Recent content by Peter Crowl

This is the first night of the Barret Jackson Scottsdale Auction. 24 hours of coverage now till Sunday. The value of perfect detailing can be seen in the cars and the prices they fetch. Great TV for the Car Guy Speed Channel

That's the underlying message of this piece from PC&D... and the way California goes so goes the rest of the nation on these issues. What will our long term plan be to either fight this trend of live with it's results. Green carwashing recognized by Schwarzenegger SANTA CLARITA, CA...

I picked up the new license plates for the MINI yesterday. When I attached the year tag ...despite all effort...it landed a tiny bit off square. Others couldn't see it...but I could. So today I went back to Motor Vehicle and bought a new year tag so I could apply it again. That's not...

This is an '05 MINI front rotor. The car has about 300 miles on it. :shocked There is also rust developing on machined but unprotected surfaces in the suspension...such as the idler arm/steering rack joint. So...what's my course of action here? With regard to the rotor, I'd like to...

Today it was in the low 50's. Put the top down on the MINI and went for a nice cruise...then came home and got in a proper hand wash so I can spend some quality time in the garage this weekend while the weather outside turns cold. Open Motoring and Detailing on the Last Day of December...

Over on MINI2 there have been discussions about convertible top maintenance. I've recently brought RaggTopp in to my collection but haven't used it just yet. Others have and after a few applications they still aren't getting beading. Seems strange. Anybody have experience with this...

There have been numerous threads about Yellow...but I didn't find the answers to my questions in them...maybe I just didn't dig deep enough:nixweiss First off...this is a 2005 Liquid Yellow MINI Cooper S Convertible. I have washed it a few times...just did Sunday when the weather was...

I know...there have been long and well thrashed discussions about which pressure washer is the best....but...I have the Sears Carry Clean. I...and all the neighbors who borrow it...really like it. Anyway..I see in this weekends sale insert that they're closing it out for $199. IMHO it's a...

At issue is my newly delivered MINI Cooper. The upper dash and most of the interior is black Vinyl..which I'll treat with 303 or whatever better suggestion comes along in this thread ;) . The dash face and door trim inserts are body color. I believe they're color impregnated plastic rather...

A friend just bought a 99 Audi A4. Black. Has swirls...I only saw it under crappy light..not outside, but they're there. It's been filled and covered up and looks half way decent now...but she really should have the swirls buffed out so she can keep it up from a good foundation. Anybody in...

Adding to the plethora of Garage Floor Threads... I was at Lowes the other day and looked at their Armstrong floor tile. 12 x 12...rather thick...installs with trowel adhesive...seems like they'd work well and just 58 cents per tile. Anybody have any experience with these in the garage...

I was cruising the net and landed at Carwash.Com. They had this excerpt from Professional Carwashing and Detailing Magazine... Microfiber towels The jury is still out on microfiber towels in the carwash industry. Because these towels are very absorbent, one microfiber towel can dry...

My neighbor was kind enough to help us find our dog who went on a self guided tour up the street. She found him...but before she realized that his feet were all muddy she opened her car door and let him in. So now there's mud all over the cloth seats in her new 1800 miles on it Civic...

A while ago when I started getting serious about detailing our cars, my wife made some comment about house cleaning skills...nothing snotty, but wondering if the people who are so obsessed about their cars also keep their houses as nice. I do my share inside...but lately I've found myself...

Ok...now that I'm devoted to clean, detailed cars...how do I keep it so in Winter. Here in Denver, we get periods of snow with all it's associated crap including Magnesium Chloride , sand and salt. We can get periods of weather in the 40's or even 50's during the day - when a hose wash is...