stuarty

Yeah I had my brand new e92 in alpine white detailed and cost more. But i used a detailer and i forgot the guy at this bodyshop offered machine polishing service.

Question regarding machine polishing. The guy said he will prep the car and clean it all down with IPA wipe or whatever body shops use, lol. Does this eliminate the need for claying before machine polishing?

A second opinion is always welcome, lol. Plus I was wondering if any advice would be given regarding machine polishing etc, like make sure he......

If I didn't know the owner and I hadn't seen there work i would think it was too cheap too. The very same place did some work for me on a few occassions. When I had my 350z i wanted him to paint the bumper and remove a trickle charger port from the front wing, fill and paint it. Can't remember what he quoted me, but i remember he offered to paint the whole car for £600!

I took my Z4 to a local bodyshop who have a brilliant reputation and I have used in the past. I asked for a price to paint my front bumper (few stone chips), paint both wing mirrors (slight scratches), prep and paint my chrome and silver kidney grills gloss black (can't buy genuine BMW and only matt black after market available for e86) and finally to prep and machine polish and wax my whole car. They said they would need my car for 3 days as the machine prep and polish would take best part of a day. They quoted me £200. Does this sound good value? I'm happy with the price and I've saw lots of there work and it's always excellent.

The back end of the second car looks exactly the same as the new focus imo!

I was driving along the M8 near Glasgow on Monday and their was a VW golf driving in the BMW lane of the motorway at 50mph. I had to undertake it in the middle lane and to my surprise her kid was standing on the front seat looking out the passenger side window with no seatbelt on. I've absolutely no sympathy for these cretins and the mother should spend a week in jail if caught!

Great organisation! My son was in the Boys Brigade from 4 to 21 years old. He got so much out of it including his duke of Edinburgh bronze, silver and Gold and his Queens badge! When he went for his post grad teacher training interview they asked him all about it and he thinks that's what made the difference between him getting in and not.

I paid £7900 when I bought my 54 plate 350z in March 2011 with 40,000 miles, so seems a tad high. If I was going to pay £8k, I'd hold out for a HR around £9k.

Im guessing you havent driven one then, or by "marginally" you mean "the width of the English Channel" - there are less than half as many Caymans as 350's on the roads as well. Its really good to see that so many people think so much of their 350's, but they just dont measure up to 996's IMO - build quality, performance, image, everything is better in the Porsche, thats why age for age they cost twice as much before you even consider the GT's and Turbots. The Cayman is closer but it was still 30% more expensive when new, at the end of the day its going to be better in most aspects. yeah i've drove a cayman but only on a short test drive. I'm no expert btw just what i thought. I no longer own a 350z, ive got a z4 3.0si coupe which is a great all round 2 seat coupe.

Ive been seriously looking at a cayman s but imo they are only marginally better than a 350z 313 or 370z. Up here in scotland the cayman s is still pretty rare, so thats a good thing. But the Zed's are even rarer. But i must admit the price of owening a porsche is putting me off a bit.

Your car standard?

^^^ what he said^^^ or anthracite! Colours are chavtastic!

Last year i paid £260 to insure my BMW Z4 Coupe 3.0si with churchill. Got my renewal in last week and it had went up to £458 after a phone call they reduced it to £408. I tried a few companies and managed to get it down to £297 with Tesco. Churchill are advertising 80% discount for drivers with 8+ years NCB. I did an internet quote as a new customer and they now offer a multi car discount as my wife's car is insured with them and a multi product discount as my home insurance is with them. The quote was for me and my wife driving up to 8000 miles per year with legal cover, basic courtesy car cover and basic breakdown cover £148. The compulsory excess was £300 and a voluntary excess of £350. I reduced the voluntary excess to £0 and the premium went up by £2 to £150. I called them up to make sure I could get the new quote price and they simply priced matched it onto my renewal quote!

Yeah that's the car, white car with black splitter etc. is he a forum member Jay?

I'm almost positive it was a Nismo. Think it was a Chinese fella that was driving.

M74 near Hamilton at 12 noon today. Gave the driver a wave, just wondering if it was a forum member.

Thats a good price! I just forked out £752 for a set of new tyres for my 123d alone! I bought my wife JCW replicas and tyres from them 2 years ago she now needs 2 front tyres, so I contacted them to see if he could get me that brand of tyre to keep all 4 matching. He said he could but could take about a month. Then he called me back and said he could do a brand new set of same alloys with new tyres for £250 if I traded the old wheels and tyres in! The 2 tyres alone where costing £120 and her 2 front wheels need a refurb. So 2 setsof alloys with tyres for £800!

You should start writing erotic books! "Penetration oil" now. Lol

The car was 2 months old when I did it! Lol

Stunning car mate and definitely the best colour for a 911, makes them look really classy! Enjoy mate!

Thanks, I'll need to learn how to do it, because I scratched my wife's mini to death 2 years ago when using a clay bar and lube. I used plenty lube but i think it was too warm a day. I didn't use much pressure either! I had to get a full correction detail carried out after i made an arse of it!

I use AG SRP followed by AG HD cleanser then finish with AG HD wax. Does the HD cleanser do the job instead of the clay bar?

Do you still have to clay your car if you have washed, de-tarred/ de-contaminated, machine polished, sealed and waxed. What would the clay bar remove that a good tar remover/cleanser and machine polish wouldn't? I was going to wash, remove tar and fall out, machine polish, seal and wax. Anything I've missed out?

Welcome back!