OK all, I'd love some help with this. Before I get into my questions, I will give you a little background. I got "Pep"/my Clubman S about a week ago. Now I live here in the city of Milwaukee and I own a loft condominium that is in a renovated warehouse. I have an outdoor parking spot and obviously no garage/driveway of my own. So washing the car on my own the way I understand it should be done wouldn't be easy. My folks live about 40 minutes away and I work retail so regularly getting up there just to wash is sorta a pain and difficult. On top of that, we don't have the best Winters here for washing your own car. Also, I'm not an expert at washing my own car and quite frankly I'd be worried about claybarring it my own much less buffing it on my own. So the conclusion for me is to go to a local Auto Care Detailing place just around the corner from where I live. Their prices seem reasonable and considering the time I save I think it's worth the money. Still I have some questions and I thought I'd go to you all, the experts.
So before I get into some questions, here is the place's menu of services:
1 Hand Wash & Dry
Car: $15 Truck:$19 Van/SUV $22
2 Tender Car Hand Wash
Hand wash, rinse, dry. Bug & tar removal, interior is vacuumed and windows cleaned. Windows can be exchanged for wheels & tires.
Car: $19.95 Truck/SUV: $24.95 Large Truck/Van/SUV: $29.95
3 Premium Tender Wash (Mini Detail)
Includes Tender Car Hand Wash, Wheels and Tires, Express Wax, Condition all leather, vinyl, plastic. Full window cleaning.
Car: $35 Truck: $40 Van/SUV $45
Add carpet shampoo and receive $10 Off
4 Wash and Wax
Protect your paint against fading & dulling. 2 Coats of Carnauba based wax applied by hand and removed by an orbital buffer. 6 month warranty
Car: $69 Truck: $79 Van/SUV: $89
5 High Speed Buff and Wax
Add shine and gloss to your paint with this package. 3 stage buff and wax package will reduce scratches and scuffs.
*Black vehicles and darker colors should upgrade to diamond gloss for best quality
Car: $99 Truck: $109 Van/SUV: $119
6 Diamond Gloss
Make your paint look new without re-painting. Reduce scratches, swirl marks, scuffs, oxidation. Paint is treated with 2 coats of Teflon wax. 1 year warrantied wax protecion.
This Package is specially formulated for black and dark colored vehicles OR vehicles that want their paint to look as new as possible.
Car: $129 Truck: $145 Van/SUV: 160
OK, so those are the exterior packages. I figure I can handle the interior. So here is what I'm thinking. For starters, I'm going to ask them if they claybar. It's not listed so I'm guessing no, but I'd have them do it every so often. Now that being said, I was thinking of:
1 First time, getting the #4 package "Wash and Wax". I figure it's the #3 package but with the different wax job. I'll have to ask what the "express wax" means from #3, but #4 sounds like what I should be looking for.
2 Every 2-3 weeks I'll get the #2 package.
3 Every 6 months, or even every 3 months, get the #4 package again.
4 Keep the same cycle.
I figure I can handle the interior on my own and I almost don't allow anything in my car and so it should be clean generally.
ANYWAY, sorry for the long opening post on this, but I'd really love to get feedback. Thanks in advance!!!
