when i sold cars, i used to get the hump when the valeters bay was filled with unused superguard cans and wax etc.
They don't have a clue.
Its worse now that i deal with used assets and cars is often one of them. A lot of directors etc are oblivious to it and are more than happy to spend £300 on "special paint treatment" such a joke.
yea that's the other thing - it's sometimes just not even put on! utter scam
I had a rather pushy salesman do a quote for me on a VW Up last year and we were going through the options and finer details. the quote came back and I queried a sum of £500 on the quote and he told me it was paint protection and that all new cars get it - I said absolutely not, no thanks so then he went on and he tried to sell me their paint protection on the basis that it wasn't like the other ones that were scams and that when the car is traded in after the PCP is up it will be logged that it has had paint protection and WILL increase the value of the car come renewal time as it's guaranteed for 5+ years, tried to reduce it when I declined again.
I could not help myself and went on a little rant about it told him I was very much into paint, finishes, car paint and so on and that I knew exactly the value of the product for sale and how it's applied - chose the wrong guy to try and sell that to! He was really trying to sell it though - the thought of £495 profit for nothing must be quite appealing!
I'm really surprised there hasn't been some kind of a stop being put to it - they're not doing anything wrong as such but it's heavily misleading. take a car to a proper detailer for a new-car-detail and correction and he will charge less than their rubbing it with a sponge and it will be massively better.
We just bought a Hyundai i10 recently through Drive the deal and this was part of the email from the guy we're dealing with at the dealership:
G3 Glass coat preparation - Prior to you receiving your new vehicle it is fully valeted but we also recommend 'G3' which is a exterior paint and upholstery protection kit guaranteed to give you for 5 years protection. Full details can be found on
http://www.g-3glasscoat.com/ . This product comes complete with a complete car care maintenance pack and normally retails at £349.00 but we presently able to protect your vehicle for just £299.00 (again slightly more expensive on large vehicles)
not that much of a hard-sell but I'm sure they will try it again as we move closer to delivery date! Instead I'm taking it to Matt at obsidian detailing for a full new-car correction and protection detail and have requested the dealership don't touch it at all! He will take it to bits and spend a full few days on it. (I'd usually do it myself but don't have easy access into my garage anymore - I moved house and my new garage has no lighting and is full of boxes)
Glasscoat is a little more expensive to buy than supagard / diamondbrite as a product but it's very much like a lot of other synthetic 'nano' sealants on the market [like hardbody, bodywrap, exo, 9h, etc) and probably not as good. They're notoriously difficult and time consuming to apply properly and have a very strict application process which if you don't follow it won't work.
![[TW]Fox](/data/man-of-honor/2009.png){kind=avatar}
.