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Sounds like the pilot did good.

They all look good - bet they cost a pretty sum too!

Lovely car but no LSD I take it you don't mean in the looks department!!

+1 The importer would be the 2nd owner too so its not as if they have bought direct from Nissan and sold on at a profit.. I agree too. They can't be serious. If it is that much of a problem to them, charge more for the car!!

Not quite apples with apples Louis!! It does seem mental that someone would pay £50k for an Escort. But people now pay £250k for F40's when there are 'better' cars out there. The domain of the bored and seriously rich!!

All car dealers are screwed at the moment. Finance is expensive and hard to come by, interest rate rises means people have less money to spend on cars, and there's enough second hand cars out there to choose from.... BMW must have had the arrogance knocked out of them if they are calling around. They refused me a test drive a couple of years back.

OK..... Changig my flights to the US from BA!! Hope everyone gets out OK, sounds like they'll be a lengthy investigation and hopefully it is one of those freak occurences.

Looks good. Welcome to the nuthouse.

Am trying to book my P1 service, and I remember paying something like £120 for this about 19 months ago, and my P3 last year was £290. I got a call from Ruislip last night asking about my MOT which is done. I asked them how much for my P1 and they quoted £282! Have rung KJM Reading today, £252. Is anyone else seeing this??

60% of all web users agree with me though 60% of web users wouldn't know what IE6 stands for, or why the mouse doesn't squeak.

That is one lovely looking car!

Take a quick look on Detailing World for a guy with username Reg Hollis. J12, M4.

it will be other stuff you have uploaded in the past. May be pictures. If yo go to your profile from within a post you've posted you can see what you have uploaded and delete there. Use this guide so you don't over / under do the amount of product mixed with water!

If you polish every time, as a minimum you are stripping back any protective wax / sealant that you have put on the car, as it will cut through it. So as such you are wasting your time. If you go for it then you can go through to the top coat and wear it down. By hand you won't do a huge amount of damage unless you are using an abrasive polish and doing it every week applying a lot of pressure. But there is no need. It is topping the wax up regularly that will add to the shine.

I'm still trying to decide between Donny and Wales run, as I could do the Wales run later in the year, but Donny is only once. Flip side, I could do Wales and the car shows much closer to me Am trying to drum up support for both events to be honest. Neither has 20+ yet.

No, not any 10" will just bolt in. You will need to change quite a lot to put an aftermarket sub in. For a start, having a box made / installed otherwise wny sub you add in will sound pony! Not free air. They are effectively for parcel shelves.

I've got a spreadsheet for those using Meguiars / Chemical Guys washes for correct product / water ratios. Am being told I have reached my upload limit of 2mb but it is only 140kb - help?

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We might need half a dozen of them to get all the cars done! Good idea though. I may well be up for the Wales run depending on the date. I have Donny and then London marathon in April already so will see how it pans out. In the link in the original post in this thread we had 21 people say we should do Donny - where are the rest of ya??

Wash - clay - polish - sealant - wax - glaze. I only Wash - clay - wax I use megs shampoo and clay and P21S wax. What polish, sealant and glaze should I use? My routine already takes 3 hours The science goes..... With clay, you 'pull' the bits of dirt etc. out of the paint that get stuck in the lacquer and top coat. This leaves little gaps that effectively need filling. The effect of the clay is to effectively make sure that anything stuck on the paint is removed. Polish should then help fill these holes and flatten the surface a bit. Depending how bad any damage is, then this can be done to a certain degree by hand. To repair damage etc. machine polishers come in as they can move quicker and you can apply more pressure. This is where paint depth guages come in, and it all goes painfully expensive!! Basically, use a polish after the clay, to bring back the luster of the paint. After claying and polishing, you have effectively used two quite abrasive substances on the paint. Any 'protection' will have been removed or at least reduced. A sealant then puts a hard wearing protective coat on, that makes future washing and maintenance a whole load easier IMO too. These three steps need only doing every 3-6 months really. Certainly clay more like 6 months really. Hand polish every 3 months if you wanted. A good sealant should last a winter or 6 months. Sealants don't always have the best finish. So adding the wax puts the wet look or deep shine or colourful finish on. Some will say there is no difference, some say there is a huge difference between products. Just try different ones and see what you think. Glaze is almost a temporary thing and the sort of thing that is added for shows to get a real shine and wet look. It doesn't last long at all but can really add to the wax. Product ideas - Clay - Megs Quik clay (make sure you use plenty of the lubricant) Polish - AG SRP, Menzerna, Megs #81 (and a whole different range for machine polishers!) Sealant - AG EGP, CG Jetseal 109 Wax - P21S, Dodo juice, Colinite. Glaze - Megs or Chemical Guys do some good stuff. There is also Zaino and Zymol products that I have seen used, but not used myself. Some people swear by it, some struggle to see the difference for the price. One final point, think about what car wash you use and how much in a bucket of water. The wash I use needs one cap full to a 5l bucket. Put 3 cap fulls in, it is strong enough to strip the wax. It is that subtle!! Sorry for gabbling, hope this helps.

What product is that Ricky? EGP?

Hi mate, welcome to the forum! The dealer machine polished it!? First off, that could be a problem!! Got any pics? One differential to make, is AG SRP is a polish, and the NXT Tech wax is a wax. Polish has a cut in it, to remove oxidisation, fill microscopic scratches etc. Wax is a protective coat that adds a 'look' to the car. Wax and polish are not interchangeable ie they don't do the same thing. Assuming the machine polish has been done correctly, the car should have then had sealant and a wax added. If not, then you need to layer the wax up. IMO NXT Tech wax doesn't do a great deal for the money, and Megs do better products as to other brands. P21S is a great finishing wax. The EGP you mention is effectively a sealant and a good one at that IMO. Using that on your Zed, with P21S on top should look very good. What colour were the two cars you are comparing?

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I thought the Fast and the Furious said there were car gods?

I know bud. Before you wax, after claying you should polish and put sealant on. Claying pulls deposits out of the paintwork and the 'gaps' need protecting ie sealing up again. The only thing to add after wax is a glaze, which would last for just a few hours in reality! But looks when it goes on. Wash - clay - polish - sealant - wax - glaze.