Mercdes Benz Engine

[TrueDetailer]

i dont like where these threads are going lately... maybe a PM would have been nicer guys..

lets eat paste!

what are you talking about lol i see nothing wrong with any of them?

[joyriide1113]

i guess i feel that constructive critism has been passed. i dont see the need to say something rude unless something was said first. giving him a bad reply will just lead one to fight back and on goes the flame war!

[Bell]

I didn`t see my reply as bad or an atack in any way and I know perhaps my reply was not the one you question. My reply was an honest one, while it does look better it also looks like a 5 minute job. CleanDean just posted up a SL engine he detailed and that was superb but it took alot longer than 5 minutes I am sure, hence the difference in appearance. I am not knocking Martins work at all.

[SA Detailer]

Sorry if my pictures are too big. I noticed when I first got the website up, I let the client know and 90% of the reaction I got was, "Lets take a look at it". They would type in address on these huge 21 inch plus monitors with cable connection and noticed them squintting at these huge screens to look at pictures and I instantly knew that they had to be large. So after about 2 months of retaking pictures and adding new vehicles, I updated website and when the pictures filled up the huge monitor, "WOW" is all I kept hearing.

[Beemerboy]

[QUOTE=SA Detailer]You just have to be efficient with your time and know what products to use. Just like these pictures, About 45 minutes to clean interior and seats, 1 hour total time to wash and interior QUOTE]

I`m more than efficient with my time and have great product & process knowledge, but your time from start to finish seems almost impossible for ONE person.....You are telling us that you cleaned the inside and washed the outside in an hour? You on Speed?

I spend about 4 plus hours on all my cars that`s a full detail, in & out, trunk, motor....I`ve been at this for a while and yet in anyway that I can do it much faster and (this is key) delivery back a quality product that the customer is happy with every time.

Your jobs look like they are done alright but I`m guessing that you are going for more volume than anything.........Just my .02

[TrueDetailer]

Sorry if my pictures are too big. I noticed when I first got the website up, I let the client know and 90% of the reaction I got was, "Lets take a look at it". They would type in address on these huge 21 inch plus monitors with cable connection and noticed them squintting at these huge screens to look at pictures and I instantly knew that they had to be large. So after about 2 months of retaking pictures and adding new vehicles, I updated website and when the pictures filled up the huge monitor, "WOW" is all I kept hearing.

I guess i need to be more speciffic. I`m not talking about your personal site. I`m talking about here at detail city. Not all of us have 21 inch moniters, not all of us have cable hook ups. so WE have to deal with your HUGE pictures and sevral of them i might add. Its not to hard to resize them you know. You can do this in the "paint program" which every computer has. If you had a 56k modem you would INSTANTLY know that it takes forever to load "WOW".
So how about you do all of us that have 56k here at detail city a favor. Resize your pictures please!!

[Secret Chimp]

So you expect him to resize pics for the 15% of the US population still crawling around the internet through their dinosaur modems? Thats funny!

If the picture sizes bother you, go into your user cp on this forum and toggle them off. All pics will appear as links. And if you want to view any of them, you click on em. That feature is meant specifically for folks who don`t have modern internet connections.

I guess i need to be more speciffic. I`m not talking about your personal site. I`m talking about here at detail city. Not all of us have 21 inch moniters, not all of us have cable hook ups. so WE have to deal with your HUGE pictures and sevral of them i might add. Its not to hard to resize them you know. You can do this in the "paint program" which every computer has. If you had a 56k modem you would INSTANTLY know that it takes forever to load "WOW".
So how about you do all of us that have 56k here at detail city a favor. Resize your pictures please!!

[TrueDetailer]

So you expect him to resize pics for the 15% of the US population still crawling around the internet through their dinosaur modems? Thats funny!

Sure would be nice of him to take a few moments before he posts and do that.

[SA Detailer]

Beemerboy, I said wash and interior , not full detail. A full detail takes me 4 hours at most also. TrueDetailer, not my fault you can`t afford DSL or better. You can reply so everyone else can read, but I`m out of here, erased all my info from profile, Adios and take care, Martin.

[pcjazz]

See ya!!

[TrueDetailer]

Beemerboy, I said wash and interior , not full detail. A full detail takes me 4 hours at most also. TrueDetailer, not my fault you can`t afford DSL or better. You can reply so everyone else can read, but I`m out of here, erased all my info from profile, Adios and take care, Martin.

I do have cable. the problem is that i have to scroll left to right up and down just to see your photo. but its all good.

[Beemerboy]

Don`t let the door hit ya in the A$$ on the way out.

[CharlesW]

Maybe it`s the hot weather, but it seems like the mood is somewhat less than cordial, lately.
Then again, maybe it`s just the way I am reading some of the posts. :dunno

Just doesn`t read like DC recently. Not interested in a group hug, but if I`m looking for confrontations, there`s several other sites for that.
This is where we talk about taking care of cars. My way, your way, whatever way. Lots of ways to get the same basic results and I`m not smart enough to know which is the best way. Seems like they all work for me.

Charles

Charles

[Beemerboy]

Charles

Some people relish in a confrontation......What I see in this case is Martin was not willing to except some requests to resize his pics, or questions about his processes or techniques.

It seemed to be his way or the highway from what I gathered.

[Focusedonsound]

Beemerboy, Charles, or anyone else concerned,

I agree with Beemerboy here. There was a post made last week by Martin to which several people had asked him to chill out!

Posting in all BOLD or Caps
Resizing pictures
Having a little more respect for the other members of the board.

It wasn`t a personal attack it was more on the lines of showing some respect! We have been members of this site for a decent amount of time and we know how to make a post here. Other forums may find things like this acceptable. But I think that Charles is right about saying "mood is somewhat less than cordial" and i don`t think it was intended to be.

Whenever I read one of these posts I felt as though I needed to back 30 feet away from my monitor just to make it look like every other post here on the forum. We are not here for a competition! We are here to share experience! Not be show offs and say look It took me 5 mins to detail this engine compartment and I ripped off the customer for $40.00! it would have been fine in my book if he had left it as 5min engine detail here`s my process!!!!!

I don`t want people to think that any of my comments were trying to be like a vigilante but after a few requests one would think that the guy would get the idea!