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So I spent the day at the Detroit Autorama Saturday and figured I'd post up my pics. But they would have taken up over 300mb of space. So I shrunk them into 5 slide shows, so I think even dialup users should be able to view them without to much trouble. The pics are a bit small and kind of...

Ive been maried for 3 years so Im not under as much pressure as those of you who are still dating, but.... Given the building of the new house, etc we have to be a bit careful with money right now. So can anyone suggest something cool and different to do for V-day for say $100 or less? Theres...

I was just wondering if there are any general car forums out there that would be similar to this forum in Autopia. A place to go and talk about all types of cars, design, racing, performance, etc?

Many have seen my thread on my build of my 5 car garage and house. Today was my b-day and my wife got me the 74" Stanley metal cabinet from Home Depot (didnt see it on the website?) and a 150' airhose reel . She was saying she was thinking of getting me the rest of the cabinets I'd want to...

With the new garage / house under way I have been giving alot of thought to the floor. Because of everything my budget will be pretty tight to finish after we move in. Given that I have not yet been able to find a lifetime floor coating (some are close but $2.5-$5/sq ft!!!) that I can afford...

The builder screwed up part of the foundation of our new house (location of egress window) which affects us putting our fireplace in the location we agree on and location of our TV. We currently a 2.5 year old Sony 57" widescreen rear projection TV. So long story short we are considering...

Being that we are all car and garage enthusiasts around here, I thought I would post pics of my new garage as construction goes along. Im sure you guys dont really care about the house so Ill spare you the details. The garage wil be 1125 sq ft with 10.5' walls, fully drywalled, insulated...

I have decided to hold onto the M3 for now. I think my wife played me by buying a black on black vehicle knowing how I am about clean cars. Because her last car was the dog and "stuff" hauler, so now my Contour SVT has become the dog hauler. Not the best considering I have a 50# and a 159#...

Im wondering if OCW can truely be layered? Is there a time frame required between layers? I have a minivan to do today that I see maybe every 6 months and it is not taken care of, so I want to put something on it that will last close to 6 months. I was thinking a layer of Collinite 476s with...

So yesterday I did a full exterior detail on the daily driver Contour (including all jams and engine), the car cleans up well for being over 7 years old. Although the car has great wetness and reflectivty and decent depth the metallic just doent pop like I thought it would with Zaino? Process...

Today I tested out the OCC, OCP and OCW on my loaner 05 X3. My cars in for service and this is the loaner they gave me, it only has 9900 miles but about 70000 miles worth of nasty swirls. I took the day off to work on my cars so I figured why not try out a new product on someone elses car...

I know this has been hashed out before, but all the conflicting posts have me confused. I took tomorrow off to get a couple of my cars detailed for winter and plan to do something like: wash NXT clay OCC via ??? with light cut pad OCP via ??? with polishing pad Zaino Z2-Pro via PC and...

I just got my order this afternoon of OCC, OCP, OCW, Wheel Wax, Poorboys B&B and RaggTopp and QEW products, Im so excited. Anyway I always take new products out shake them, feel them and smell them, wierd I know but not so much for an Autopian. Anyway when I opened the OCP it was like water...

I had originally planned to give all of our cars 3 coats of Z2-Pro (just ordered it) and 1 or 2 coats of Collinite 476s for the winter. Talk about armor! I just did the new wife mobile, a 2006 Mariner today with the 3 coats of Z2-Pro and I have to say Im very impressed! I didnt even use 1...

Who has used both? Which is better and why? Im getting ready to place my winter order of products and the only two choices that are bugging me is SNW vs QEW and Wheel WAX vs PB Wheel Sealnt.

For the winter I was planning on getting some Z2-pro and topping it with Collinite 476 (2-3 layers of Z and 2 layer of 476). I was wondering are products like Z8 and OCW OK to use over carnuba? I realize they arent QD's but protection enhancers. Also what would be a good QD for carnuba? Im...

Is there one supplier that I could order: OCC, OCP and OCW Megs Hyperdressing Megs interior quick detailer P085RD WW Drying towels in the $10-15 dollar range Ragg Topp products Wheel Wax QEW PB Trim restorer propel or LC foam pads for PC and rotary

Today we are picking up my wifes new 06 Mercury Mariner, all the toys except for leather which she doesnt like. This is her first car in a about 6 years as she has had company cars, so she will have to be trained on how to take care of it (I wasnt so vigilant with the company cars). Also it...

Im so torn here, with the new house (and 5 car garage) on the lake the wife had to have we have to cut back on some "frills". We have X amount to spend on cars, I currently have an 02 M3 and a 98 SVT Contour and pay $800/mo in payments and $174/mo in isurance. Well the wife just lost her free...

My local Ford dealer just got a 2004 SVT Mysti-chrome edition Cobra in on the lot. I love the car and the paint, soooo cool. Anyway on the lower corner of the drivers door there are 3 chips about 1/4" in diameter. :( I was wondering if this paint can be touched up, or is color matching...