Hi all! Just wanted to drop in and say how much I've appreciated the incredibly valuable info that is exchanged and shared here.
I was (I thought) a fairly thorough car care enthusiast "back in the day." But for a number of years my career kept me supplied with company vehicles so taking the car to commercial car washes and automated washes became a comfortable place for me.
In 2002, my company was bought out and I went to work for a start up company and was given a car allowance instead of a company car. So I bought an '03 Acura TL. For three and a half years I sort of treated it like my past company cars. No abuse, but after spending Mondays through Fridays in the car as your office, the last thing I wanted to do on the weekend was to spend another half day on the weekend cleaning and detailing it.
Bottom line, I've hung on to it beyond using it as a company vehicle and now detailing it is a hobby. I discovered Autopia about a year ago about seven or eight months ago and, I'm sure like many newbies, was blown away by how many things I'd been doing that were no longer acceptable methods for car care.
Anyway, sorry to ramble on, but it has been a great pleasure through the spring and summer to be re-educated in car care and detailing in particular. I look forward to continuing my education.
I was (I thought) a fairly thorough car care enthusiast "back in the day." But for a number of years my career kept me supplied with company vehicles so taking the car to commercial car washes and automated washes became a comfortable place for me.
In 2002, my company was bought out and I went to work for a start up company and was given a car allowance instead of a company car. So I bought an '03 Acura TL. For three and a half years I sort of treated it like my past company cars. No abuse, but after spending Mondays through Fridays in the car as your office, the last thing I wanted to do on the weekend was to spend another half day on the weekend cleaning and detailing it.
Bottom line, I've hung on to it beyond using it as a company vehicle and now detailing it is a hobby. I discovered Autopia about a year ago about seven or eight months ago and, I'm sure like many newbies, was blown away by how many things I'd been doing that were no longer acceptable methods for car care.
Anyway, sorry to ramble on, but it has been a great pleasure through the spring and summer to be re-educated in car care and detailing in particular. I look forward to continuing my education.
