Mike-in-Orange
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I thought I'd put this here rather than any other section because, well, it's just all so silly.
I was at the LA Auto Show today and in the aftermarket section, which I thought was mostly just a bunch of crap, there were at least three different booths with guys hawking the same wax - something called Z Best Car Wax, or something to that effect. Each of these guys was using a black car hood for their demo, and of course I just had to listen in on at least one pitch.
Now, the overhead lighting showed a pretty good amount of swirling in the paint, so when the guy started talking about how safe this stuff is and actually mentioned that over time it will eliminate all the swirls in your paint, I couldn't help myself. I asked him how many times he'd waxed that hood since the show started and he said it was so many times he couldn't possibly count! So I pressed him: was it more times that you'd expect your average person to wax their own car over a 5 year period? He laughed and said he'd been applying and removing wax several times an hour over the last several days, so, uh, yeah.
He didn't look happy when I asked him why the hood was still full of swirls then. :think2 I walked away before he could answer. Or hit me. :bolt
At least I did this when nobody else was around, so it's not like I actually cost him any business. But come on!!
I was at the LA Auto Show today and in the aftermarket section, which I thought was mostly just a bunch of crap, there were at least three different booths with guys hawking the same wax - something called Z Best Car Wax, or something to that effect. Each of these guys was using a black car hood for their demo, and of course I just had to listen in on at least one pitch.
Now, the overhead lighting showed a pretty good amount of swirling in the paint, so when the guy started talking about how safe this stuff is and actually mentioned that over time it will eliminate all the swirls in your paint, I couldn't help myself. I asked him how many times he'd waxed that hood since the show started and he said it was so many times he couldn't possibly count! So I pressed him: was it more times that you'd expect your average person to wax their own car over a 5 year period? He laughed and said he'd been applying and removing wax several times an hour over the last several days, so, uh, yeah.
He didn't look happy when I asked him why the hood was still full of swirls then. :think2 I walked away before he could answer. Or hit me. :bolt
At least I did this when nobody else was around, so it's not like I actually cost him any business. But come on!!
