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The £7,000 super-car wash

The £7,000 super-car wash

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E55EX_RACER
Senior Member
379
10-06-2017, 03:57 AM
#21
2tongues yea there's one born every minuet. Thing is as with all detailing as soon as you drive it its dirty again.

It's not about making a dirty car clean though, it's to do with adding depth and clarity to the paint as well as removing swirls and scratches to achieve that perfect finish. The trouble is the vast majority of the public don't understand detailing and the media have just made the guy out to be an expensive hand car wash when in reality he is doing alot more than that.

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E55EX_RACER
10-06-2017, 03:57 AM #21

2tongues yea there's one born every minuet. Thing is as with all detailing as soon as you drive it its dirty again.

It's not about making a dirty car clean though, it's to do with adding depth and clarity to the paint as well as removing swirls and scratches to achieve that perfect finish. The trouble is the vast majority of the public don't understand detailing and the media have just made the guy out to be an expensive hand car wash when in reality he is doing alot more than that.


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kam05
Senior Member
387
10-06-2017, 04:32 AM
#22
Lexusboy The £7,000 super-car wash

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10700552

You may as well have your car stripped and repainted:biggrin:

Wonder if he gives you one of those magic tree air freshers that you can hang from the mirror like the local hand wash place that charges a fiver :biggrin:

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kam05
10-06-2017, 04:32 AM #22

Lexusboy The £7,000 super-car wash

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10700552

You may as well have your car stripped and repainted:biggrin:

Wonder if he gives you one of those magic tree air freshers that you can hang from the mirror like the local hand wash place that charges a fiver :biggrin:


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Lexusboy
Posting Freak
9,267
10-06-2017, 05:06 AM
#23
toxo I actually worked out Veyron running costs when I got hold of the service schedule for them :lol:

If you drove 10,000 miles a year in it (which obviously you wouldn't but for arguments sake lets see where this gets us) it would cost you £1.2m a year to run for the first 2 years. After that it gets more expensive Smile That includes everything other than insurance, so tax, petrol, tyres, servicing as per Bugatti's recommended schedule etc.

Did you know that every 4 tyre changes Bugatti say you have to change the wheels as well, due to the rotational stresses placed on them over time weakening the forged material?

Back on topic, when I had my car detailed the guy had micrometers, microscopes, measured the thickness of my paint all over (some of which was 14 microns thick Confusedcared: ) and that only cost me £75 :lol: mates rates and all that!


Toxo I am Guessing your £1.2m does not include depreciation:lol: wonder how much the car looses in value each year
Lexusboy
10-06-2017, 05:06 AM #23

toxo I actually worked out Veyron running costs when I got hold of the service schedule for them :lol:

If you drove 10,000 miles a year in it (which obviously you wouldn't but for arguments sake lets see where this gets us) it would cost you £1.2m a year to run for the first 2 years. After that it gets more expensive Smile That includes everything other than insurance, so tax, petrol, tyres, servicing as per Bugatti's recommended schedule etc.

Did you know that every 4 tyre changes Bugatti say you have to change the wheels as well, due to the rotational stresses placed on them over time weakening the forged material?

Back on topic, when I had my car detailed the guy had micrometers, microscopes, measured the thickness of my paint all over (some of which was 14 microns thick Confusedcared: ) and that only cost me £75 :lol: mates rates and all that!


Toxo I am Guessing your £1.2m does not include depreciation:lol: wonder how much the car looses in value each year

banky
Senior Member
253
10-06-2017, 03:14 PM
#24
if u got the money 2 buy 1 u can aford 2 waist it lol
banky
10-06-2017, 03:14 PM #24

if u got the money 2 buy 1 u can aford 2 waist it lol

parthiban
Posting Freak
4,925
11-06-2017, 12:27 AM
#25
banky if u got the money 2 buy 1 u can aford 2 waist it lol

Yep I doubt anyone who spends £1m on a car is really bothered about that expense......

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parthiban
11-06-2017, 12:27 AM #25

banky if u got the money 2 buy 1 u can aford 2 waist it lol

Yep I doubt anyone who spends £1m on a car is really bothered about that expense......


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FirebirdPhil
Posting Freak
7,101
11-06-2017, 02:28 AM
#26
A loss of £128 per mile driven...........

Aston's loose value very quickly also.

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FirebirdPhil
11-06-2017, 02:28 AM #26

A loss of £128 per mile driven...........

Aston's loose value very quickly also.


"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"

Hogan22a
Member
55
17-06-2017, 06:55 AM
#27
Seen this mad money for it

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Hogan22a
17-06-2017, 06:55 AM #27

Seen this mad money for it


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Sparkystav
Administrator
14,683
17-06-2017, 07:49 AM
#28
back to the wash, i wouldnt trust him with the car. as he keeps testing the phikness, not the thickness

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Sparkystav
17-06-2017, 07:49 AM #28

back to the wash, i wouldnt trust him with the car. as he keeps testing the phikness, not the thickness


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IanSartoria
Junior Member
16
21-06-2017, 08:48 AM
#29
One thing i have just thought of, people with a 500k+ car wouldn't actually need to pay 7k to get it detailed, even a 200k car...cause lets face it, if your capable of buying an LFA, Zonda, Veyron, Enzo etc you could just buy a new one every 3 months (roughly how long you wait between waxing/detailing it) :S
IanSartoria
21-06-2017, 08:48 AM #29

One thing i have just thought of, people with a 500k+ car wouldn't actually need to pay 7k to get it detailed, even a 200k car...cause lets face it, if your capable of buying an LFA, Zonda, Veyron, Enzo etc you could just buy a new one every 3 months (roughly how long you wait between waxing/detailing it) :S

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