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Might be worth reaching out to Ricey, he’s been doing a fair bit of leather colouring over at Revolve so might have some advice. Not sure he really comes on here much anymore though.

In short; yes, but no. Yes to can use on top of Jetseal, but no it won’t really add much. It’ll be a sacrificial later that will extend the life of Jetseal a little bit but that’s about it really. To get the best out of the shampoo, give it to someone who only uses one bucket and a sponge to wash their car, that’s about its level really. There are much better alternatives available for not a lot of money. The wax is okay, it’s not one my favourites but it’s not a bad wax. Apply thinly and do two coats to ensure coverage but other than that it’s pretty straightforward to use.

Their stuff is, at best, pretty average. They tend to focus on bright colours and pretty smells more than ability with almost all of their products to be honest. If it were me, they’d have to literally be giving it away for free and even then I’d be picky about what I took!

The man in the industry said that Momentum only fuels 3 cylinders; it’s not been trained to count to four or above like Shell do. That’s where the difference in cost is, it’s the V-Power education scheme. A man said, do it must be true.

I'm planning on making my 80 mile annual round trip to Kaizer for a service shortly. Can't recommend them enough.

But also the paint has to be perfect underneath a wrap as any imperfections in the paint will show through in the wrap. I'm not sure wrapping is actually a viable alternative to corrective paintwork because the cost is the prep and the difference in prep (as I understand it) is negligible.

Ah but do they, or do they come with “Bose” like the 350Z does?

Couldn't disagree more with this - I'd rather see a Ferrari F40 with it's wheels caked in brake dust, front splitter showing signs of losing a fight against a speed hump or three and a chunk taken out of the passenger side sill parked out in a random side street in London (for a completely random example... ahem) than see a "super clean" 370Z that looks like it's polished more than used. It's more of a shame to see cars not used properly.

In some cases, that should also work the other way around....

The way you’ve written that it almost reads like you’re waiting for her... almost!

Expect? No. But if you ask, you just might get it. As Col says though, certain sectors operate on lower margins, and that's in no small part due to the culture - for some reason it's much more widely accepted that your insurance premiums are going to be all over the place whereas you expect the price of a pint of milk to be roughly the same wherever you buy it from. Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with the practice but it is so widely accepted that it's unreasonable to expect the businesses benefiting from it to do anything to change it without outside influences. As I say it's more prevalent in some sectors than others, but as a generalisation... Grocers in this country operate on small margins, for whatever reasons that hasn't translated to the insurance industry here (yet at least) but there are plenty of cultures around the world where this is not the case and bartering for your weekly shop is much more commonplace than not - indeed some cultures are offended if you don't try to negotiate. Not providing a written quote is a ridiculous policy though, I can't offer any (even questionable) rationale for that one. @Keyser Yep, absolute cop out, but then again what in the insurance industry isn't? "You drive your car a lot? Statistically you're more likely to crash then, we'll have to increase your premium". "You don't drive your car much? Statistically your car is more likely to be stolen, we'll have to increase your premium".

To be fair, it's not really that different to any other service - the vendor offers a price and you choose whether to accept it or not. As a business I'd expect the vendor to ask the highest price they feel they can get away with, similarly I'd expect a buyer to offer the lowest amount they think they can get away with. Whilst it's more prevalent with insurance (in general, not just motor insurance) than with some other industries, it's generally how the retail and service sector works; it's just so well ingrained in most people when it comes to insurance that it's expected that the first price anyone offers is not going to be their lowest price. It's like buying a car, for example.

It’s also where the insurer isn’t the underwriter, the renewal will be based on using the same underwriter with some pre-determined “assumed” changes - in some cases this simply means another year no claims, in other cases it had turned out to assume significant changes to the car and claims assumed to be made. In all cases they do not account for any actual changes unless you call to confirm them - after all, you’ve agreed to their auto-renewal policy so you’ve accepted these assumptions in advance remember! If the insurance company has access to multiple underwriters, they won’t check alternatives on an auto-renewal basis, hence they’re likely to be able to reduce the auto-renewal price when you do call and they do check, and they use the actual confirmed changes rather than the assumed changes.

On the bright side, you’ve taken it in your stride and not got overly defensive about it at all...

Also worth noting to be careful around the air filter - especially if you've changed to an induction kit!! - and the battery. But otherwise, you're pretty much good to go nuts, within reason. If you're not confident with a pressure washer, a steam clear is "safer" and equally as effective, or a hose instead of a pressure washer is "safer" but less effective.

Yeah, but his McLaren doesn’t go very fast...

I have (tested it) and you’re right, mitts/cloths/blocks are just as effective as bars. They can easily marr a surface though if you don’t use it properly but I would argue the risks of doing so are marginal between the two, tbh. The biggest advantage of mitts/cloths over bars is that you can cover a larger surface area much quicker and that you can rinse them off even if you drop them (rinse thoroughly if it does hit the ground though!) unlike bars. athe biggest downside toitys/cloths is getting into the little fiddly areas whereas bars are more pliable, so I still tend to use both for that reason.

Like we do every four years you mean?

It’ll depend on the current state of them. As Davey says a machine polisher is best with a suitable cut pad. By hand, if they’re bad some wire wool or if they’re not a pad or cloth - then lots of time and patience. Thoroughly work the polish then buff and repeat. A lot. If they’re absolutely horrendous I’d suggest removing them and treating them by letting them soak in an appropriate chemical overnight first.

Iron X is a fallout remover (albeit not the best one) so no point in doing both. Just use a good one first time round instead. Regarding the tips, it'll always be easier with a machine but I've never been a huge fan of Autosol by hand, there are better options that will provide more cut to make it easier to get a better finish.

I don’t know what you’re talking about....

Alright, I’ll ask; why would anyone want such a function?!?

I would expect it can be recoded (although I stand to be corrected by someone who actually knows), but I would also expect it to be an horrendously expensive, Nissan dealership only type situation.

Excellent choice of colour (and car), Col. I approve of your detailing too, the car looks to be in great condition.

Here was me assuming you understood what materiality meant. Nissan have a vested, financial interest in making it work for as long as possible. i don’t know why you think they’re just suddenly going to accept any amount of money they can get for their stock when sales have fallen significantly over the last two years yet prices haven’t followed suit. Why would they suddenly have a fire sale now? What, because they’ve stated they’re dropping a brand name in a certain region? Nothing changes in terms of the business model except they stop bringing certain products into certain markets in the first place.