dealer prep

[CraigW]

Luck of the draw I suppose! It depends if you want to risk your car being prepped by the apprentice or a bloke that has had a row with his Mrs last night! All I know is our A1 bonnet is pretty bad so I won't take the chance with the Golf!

For an extra £129 IMO the piece of mind is worth it!  GAP is a must on expensive cars - too many bellends on the road to not buy it.

EDIT - comment relating to the wrong thread! 

  I noticed but didn't want to say anything 

[matchboy]

Luck of the draw I suppose! It depends if you want to risk your car being prepped by the apprentice or a bloke that has had a row with his Mrs last night! All I know is our A1 bonnet is pretty bad so I won't take the chance with the Golf!

For an extra £129 IMO the piece of mind is worth it!  GAP is a must on expensive cars - too many bellends on the road to not buy it.

EDIT - comment relating to the wrong thread! 

  I noticed but didn't want to say anything 

  I only noticed it after 5 mins, and swiftly called myself a 'total c0ck' 

[Hawaii-Five-O]

Interesting thread.

From what I've read on here I think I'll ask my dealer just to jet wash the car and air dry. That way we'll avoid any potential damage to paintwork.

I'm going to be giving it the full detail when I get home. Plus I've got to drive it back over 230 miles so it will be filthy and peppered with bugs by the time I park it on my drive.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Plus I've got to drive it back over 230 miles so it will be filthy and peppered with bugs by the time I park it on my drive.

This was my thought.  I'm going to wait until its imminently arriving though in case the dealer "forgets" haha.

Also remember to ask them to stick on plates without any advertising and no stickers or stencils of the dealer name or phone number either!  Vindis seem to stencil or sticker their name below the badge on the rear, though I can't tell if they just do that to their demos (which ultimately get sold) or if they do it to every car they sell.

[JoeGTI]

I asked my dealers not to screw on my plates, rather stick them on instead. It's OCD, but I'd prefer if they didn't drill holes in my bumpers (and they'd probably not place the screws as "evenly" as I would) even if no one ever sees the holes 

[Gryzor]

Also remember to ask them to stick on plates without any advertising and no stickers or stencils of the dealer name or phone number either!  Vindis seem to stencil or sticker their name below the badge on the rear, though I can't tell if they just do that to their demos (which ultimately get sold) or if they do it to every car they sell.

I've asked my dealer to do a couple of things in that area.  First, no stickers of any kind in any of the windows, and the plates are to be stuck on.  Also, I don't want anything on the plates that is not a legal requirement!

[Running Man]

Same here no stickers, no drilling.

[JoeGTI]

Don't know what the legal situation is over there with plates, but I always replace the dealer plates with a clean set of pressed metal plates anyway (just regular legal fonts, but no dealer advertising printed!). They look so much better.

The fact that they didn't drill my bumpers this time made that much easier... the bumper on my last car was a mess behind the plates as they'd obviously made at least 2 attempts to drill it!

[matchboy]

I agree with the postings in this thread. You want the car clean when you pick it up but thats it - then either coat the car yourself if you know what you're doing or pay a professional to do it the next day if you don't know what you're doing/lazy like me!

[matchboy]

Just out of interest, is anyone else paying their car detailer to do this for them or are you all doing it yourselves?  Just interested to know what you're paying.  Me, its £175 and he will do 2 separate coats and this includes the outside and all of the inside (seats, carpets, mats).  Plus he will make the car sparkle - and you can't put a price on that!