BluKoo
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I bet your bro is going to go mad on that car  when is he detailing it?
He's fully booked till next weekend, and then he's going away to Manchester, so it'll probably be the weekend after that.
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Originally posted by BluKoo
the above is just sad and generally depressing to see. if this car is like you say the modern day cossie, it should be covered in mud and dead flies.
bless baldy though, going over it with his hair dryer. must be a right giggle in the pub.
Whats sad about it? My dad has just spent close to 30k and a brand new car. His son is a professional detailer, so why not make the most of it?
And that "hair dryer" shows up any little imperfection in the paint. Well worth using if you ever go to look at a car.
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Nic Barnes
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its sad becuase its not currently getting an ass kicking down some country b roads. id imagine they spent a lot of time working with suspension etc to make the car handle as good as it does and perhaps less time on paint depths thinking that they were selling a hot hatch not a 30k driveway ornament.
maybe i just like driving too much. would rather drive than wash a car.
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corsa_nation
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- so if you could, then why not have a drive way ornament and a hot hatch in one?
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Squips
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Well said by the man with the fastest corsa in the world and can't spell
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Squips
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aka nicki barney rubbles
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Jambo
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white is deffo the only colour to get.
Looks good 
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Colin
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I dont get all the detailing tomfoolery that goes on. Paint depths are above my 'bothered-ness band' & frankly my eyesights shit anyway so paint defects wont stand out to me
I see the point in getting the bro to do the PDI though - why the hell not its a free tap'o the range service. Knocking it back would be like having Gordon ramsey as your old man & saying nah fuckit im making fish fingers tonight!!
I must say however after waiting as long as you have, Ford losing the car & finding it again etc, Id be grabbing the keys & wheelspinning the shit out of their showroom while giving a bird out of the window.
Id then go all colin McRae on some backroads
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sand-eel
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giving a bird out the window?
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Colin
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sand-eel
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mmm, I had my suspicions but thought I would write it anyway to get more E-points.
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Colin
I dont get all the detailing tomfoolery that goes on. Paint depths are above my 'bothered-ness band' & frankly my eyesights shit anyway so paint defects wont stand out to me
I see the point in getting the bro to do the PDI though - why the hell not its a free tap'o the range service. Knocking it back would be like having Gordon ramsey as your old man & saying nah fuckit im making fish fingers tonight!!
I must say however after waiting as long as you have, Ford losing the car & finding it again etc, Id be grabbing the keys & wheelspinning the shit out of their showroom while giving a bird out of the window.
Id then go all colin McRae on some backroads
its better to take it home and make sure the paint is withini 0.00001 of a mil in depth all around the car first, and if it isnt and is 0.00347mil out in certain areas, it needs treated immediately. driving is for puffs, paint depths and hair dryer toys are for real men. FACT.
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sand-eel
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TBH I would only ever fully detail a car that was maybe a ferrari 250 GTO that would never seen a main road ever again. Last one was sold for $28.5M christ.
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Jake
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i heard you cant use megs 3 stage system on these because the wheels fall off apparently
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Colin
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I can almost understand the market for it, however I think its almost verging on OCD.
Ive seen multimillion pound precision engineering components knocked out in machine shops that dont get the attention to detail as some of these hatchbacks do.
Theres obviously a market for it though & people enjoy it so fair enough, im not here to mock someones hobby or business.
Its certainly not for me though. I see a car as a tool, a tool for my enjoyment. Paintwork comes far down the list for me, as long as it looks ok from across the road then im happy.
I certainly wouldnt pay someone £800 to make it look shiny when I can proably do an ok job myself with the old autoglym.
Each to their own though!!
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Colin
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TBH I would only ever fully detail a car that was maybe a ferrari 250 GTO that would never seen a main road ever again. Last one was sold for $28.5M christ.
Thats totally different though, if the cars an apreciating asset (I can think of only a handfull that are!) then its worth looking after it, but in the same way I wouldnt hang a van gogh in the garden hut.
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by jake
i heard you cant use megs 3 stage system on these because the wheels fall off apparently
 are they doing a recall on them?
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Jake
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no because they say in the drivers pack to only use fairy liquid
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Nic Barnes
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is that not just for the mild green models only?
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Jake
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originally it was only for the green but they thought surely anyone who buys one of these will spend more time driving it than cleaning it so it was added to all handbooks regardless of colour.
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DizzyRebel
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I think prepping a car and waxing it before it leaves the showroom is a good idea - as paint is softest and most vunerable to damamge when its new. But i do think its a bit strange that you would spend longer than an hour or 2 cleaning a new car instead of driving it. I know when i pick something new up its usually on the limiter before it reaches the end of the street lol.
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Marc
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Awesome 
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Rob B
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Colin
I dont get all the detailing tomfoolery that goes on. Paint depths are above my 'bothered-ness band' & frankly my eyesights shit anyway so paint defects wont stand out to me
I see the point in getting the bro to do the PDI though - why the hell not its a free tap'o the range service. Knocking it back would be like having Gordon ramsey as your old man & saying nah fuckit im making fish fingers tonight!!
I must say however after waiting as long as you have, Ford losing the car & finding it again etc, Id be grabbing the keys & wheelspinning the shit out of their showroom while giving a bird out of the window.
Id then go all colin McRae on some backroads
its better to take it home and make sure the paint is withini 0.00001 of a mil in depth all around the car first, and if it isnt and is 0.00347mil out in certain areas, it needs treated immediately. driving is for puffs, paint depths and hair dryer toys are for real men. FACT.
You really sound like a tool from some comments in this thread.
If the car has had damage in transit and then been repaired, it's something that might not show up in certain lights, so by measuring paint depths this would become apparent immiediatly. Oh and that's just common sense. My car hasn't been washed for 3 weeks.
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BluKoo
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Nic obviously just doesn't understand that this car will get driven hard AND looked after.
You can have the best of both worlds.
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Nic Barnes
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edited, was un necessary comment to make. by bad.
[Edited on 30-05-2009 by Nic Barnes]
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sam-smith
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
bless baldy though, going over it with his hair dryer. must be a right giggle in the pub.
that comment is funny though
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