everyone thinks i have a new ride when i`m detailing someone`s ride, and i go along with it and the next day they ask what happen and i just say that i didn`t like it so i took it back to the dealer and got my car back..............:chuckle:

In the beginning, my neighbor would also ask me everytime he saw a new car in my driveway if it was my new car. I finally told him that I detail cars for people from time to time, and showed him my rotary, and all of my stuff. He made the comment, "I`ll have to slide you a $50 sometime to do my Tahoe." I didn`t even bother telling him that for $50, he would ONLY get a wash at best on that beast from me.

[Old Pirate]

One of my neighbor`s got me to do her car and a few more want one too. Not bad if i don`t have to travel to a customer`s house for a detail, just 75 feet or more to do one. And i won`t accept anything under 200, because most of them never got a detail before and by looking at some of them it`s major swirl city........

[BK_DC]

I have an 80 year old neighbor who keeps his cars spotless, too, so he understands. Although, even he has commented -- "You`ve washed that car so much, I could swear it used to be a darker black." He`s kidding, I hope. It`s never been darker and blacker than it is now.



I get lots of compliments, too, but I think I`m probably a running joke in the neighborhood. Oh well, it`s worth it.

[ninjarico]

I`m glad to see that everyone gets the same comments as myself. I am by no means an autopian kind of guy (yet) but I do the "crazy" things like taking off wheels, cleaning undercarriage etc etc.



Will be moving into my own house in a few months so I`ll have to set the standard early (new construction in that area).

[citizen arcane]

24,086 hits........I guess there`s a lot of us out there.

[fergnation]

I work so many hours on others cars that my own is very neglected. So is my wife`s car and it drives her crazy. Infact if I ever get around to doing my own car it will make great before and after pictures. Kind of sad and depressing now that I think about it. I am so tired when I get home that I just never get around to it. I could never get a magnet advertising my detailing business for my car. customers would either laugh or run.



How could you not listen to music or the radio when detailing? I am just the opposite. I have to have it cranked up. I am the fool that dances around the car playing air guitar. Sometimes I even get my polisher moving with the music.



I just realized that I need some serious help!!

[imported_KEVIN]

When people say "mine next" I usally say that only works if I`m married to you. I do like to hear the response when poeple say I wish I had a new truck, and I say me too this one is 8 years old. Or is that paint special order? My wife likes it when people at her work ask if she bought a new car? That means I eat good that night, or something like that.

My dad always said " anyone can buy a new car, only select people know how to take care of them". I like that.

Kevin

[BlueLibby04]

My dad always said " anyone can buy a new car, only select people know how to take care of them". I like that.

Kevin

I agree 110%!! Ive always thought it was crazy when people buy expensive cars then dont take care of them. I would say 90% of the time a car is the second most expensive thing a person owns(house being first) but they dont seem to care that it looks like crap. :think: