Anyone ever work for dealership?

Saleenfan said:
I worked at a dealership in college not as a detailer but as a lot porter. After about 6 months of me detailing my and my coworkers cars they put me incharge of the picking cars to go on the showroom as well as getting them all shined up.

We had a designated detailer in back who was a complete hack, he thought he was the worlds best. He actually challenged me to a "detail off" I accepted and we each detailed half the hood of a car with our own products and our own tools. we both got done and his looked pretty good so he offered up a draw. I said hold on a sec and grabed some ISP alcohol and poured it over the whole hood and magically the swirls reapeared on his side :). He admited defeat.
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Lol that's pretty funny.:lol



There is not one dealer I can think of around here who does a decent job detailing. BMW is bad, Infiniti is even worse. For 7 or 8 bucks an hour, what do you expect though?



The Mercedes dealer doesn't seem *horrible*, obviously the black cars on the lot are not marr free but I have seen worse. The cars in their showroom actually look pretty good, would be interesting to see them after a prepsol wipe down.
 
George@DetailedImage said:
I recently just got back from a trip to Toronto to visit Kevin (Picus) and while I was there a small dealership called him up based on a referral from a BMW dealership he does work for. He did a full correction on a Black Aston Martin DB9 and he was paid his normal detailing rate. I believe he also got in at the dealerships by detailing one of the salesman's vehicles (Kevin correct me if I'm wrong).



Anyways, the opportunities are out there to perform high quality work for dealerships, it's all about getting your foot in the door, proving your work and talking to the right people. They often provide a steady stream of clients that you can still charge your going rate for.



George
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You're right. :) I detailed the business managers car then all the sales guys. I've done some 'fix-it' work for dealerships at my normal rate, but it's a very small percentage of the actual work I do, since dealerships don't like to spend money. I'm working on a C6 Z06 this Wednesday that was messed up by a dealership.



Here's that aston for anyone that wants to see what a $400-$500 detail at the local Porsche dealership will get you. Their end results were my befores. SimpleViewer
 
Working for dealerships sucks. They want speed more than anything else. It's not real detailing, it's more of a carwash/mop and glow.
 
I went and applied at a dealership for extra money, and when I saw the way they did things, I never called the guy back. They use straight acid undiluted on the wheels.
 
There is a VW and a Porsche dealership near where I plan on moving to in the future. I was thinking of seeing if they needed someone as a wash person / detailer, I figured it would be a good job during the school year but this thread highlights some of my concerns. Guess I'll have to take a stroll and see their stuff on the lot one day.
 
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