Why not to let the dealer detailer near your car

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JSFM35X

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I have a great Infiniti Dealer. They do good clean work and we understand each other well.

In the notes it clearly says, DO NOT WASH-VACUUM ONLY.

I ALSO HAVE A SIGN THAT IS TAPED TO THE STEERING WHEEL (WITH painters tape)

So I needed to have a rim refinished after an encounter with a pot hole. I did it at the same time my oil change was due and got a loaner car.

My service writer hooked me up with a practically new loaded truck, less than 3K on the clock and it was just detailed.

I am grateful for the loaner car but man did someone jack the interior of this up with dressing.

Here are the PICs

Gotta love that interior shiney messy dressing-the more the better



They did not dress the steering wheel but here are a few drips-man this stuff was gross



Missed a few spots





Air bag cover covered and glossy



Shift boot-Check



My finger print on the door panel




Etched water spots from being parked near sprinklers



Man, was it good to get my car back!
 
Last time I had a loaner I HAD to clean the windshield inside--it was a gunky mess and with sun glare it was terrible. I wonder if the wash jockeys even noticed.
 
That's so annoying. Thanks for posting this ,it reminded me i need to tell my Client with the Infinity i just detailed to ensure she at least leaves a clear note stating "DO NOT WASH" any time she goes to her Dealership, or any other auto place that wants to give you complimentary damage.
 
That looks about like my buddies Armada that he bought used at a Nissan dealership last year. He told the dealer numerous times not to have it detailed before delivery...inside or out! Brought it to me the day he picked it up with buffer holograms everywhere and drippy siliconized dressing all over the interior. By the time he brought the car to me a couple weeks later to do the interior, the black leather seats were almost grey. Behind the carseats, the seats were a chalky white! Needless to say, I had to go with a triple clean on everything just to get all the old crap off.

It took FG400 to get the paint right. PF2500 wouldn't quite cut it all the way.
 
Not as bad as the loaner a body shop recently loaned me. It was a dirty little dark blue Nissan Versa with 200,000 on the odometer and the paint looked like it was washed with sand mitts. To top it off, it was their smoking break car for when it rains. Ash was caked to the driver and passenger doors, like Pompeii!
 
Wow!! Thanks for sharing!

I think the biggest crime here is how sloppy everything was applied. I mean I can understand if you work for a company or dealership and they require you to use certain products, that's out of your hands. When I detailed boats and cars for an offshore racing team before working at PBMG, I didn't have a say in what products I used; but I used the products properly. If I applied a dressing to a dashboard, I would make sure it was applied evenly to the entire dashboard. If I was applying a wax, I'd make sure I didn't stain any of the trim and made sure it was applied and removed properly. That's just proper work ethic.
 
And that is why we were lucky enough to get you over here with US. Quality matters above all else. Whatever you are, be the best one.

I am so glad that I got my car back, no joke that things was a slippery, glossy, tacky mess.

Vega@Autopia said:
Wow!! Thanks for sharing!

I think the biggest crime here is how sloppy everything was applied. I mean I can understand if you work for a company or dealership and they require you to use certain products, that's out of your hands. When I detailed boats and cars for an offshore racing team before working at PBMG, I didn't have a say in what products I used; but I used the products properly. If I applied a dressing to a dashboard, I would make sure it was applied evenly to the entire dashboard. If I was applying a wax, I'd make sure I didn't stain any of the trim and made sure it was applied and removed properly. That's just proper work ethic.
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JSFM35X- Aw man, sorry to hear about this. At least they didn't "detail" the paint.

Gather it wasn't feasible to just leave it there and tell 'em "get that [stuff] cleaned off, get it back to the way it was when I dropped it off and call me when it's fixed; I'm not even sitting in it like that much less taking it home."
 
Vega@Autopia said:
Wow!! Thanks for sharing!

I think the biggest crime here is how sloppy everything was applied. I mean I can understand if you work for a company or dealership and they require you to use certain products, that's out of your hands. When I detailed boats and cars for an offshore racing team before working at PBMG, I didn't have a say in what products I used; but I used the products properly. If I applied a dressing to a dashboard, I would make sure it was applied evenly to the entire dashboard. If I was applying a wax, I'd make sure I didn't stain any of the trim and made sure it was applied and removed properly. That's just proper work ethic.
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That's exactly how I felt when I managed some detail departments for dealerships. We didn't use the best products but I made sure stuff rolled out looking good. No holograms, no messy dressings etc. I am glad I moved on from that world and will never go back. To this day one of the GM for one of the dealerships tells me that he wished I still worked there.
 
This was my loaner car. if it were my car, I would be freaking out. That stuff can be removed but the smell lingers on.............

It was a 24 hr loaner, I dealt with it. It was a great new JX loaded, more loaded than my car but still ruined by dressing for me at least.

Accumulator said:
JSFM35X- Aw man, sorry to hear about this. At least they didn't "detail" the paint.

Gather it wasn't feasible to just leave it there and tell 'em "get that [stuff] cleaned off, get it back to the way it was when I dropped it off and call me when it's fixed; I'm not even sitting in it like that much less taking it home."
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Smelled more like used motor oil.

Perhaps its part of the recycling program.

I honestly wanted to try the carpro spotless in the windshield because I'm too afraid to use it on my cars. I just did not want to etch the glass since I done have the proper pads to re-polish it.

Also wanted to do a 50/50 on the cleaning of the dash but I decided its not worth the effort.



Pats300zx said:
Wow...thats crazy. I wonder if the dressing is 10W30 or 10W40 :)
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If the guy who did my loaner car worked for 45 bucks he would be broke in a week.

Had to be 100 bucks of dressing on my dash alone!

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Mike lambert said:
The company that does almost all the dealers around her charges 45 a car for full "details ". So you get what you pay for!
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