I am usually very thorough in my details, especially with new clients. Usually I`m not in business during winter months but my neighbor wanted his Volvo XC90 done while he was visiting family in Argentina. I really needed the money so I agreed. I don`t know what it was about this Volvo that got me so upside down and backwards I simply could not focus. I stumbled about like a novice, feeling my way through things I could usually do with my eyes closed. Maybe it was the weather.
The car first threw me into a funk with the alloy wheels being badly stained. That right there ruined the job for me; wheels are a HUGE point of contention for me. If the wheels look bad, the car looks horrible. So from this point, the car can only look mediocre. He had also requested I remove wax rubbed onto pretty much every black plastic trim surface on the car. He had some kid do it last time and I will say he really trashed the trim.
I bought a specialized dried on wax remover and even that struggled to remove the hardened wax. I nearly emptied the bottle with minimal improvement. So I was down 2 for 2. Wheels stained and still look horrible and dried wax still smeared all over black surfaces. I feel this guy paid me $200 to spit on his car (I could not bring myself to charge him the usual $250).
And because of this, I began to forget things that are usually so natural, I don`t even think about them. I got ready to deliver and I hadn`t cleaned the windows or the door sills. I was running around touching things up before delivery. Honestly, I`m glad I didn`t document this car in photographs. It`s probably one of the worst I`ve ever done (a definite 1/10) but he seemed to be very happy with the results. I really don`t know why it (the Volvo) got under my skin like that. I gotta get my game face on for the summer.
Thanks for listening. I hope I`m not the only one who`s felt like this.
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