Honda's don't need to be waxed!

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eric77

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I went over to my neighbor's house a few minutes ago to talk to her about detailing her honda mini van. Apparently when she bought the car the stealership told her the car NEVER needs to be waxed and the carpets never need to be cleaned. :laugh: :laugh:
 
Many years ago my father was ill and we had a nurse in the house who had parked at the bottom of our somewhat steep driveway. It was snowing, and she asked me if I thought she would be able to get her car out. So I asked her if she had snow tires. Her reply was, "No, I have a Honda". Thinking she misunderstood me, I asked again, if she had snow tires. Again, her reply was "I have a Honda", so I said "YES, but do you have SNOW TIRES?", so she told me that she had a Honda and didn't need snow tires...
 
In that case my next car will be a Honda and I can sell/bin all my detailing supplies apart from stuff for the tyres and vinyl :)
 
My Honda certainly needs to be waxed, but when she goes in for a service, I always make the statement, no car wash please and wipe your feet before you get in :bigups
 
The salesman told my dad's second wife that her (single stage) Volvo didn't need waxed, and by the time I saw it it was oxidized something awful. I shined it all up and waxed it, and she read me the riot act for "using wax on her special paint" :rolleyes: She actually wanted me strip it off (didn't happen).
 
Truthfully, they dont! But having half a brain would tell you, its the best thing to deter premature wear and tear......Not to mention they look so much purdier...... :waxing:
 
Sounds like your neighbour fell victim to the "special protection package" that some unscruplous Honda dealers are adding to the purchase of all new Hondas. :nono

The dealer I bought the V from a year ago, did not (and to the best of my knowledge, still does not) automatically add this on, but I have seen it at other dealers! :(
 
LOL!! Salesman tried to sell me a special package to "seal the paint" when I bought my wife's car. They wanted some ungodly amount. I just laughed at him :rofl
 
Hey Lambo...I laughed at the dealer when they wanted to forever "seal" the paint on my kids new '05 Mustang. I pretended to be real interested at first, he told me it would be an additional $500.00. At that point I handed him my detailing business card and told him I could do it for a lot less! The guy was basically speechless at this point.
 
LOL, I loved the salesman trying to sell me paint protection when I ordered my car... I was feeling cruel so let him do the speech!
 
I also assume she said the dealer said never to change the oil, LOL. My dealer is different I guess, he actually knew what he was talking about, steered me away from the black car because he said it'll interfere with my life in terms of taking it away and he could see me washing my car twice a day, LOL. So, he said dark silver/gray, looks good, and doesn't require that serious of a upkeep (not as much as black.) He even said the 7500K oil change was kind of pushing it (I get it done every 3K with Mobil 1.)



Damn, some people just can be so uninformed and out of it, oh well what makes our cars get more attention for looking clean and purtty.
 
I detailed a Corvette a while back that had never been waxed in 5 years because the salesman told the guy it didn't need to be waxed because it had a clearcoat. 4 hours later, he knew he had been lied to.
 
No car NEEDS to be waxed. At the same token nobody needs sex,nobody needs fun, nobody needs freedom, nobody needs a family, nobody needs friends, we just like it that way. My daughter bought a new Ford and the dealer talked her into the paint sealant and scotch guard, but in her case its a good thing , after the dealer does her car that will be the last time the car will be clean.
 
I agree, we never put snow tires on our Honda. But then again, doesn't snow much in So Cal.



Setec Astronomy said:
Many years ago my father was ill and we had a nurse in the house who had parked at the bottom of our somewhat steep driveway. It was snowing, and she asked me if I thought she would be able to get her car out. So I asked her if she had snow tires. Her reply was, "No, I have a Honda". Thinking she misunderstood me, I asked again, if she had snow tires. Again, her reply was "I have a Honda", so I said "YES, but do you have SNOW TIRES?", so she told me that she had a Honda and didn't need snow tires...
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I did a horribly water spotted 95 camero last year. I asked where it was kept and how often it was waxed. The lady said it had never been waxed, sits under a tree (SAP!!!!) and hardly gets washed...two day job...not fun...
 
Interesting subject, the question of dealer applied "protection" packages.



On another forum which I won't name, autopia gets a lot of flack from a guy who runs a valeting business over here. He's made reference to the term "sealant" meaning something different in the UK/USA.



In the UK, he states that this is a package such as Supaguard (sp), AG Lifeshine or similar which lays on a thick coat of product which protects the paint. There was even reference to this protection being thick enough to visibly see if an area was missed (as I recall he had sealed a van with the sign writing removed and a piece of vinyl had been missed which when removed left a "hole" in the sealant)



Whereas in the US, a sealant is Klasse, SRP or whatever. It does sound like US dealers can sell pretty much the same product at the same sort of price.



Is there a lost in translation issue somewhere here or are we all able to buy pretty much the same sort of product at dealer stage?



Question is, price aside, are these long term protection packages any good? I've never experienced it personally although one or two cars I've cleaned have had evidence of "something" on the paint which has made swirl removal awkward (esp if said swirls are beneath whatever's been applied to the paint!!)
 
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