Hi Everyone!
I frequent the www.priuschat.com site and that is where I first heard of you. The interface hear looks familiar and I am interested in keeping my vehicles looking nice. So I joined to get help.
I bought a 2005 Driftwood Pearl Toyota Prius in Feb '05 and I love it. I have already had to "rub out" some little dings. My wife drives a 2002 Salsa Red Acura RSX Type S, and it's exterior has taken a real beating. Lots of parking lot dings, and scratches. There is even a bird drop mark on the hood that I can't get rid of.
After I bought the Prius, I immediately began to yearn for more cargo space. We eventually bought a '86 Puke Brown (with cheesy factory stickers) Mazda 2000 pick up. Boy does that exterior look bad. Outside of that 6' bed the best thing about this truck is that we save almost $1,000 a year on insurance because my 17 year old son drives it.
So we should recover the $1,500 that we spent to buy it in less than 2 years.
Both of the new cars have dealer installed paint sealant applied. And my first question (that I was unable to google in your search feature) is... How much maintenance should this type of finish require? And what type. Currently all we do is wash them. However, I am dying to teach my son how to detail a car, and we have three great models for him to learn and see the benefit of his labor.
Thanks for the site! Any assistance is more than welcome!
John
I frequent the www.priuschat.com site and that is where I first heard of you. The interface hear looks familiar and I am interested in keeping my vehicles looking nice. So I joined to get help.
I bought a 2005 Driftwood Pearl Toyota Prius in Feb '05 and I love it. I have already had to "rub out" some little dings. My wife drives a 2002 Salsa Red Acura RSX Type S, and it's exterior has taken a real beating. Lots of parking lot dings, and scratches. There is even a bird drop mark on the hood that I can't get rid of.
After I bought the Prius, I immediately began to yearn for more cargo space. We eventually bought a '86 Puke Brown (with cheesy factory stickers) Mazda 2000 pick up. Boy does that exterior look bad. Outside of that 6' bed the best thing about this truck is that we save almost $1,000 a year on insurance because my 17 year old son drives it.
So we should recover the $1,500 that we spent to buy it in less than 2 years.Both of the new cars have dealer installed paint sealant applied. And my first question (that I was unable to google in your search feature) is... How much maintenance should this type of finish require? And what type. Currently all we do is wash them. However, I am dying to teach my son how to detail a car, and we have three great models for him to learn and see the benefit of his labor.
Thanks for the site! Any assistance is more than welcome!
John
