I'll take the sticky and answer each item if possible.
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Have a great story to tell? Think you're a hard core detailing fanatic? Do you have the world's biggest collection of "detailing stuff?"
Coscooper - Well, I actually started detailing back when I was in College and mostly it was "glorified" washing and waxing, back say um.. err... 20 years ago or more. But, after college, got into Technology, computers and other such corporate stuff only to wake up one morning wondering why I was marching off to a job I hated and corporate politics that seemed to waste more time than actually getting anything done. Plus, I had a really ignorant boss. In some respects he was a genius, but in others he was an idiot. So, I got tired of that and decided to parley my financial status into a "Car" business.
I looked around the Denver Colorado area and discovered that no one was "renting" high-line, luxury or exotics. So, I bought some cool cars and started renting them. Translation, renting cars is really about detailing cars. Since I live in Denver, I use Prima products by Detailers Paradise as Nick and Heather are awesome to work with and I've learned a lot from them. Their products make my cars pop and renters say wow. So, that's enough for me.
Therefore, I found Autopia some time back, have lurked around for several months, okay about a year and that's that.
We want to hear your story. Let us interview you with the following questions:
1. How did you wind up at Autopia?
Coscooper - Google search and other links pointing back this way
2. What do you like most about detailing?
Coscooper - Satisfaction of making a beautiful car even better.
3. What are your favorite products/processes and why?
Coscooper - So far, I've only used Meg and Prima products. However, I typically use Prima products since they're local and I prefer to use local (Denver) companies for any of my business.
4. What's your dream car and why?
Coscooper - Too many to list. But, an Aston is up there. Great looking sexy car.
5. What's the best thing you learned on Autopia?
Coscooper - Not to be afraid of the PC. So, I bought one and am experimenting.
6. What are some of your other hobbies and interests?
Coscooper - Skiing, back-country hiking/camping and of course driving cars.
7. Do you have any pets? If so, types, names, pics.
Coscooper - Cats, but I'm really a dog person. My wife runs the house, so she does cats. It's a trade off thing. 20 years does that to you.
8. Name three secret techniques that you think you should share to fellow Autopians.
Coscooper
- Enlist your children to help detail. That is if they love cars. Otherwise, don't bother.
- Use a commercial sprayer, but only use the lightest nozzle, usually for soap. It's great for reaching everything.
- Use Elbow grease. All of the products in the world are fine, but nothing beats good old scrubbing with good rags and working hard. There's nothing easy in the world and just cause it says it'll make you a million or all the dirt will "magically" fall off the car, don't believe the sales job. Elbow grease.
9. Where are you from and where do you live now?
Coscooper - I'm originally a Texas Boy, but I now live in Colorado (Longmont/Boulder) and while all of my family is still in Houston/Dallas/Austin, I'll never move back.
10. What was you first car and what got you interested in keeping cars perfect?
Coscooper
- 69 F150 Shortbed, but I didn't keep it in good shape. It was fast though.
- 72 Mustang Fastback. Loved that car.
- I've always kept my recent cars in good shape for trade in value and to keep them just looking good. Hate to see a trashed out car, any car. Other reason, my dad kept/keeps his cars in sh--ty condition and it's annoying. I do everything the opposite of my dad, even though I love him dearly.
11. What motivates you to detail?
Coscooper - Sense of accomplishment and the fun of messing with exotics. Plus, I love cranking the stereo and zoning out for a few hours.
12. Would you ever pay someone else to detail your car?
Coscooper - Probably not.
13. Does detailing run in the family at all, or are you the only normal one?
Coscooper - I'm it. Didn't learn it from my dad or any of my family.
14. What is your favorite part about detailing?
Coscooper - LSP - nothing like that last POP look after all the other work.
15. If detailing is a hobby for you, would you like to do it full time, or do you feel that it would take the fun out of it?
Coscooper - I'm contemplating adding detailing as an adjunct business in northern Colorado area. Right now, we do it for our business and personally. So, next logical step is to start doing it professionally.
In addition to these interview questions, we'd also like to see your picture. I'll post some pictures as soon as I hit 10 posts and am allowed to post pictures. Especially since I have a "Lamborghini-Gallardo" a Lotus Elise, Mercedes CLS500, Porsche Boxster and I'm about to acquire a Range Rover HSE. (Mercedes and HSE are black and the CLS is a challenge to detail, but I love it. Black is awesome when it's clean and shines)
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Any comments, flames or otherwise will be read and either ignored or replied depending on how much whiskey was consumed before hitting the boards.
Copy-paste from sticky:
Have a great story to tell? Think you're a hard core detailing fanatic? Do you have the world's biggest collection of "detailing stuff?"
Coscooper - Well, I actually started detailing back when I was in College and mostly it was "glorified" washing and waxing, back say um.. err... 20 years ago or more. But, after college, got into Technology, computers and other such corporate stuff only to wake up one morning wondering why I was marching off to a job I hated and corporate politics that seemed to waste more time than actually getting anything done. Plus, I had a really ignorant boss. In some respects he was a genius, but in others he was an idiot. So, I got tired of that and decided to parley my financial status into a "Car" business.
I looked around the Denver Colorado area and discovered that no one was "renting" high-line, luxury or exotics. So, I bought some cool cars and started renting them. Translation, renting cars is really about detailing cars. Since I live in Denver, I use Prima products by Detailers Paradise as Nick and Heather are awesome to work with and I've learned a lot from them. Their products make my cars pop and renters say wow. So, that's enough for me.
Therefore, I found Autopia some time back, have lurked around for several months, okay about a year and that's that.
We want to hear your story. Let us interview you with the following questions:
1. How did you wind up at Autopia?
Coscooper - Google search and other links pointing back this way
2. What do you like most about detailing?
Coscooper - Satisfaction of making a beautiful car even better.
3. What are your favorite products/processes and why?
Coscooper - So far, I've only used Meg and Prima products. However, I typically use Prima products since they're local and I prefer to use local (Denver) companies for any of my business.
4. What's your dream car and why?
Coscooper - Too many to list. But, an Aston is up there. Great looking sexy car.
5. What's the best thing you learned on Autopia?
Coscooper - Not to be afraid of the PC. So, I bought one and am experimenting.
6. What are some of your other hobbies and interests?
Coscooper - Skiing, back-country hiking/camping and of course driving cars.
7. Do you have any pets? If so, types, names, pics.
Coscooper - Cats, but I'm really a dog person. My wife runs the house, so she does cats. It's a trade off thing. 20 years does that to you.
8. Name three secret techniques that you think you should share to fellow Autopians.
Coscooper
- Enlist your children to help detail. That is if they love cars. Otherwise, don't bother.
- Use a commercial sprayer, but only use the lightest nozzle, usually for soap. It's great for reaching everything.
- Use Elbow grease. All of the products in the world are fine, but nothing beats good old scrubbing with good rags and working hard. There's nothing easy in the world and just cause it says it'll make you a million or all the dirt will "magically" fall off the car, don't believe the sales job. Elbow grease.
9. Where are you from and where do you live now?
Coscooper - I'm originally a Texas Boy, but I now live in Colorado (Longmont/Boulder) and while all of my family is still in Houston/Dallas/Austin, I'll never move back.
10. What was you first car and what got you interested in keeping cars perfect?
Coscooper
- 69 F150 Shortbed, but I didn't keep it in good shape. It was fast though.
- 72 Mustang Fastback. Loved that car.
- I've always kept my recent cars in good shape for trade in value and to keep them just looking good. Hate to see a trashed out car, any car. Other reason, my dad kept/keeps his cars in sh--ty condition and it's annoying. I do everything the opposite of my dad, even though I love him dearly.
11. What motivates you to detail?
Coscooper - Sense of accomplishment and the fun of messing with exotics. Plus, I love cranking the stereo and zoning out for a few hours.
12. Would you ever pay someone else to detail your car?
Coscooper - Probably not.
13. Does detailing run in the family at all, or are you the only normal one?
Coscooper - I'm it. Didn't learn it from my dad or any of my family.
14. What is your favorite part about detailing?
Coscooper - LSP - nothing like that last POP look after all the other work.
15. If detailing is a hobby for you, would you like to do it full time, or do you feel that it would take the fun out of it?
Coscooper - I'm contemplating adding detailing as an adjunct business in northern Colorado area. Right now, we do it for our business and personally. So, next logical step is to start doing it professionally.
In addition to these interview questions, we'd also like to see your picture. I'll post some pictures as soon as I hit 10 posts and am allowed to post pictures. Especially since I have a "Lamborghini-Gallardo" a Lotus Elise, Mercedes CLS500, Porsche Boxster and I'm about to acquire a Range Rover HSE. (Mercedes and HSE are black and the CLS is a challenge to detail, but I love it. Black is awesome when it's clean and shines)
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Any comments, flames or otherwise will be read and either ignored or replied depending on how much whiskey was consumed before hitting the boards.