New Car Question?

Let Dealer Wash?

  • Bring Home as Is

    Votes: 26 92.9%

  • Dealership Wash

    Votes: 2 7.1%
  • Total voters
    28
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97F1504x4

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Ok so i am curious to know. We are all pretty anal when it comes to washing/detailing our cars and trucks. So i am curious to know from all of you. If you were to go and buy a Brand New car not off the lot but special order one that takes 6-8 weeks for delivery would you let the Dealership wash the car when it arrived or would you chose to have it NOT washed and delivered to you in it's arrival condition minus white plastic of course. And then bring it home and wash it yourself??
 
wash myself. I would request that the plactic stay on. Also, I would want the plastic seat covers, steering wheel cover, tags, etc...to be left on. It's kinda like unwrapping a present....haha
 
I'm not as anal as you guys. When i bought my last truck i knew some of the guys in the detail shop so i went ahead and let them prep it and put a coat a wax on it. Yeah, of course a few weeks later i ended up polishing and waxing it myself. But i felt like driving home from the dealership in a clean and somewhat shiny truck. That is what i was paying for.
 
When i got my new car i requsted that they just leave it and let me wash and unpak it. I guees that requst got lost somewhere in the mix. They washed it like they do anyother car which kinda sucks but I think it makes them look more profesional, plus most people dont know or want to wash their cars properly. I also knew i was going to be spending a few hours cleaning it anyway so the wash didint bother me 2 much. I just looked at it as a good wax stripped (with no wax)
 
On the Tacoma and my sister's car I didn't let the dealer touch it but they both decided to take the plastic off. No damage done when they took off the plastics but I made it clear to not touch it other than that. Theres nothing like having a swirl free vehicle without doing any polishing
 
People when new cars come in from the factory, they go thru a system. They go thru a 3 mile drive to check everything out. All the plastics get removed from the exterior and interior, they get put into the computer system and given a lot number.. They go thru detail and get preped for the lot, which normaly includes a wash, removing of barcode stickers and blue glue on the tires, and a quick vacuum.

Its called a pre-delivery inspection. At least at the dealership i worked for, thats what it was called. There are things that dealerships have to do, so don't get upset at them for doing them. The dealership i worked for is ranked one of the best in the world by making sure your car is perfect when it arrives to you, Bartow Ford.
 
I'm sure Deanski isn't letting anyone who doesn't need to touch his Porsche once it arrives. I think once it arrives he will have armed gaurds protecting it against the notorious "guy with QD and towel".
 
Mine came off the truck the day I bought it. I told them to leave it be and I'd do the detail myself....they gladly obliged:lol:
 
I requested that they leave it as it was also, but someone didn't get the message. Luckily, they did a pretty decent job of washing it and didn't mess anything up. My local dealer knows not to wash it and I usually won't let them work on it unless I'm in the garage with them. Half of the time, I actually do the maintenance for them.
 
Unfortunately many of the swirls we see on new cars are there from the factory...quality control will polish cars on the line if defects are visable and they will be pulled and repainted if they are real bad, then they put the plastic on...it may be a losing battle for many..
 
many vehicles are painted or polished before they reach the dealer. i have seen many vehicles come of the shipping trucks with holograms on the panels already. even if the dealer doesn't touch it, doesn't mean it hasn't been already.
 
I just got mine, and due to some delivery and timing problems, ended up having a guy come to the dealership to do the paint protection film. I told the dealership not to wash it, that I would take care of all the prep for the film. Used their wash bay and my supplies, then pulled the car off to an adjacent stall to do the film. During the time we were doing the film, I watched them wash seven cars with the same bucket and mitt that was sitting there when I started, and had already done god knows how many vehicles before that. Then they pull the cars back around to the service drop-off/pick-up area, and another kid goes over them with a California water blade and a dirty towel. Yikes. :)
 
Unless you order the car, and specify up front 'Don't Wash or Prep', the car has been lot washed by the dealership.

I'm going to polish/seal a new car when I get home anyways, so I'm not very concerned about some marring induced by the dealership hacks. From then on, I would ask the dealership to not wash my car under any circumstances.
 
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