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THe great news is that my wife and I are building a new house and it should be ready around March 06 and I got a 5 car attached garage! Only downside to that is that its a front entry, but who am I to complain? The big downside is that the house is being built waterfront on an all sports...

Well the wife has a wild hair to move to a lake front house. This means a little cutting back on the "toys" becuase well lakefront property is way expensive for what you get! So Im thinking of selling my 98 Contour SVT daily driver and the "new" M3 vert to get one car Ill drive everyday, all...

ITs time for me to try a new polish and like the idea of a "1 stop" polishes that work based on pad choice. I have read many good things about Optimum, but on the WG site the write up about their new swirl eliminator polish sounds very similar. Which is the better of the two for ease of use...

So is Sovereign know for attracting dust? After detailing and using Sovereign the car looked awesome but Im noticing it attracting dust like mad. I drove it today and its just covered in dust? Is there anything that can be done to eliminate this trend?

So I detailed it for the first time this weekend. The dealer detailed it for me and actually did a nice job, although they filled rahter than eliminated the swirls. The car was recently detailed and smooth so I didnt clay. Process: NXT wash A to Z on wheels, tires, wells Menzerna IP...

So I detailed my "new" M3 over the weekend. After removing the glaze the dealer applied I could see many swirls. I used IP by PC with a polishing pad and while there was improvement there are still to many swirls for my tastes. I didnt really want to break out the rotary if I didnt have to...

Is it OK to use a car with a cloth top as a daily driver? Not that I would but I was curious considering the sun, UV, rain, dew, etc? Also what are good products to gently clean and protect a cloth top? Ive heard of using the 303 fabric gaurd on them after they are clean? And should a...

I was just wondering, since almost every car with leather seats starts to get that wear on the outer edge of the seat eventually (from getting in and out), are there ways to "re-dye" the area when the color begines to rub off? LIke on my daily driver, just a small area of the seam is showing...

I know Ive been babbling on about M3's lately. Tonight I went to the Nissan delaer to look at Murano's for my wife. Well I got to looking at the 350z's and ended up taking a black roadster out for a nice drive. Holy Cow!!!:eek: That car is so much more than I would have expected. THe...

I have soe of the "old" FP and have never been able to get the hang of using it. I can use the IP by rotary with no problems and get good results, but everytime I try to use F:P I have problems. I can get about half of a hood fine and then it starts to gum up on the surface. Ive tried less...

After using the PC for a long time I recently got the rotary out to remove some scratches on the hood of the Lightning (it looked like someone wiped something across the hood!:angry ). I forgot how much I liked using the rotary, but one thing Ive never mastered is controlling sling. I usually...

OK thats a pretty broad question to ask. Let me narrow it down a little bit, Im looking for new rims/tires for my daily driver 98.5 Ford SVT Contour. The car is transportation, not a race car but I would like to track it once or twice. I like the looks of the 18" but think the 17's might be a...

And nearly fell over! My local dealer had a beautiful blue M3 parked out front. So I thought if its not to bad Id think about trading in the newer Lightning. I excpected the cars to be in the $45-47k range. Well this was a car with nav, Comp pkg, etc. Total = $66k!!!!!!! I talked to the...

This is one of the cameras Im strongly leaning towards to relace my Minolta Dimage. THe things I mainly photograph are: cars shows/detailing (outdoors) Car shows indoors Tropical aquarium related stuff (moving fish, close ups of coral, etc) PLus some general pics, vacations etc. Im not a...

I want to state that I agree that points 1-5 are very good and sound advice. My issue is the blanket statement that all enthusiast detailers and internet detailing forums are "bad" and only a Pro can do a good job. I occasionally visit a Ferrari board and they send out a monthly newsletter...

I got the wifes beater and my Lightning ready for winter this weekend. It was nearly 50* out so I had to take advantage. So now all the cars that might be out are ready for winter. Lightning: This truck was in excellent condition, just polished and S100'ed 6 weeks ago. Only 9500 miles...

It looks like Im going to have to keep my 9k mile 2002 SVT Lightning outside this winter. With 5 cars and 2.5 car garage, well you do the math. I think Im giving one spot to the wife and Ill keep one. ONe of the other toys will be going into my Aunts garage who lives nearby. That...

I got my daily driver ready for winter this past weekend. HEres what I did: NXT wash Megs overspray clay EX-p by pc on 5 with polishing pad collinite 476s by pc on 4 with gray wax pad The car was polished not to long ago and the surfacew was still in great shape. I also cleaned up the...

1. This one took about 5.5 hours to do, which seems like alot for such a small car. Luckily the road tar was minimal, but I had to deal with many bugs, stains and the rims had the familiar baked on brake dust. The wheel wells and door jams were muddy, as was the interior carpets / mats. The...

This Beetle is owned by the husband of "dirty Jeep" that I posted last week. Similar color combination (silver / black) and similar, but worse, condition overall. This one took about 5.5 hours to do, which seems like alot for such a small car. Luckily the road tar was almost none, but I had...