Come Meet the Family

[Beason]

Start off with respect to our elders.



My mom's car 01 Yukon with 112K miles. Its soon to be replaced with a new ML 350 or 500. Mom wants baby blue (her first car was that color), but the rest of us want a white one since its easy to clean. She'll probally win. The pictures are from the last full detail about 3 weeks ago. Since Ive added a second coat of #845.



So for the past 3 weeks the routine was

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Wash

Clay with Clay Magic

Meg. #80 Speed Glaze with LC Polishing Pad

#845 Insulator Wax with LC Finishing Pad

Meg. NXT Window Cleaner

303 on all plastics

APC wipe down of door seals

Wheels

Eagle A2Z Wheel Cleaner

Clay Magic to remove baked on break dust

1:4 APC on Wheel Wells

AIO on Wheels

#845 on Wheels

Armour All Tire Foam on Wells

FX Tire Shine

Interior

Extract Carpet

Woolite on Leather

Z-10 on Leather

Z-26 on Plastic

NXT Window Cleaner

 

[Beason]

Next is my dads 01 BMW 330ci with 46K. Great condition and very little problems.

ONR Wash

Clay

VM w/ LC Polishing

#845 by Hand

FX Tire Shine

Mothers Chrome Polish

Interior

Extract Carpets

Woolite on Leather

Z-10

Meg. Dash Foam

AIO on Wood

NXT Window Cleaner

 

[Beason]

My brother's car, 99 CL with 74K miles, he turns 22 in August. He only knows how to wash it so Im his only hope for keeping it clean, but he doesnt induce swirls since I taught him the 2 bucket method.



Wash

Sticker Removal

Clay

ONR Wash

#80 w/ Polishing

EX by Hand

FX Tire Shine

Mother Billet Polish

Interior

Extract Carpets

MCME on Plastics

303 on Plastics

Woolite on Leather

Z-10 on Leather

NXT Window Cleaner

On to my car, 01 Tahoe with 51K miles. I will be taking it to college with me. This is only a quick touch up because next week will be time for its full detail because my brother took it down to college to move some stuff and itll be covered in bugs when he returns.



ONR Wash

Clay

PwC Blue w/ Polishing

NXT Window Cleaner

Z-16 on Tires

AA on wheel wells

 

[Beason]

And finally the Family toy. A36 Bonanza. I just got back from detailing it and will post the new pictures in a later thread, but this was done about 2 months ago.



Wash

AIO w/ Polishing

#20 w/ Finishing

 

[imported_truzoom]

Do you get much time to sleep? Looks like you've got a fleet to keep maintained. Nice work.

 

[Beason]

Do you get much time to sleep? Looks like you've got a fleet to keep maintained. Nice work.

Actually each car gets washed every week. Normally set aside one night and get a big bucket on ONR and just work my way down the garage. Plane gets cleaned once a month and waxed every 2-3. Charge 30 bucks a week for washing the cars and 40 when my broher is in.

 

[klnyc]

Dam, how often you guys fly?

 

[Beason]

Dam, how often you guys fly?

My dad speaks alot for MGMA about pay for performance of doctors and HMOs. So he flies about once a month for that. He also justs takes it up on nice days. He has his CFI and I plan to get my liscense next year. However an A36 is extremely hard to learn on because it is very responsive. Basically the porsche of small aviation so Im not sure if Im going to get my instrument rating on ours. We leave saturday for SC to the BMW Driving Center for a guys week.

 

[DaGonz]

What year is that Beech Bonanza, and how many hours on it?



You have an advantage getting your private pilot ticket. Will your dad give you free ( or almost free) lessons?



I am halfway to getting mine.. it's a long term project. Contrary to popular belief, it does not take fuel and good weather to fly.. it's time and money! :werd:



I am learning in a Cessna 172; the cost for an hour flight lesson is $145 an hour.



Fuel at the airport is $5.40 a gallon for low lead 100 avgas, oil is $6 a quart.

 

[Scottwax]

Does your family pay you to maintain their vehicles? My parents insist on paying me if I do their cars (unless I give them a birthday detail), although lately my Dad has been taking care of them since he isn't working as much as he closes in on retirement.



All look really good.

 

[Beason]

Gonzo903 - Im not sure I believe its a mid 80s but I can find out later.



Scott - My dad pays me 30 dollars a week to keep everything in the garage clean. Basically wash the cars and sweep out the garage every week. He also leaves it to my discretion when a vehichle needs more. He does pay me the extra on those, but I dont charge him or expect full price. He justs notices and says I saw you working on the car and writes me a check. My mom thinks Im crazy because some nights shes heard a noise at 3 in the morning and it ends up being me polishing the car in the garage. The plane on the other hand I do charge him, but if he comes out and helps I cut it in half reguardless of what he does. Here is 2 pics of todays work. Im saving the rest for another thread about planes.

The old man himself, turned 51 on the 3rd.

As I was working one of my clients set out for a flight. Not a bad view.

Sorry about the small pic I left my camera setting on small possible and forgot to change it back. Ill get pictures Sunday out in the sun.

 

[GA997S]

...the porsche of small aviation...

Funny hearing that from what seems to be a BMW slanted guy...or at least dad. good one though!



BTW...good lookin' black Tahoe. :2thumbs:

 

[lp2137]

Great job on all the cars and it seems like you've got alot of work upkeeping that fleet. I'd love to hear how that BMW driving experince goes. I heard it's a ton of fun.