How often do you Valet your car? (from a car wash group £)

Blackbird101

There's a few local lads that have set up shop close to my work that i'll use every so often.

I'd actually prefer to clean it myself but I always miss bits and I never feel like I have the time!

As my school teachers used to say: Has the Potential but More Effort Required!

neilmcl

Do it yourself. It's good to get up close and personal with your car every once in a while and it's a good opportunity to see how many chips/scratches you're picking up.

DKLS

With my current car and the wives car, I send them down the road to a young chap who has setup a valeting business every 3 months.

He is very qualified, he has OCD and produces a brilliant job, both cars done for £60.

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Never been to one of those shady hand car wash places before. Sometimes I use the jet wash at a local petrol station, £1 for soapy wash then another £1 for rinse wash. Does the job.

notanewuser

I get mine done every few months when I go into town. There's a valet ring place in the multi storey car park. I empty the car of everything first and they work their magic. I pay £30 for the 4x4 and £25 for the sports car.

gilbert_and_sullivan

I DiY every week, sometimes twice a week if the salt has been put down heavily.

Opportunity for a good rinse off underneath to get the salt out of the brakes, pipes etc.

Done regularly dirt doesn't get ingrained and harsh chemicals not needed, at 18 years old one of my cars is in better condition, both bodywork and underneath, than many 3 years old.

iolanthe07

at 18 years old one of my cars is in better condition, both bodywork and underneath, than many 3 years old.

Especially if they've been owned by PasturesNew (post 11)!

~Chameleon~

Every week during winter as I live down a very muddy farm track so the cars get filthy very quickly. A team of guys & gals do an excellent job for just £6 or £8 if I want the interior wiped over too. A full valet costs more but I forget how much now.

They started out with just two people a few years ago and now employ at least twelve men & women who work excellently together as a team, knocking out a dozen cars an hour on a conveyor belt system.

pete428

marlot wrote: »

I have one car which has a paint treatment, and I wash that by hand using just car shampoo.

do you remember the name of the paint treatment, and what do you think of it.

DigForVictory

My car was last washed (by machine) when it was ferrying wedding guests. (Three years ago?) Since then, Lancashire rain has done me fine.

I think the folks who service it hose it down so they can see where the lights etc are. All this "get up close & personal" just reinforce my feeling of "is that ding new?" & twitches about early-onset dementia.

As for valeting the interior, there is at least one theory I'm driving a compost heap. Certainly my sons treat the vechicle as one. (Front passenger footwell is recyling - any empty Max, monster etc cans get chucked there.)

I have no plans to upset the SSSI under construction, just to keep rolling from point A to point B. When the car dies, the scrappers can cope.