Car Washing Horror Stories

Back from the dead thread batman!! I did an interior detail for a lady that has spilled several gallons of soup in the front seat of her jeep. In the summer. After calling me about a week after letting it "stew". It was covered in maggots and the stench was horrific. After that, I don't really think anything could be worse.
 
David Fermani said:
No, a C5. Looked utterly dispicable.
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Yikes. I know a lot of C4's are falling into the hands of people that don't exactly pamper them, but a C5... YIKES!
 
I heard the Pledge thing again last week. All over the paint, glass.... Claims it beads like a MUTHA-@#$@



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When I first started doing dealer work and wasn't familiar with their nature, I would actually put some pretty good effort into getting the swirls out and not just hide them. Then I walked past the row of cars at a dealer the day after I did a nice black BMW and it was completely covered in swirls again! I was like ***!! So I went into their shop and saw the owner washing another car I just did with a dirty push broom! Yeah, ever since that day the swirls get filled on their cars.
 
// Sorry for the 8 year bump. This thread is so long that I didn`t realise it stopped a long time ago. :o

Ohhh boy, this thread popped right into mind this morning.

We had an intense ice storm and then a good sprinkling of snow over the last 2 days, here in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Next thing you know, I am looking out the window this morning and I see the neighbour cleaning snow off the roof and sides of his car using a wide industrial wooden FLOOR BROOM.

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Next thing you know, I look up again, and he`s doing the `fine details` of snow removal using a STRAW BROOM:

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It was painful, very painful to watch.
 
I think I would’ve fainted. I guess severe marring and random isolated deep scratches doesn’t bother some.
 
The PO of my `93 Audi used not only brooms, but also *snow shovels* to clear the snow off it, with predictable results :(

The paint, the lenses, the trim...even the glass. Eh, oh well, it was her car...It fared better than the Volvo wagon I inherited, which had suffered similarly in the winter and was never waxed/etc. since the salesman said it didn`t need it (and that was single-stage too). And then there`s that Tahoe I have...

Some Autopians would probably say they wouldn`t be caught dead in `em, but ya know...I still loved the Volvo (once I`d performance-modded it ;) ) and the `93 Audi is perhaps my favorite current vehicle (yeah, I like it better than the S8). And I like the Tahoe so much that I got rid of my "better" SUVs. There`s more to a vehicle than unmarred paint (consider who`s saying that :eek: ) even if I won`t tolerate one with some kinds of it.
 
DownFlyer said:
// Sorry for the 8 year bump. This thread is so long that I didn`t realise it stopped a long time ago. :o

Ohhh boy, this thread popped right into mind this morning.

We had an intense ice storm and then a good sprinkling of snow over the last 2 days, here in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Next thing you know, I am looking out the window this morning and I see the neighbour cleaning snow off the roof and sides of his car using a wide industrial wooden FLOOR BROOM.

Example image:
WNtnzW4.jpg


Next thing you know, I look up again, and he`s doing the `fine details` of snow removal using a STRAW BROOM:

Example image:
s6Owxgx.jpg


It was painful, very painful to watch.
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I did this to my 07 jeep wrangler before buying my 15 Audi and paying attention to detailing. Hood already had some trail scratches. Put some pretty good ones in with a broom over the winter lol
 
I wonder what kinds of things factor in with regard to people doing/not stuff like using a broom on a painted surface. No, no...I`m not flaming people who have, just wondering.

kjeeper- Arguably, there are different standards for Jeep Wranglers that actually go more off-road than, uhm...parking lots. Very different from an Audi at least :D Although I suppose that somebody who does Rally-type stuff would say the same thing about those!
 
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