Dropped car off at garage yesterday, to finally get my wheel bearing done, as they had air tools enough to remove the 32" castle nut on the hub.
So around 2pm I wander down to pick my car up, its all done, this guy is stood around it, admiring it, start talking about how nice it is, and how he hasnt seen one before.
Now I still havnt washed it, infact its gone grey with a good layer of filth. So the guy says
"Do you know what this needs"
"a good wash"
"no a mop and polish"
"yeh I will probably do a full detail and correction on it at some point"
"nah bring it to a professional"
"to get it detailed? I have everything at home G220, some Menzerna ccs pads and a fair few hardwaxes, I can do it all myself thanks anyways though"
"Nah, you want to get it painted and remove all the dents, I can do it for you"
"ok....Go on"
"Starts gauging up the car, ill do it for £350 whole respray, get rid of your dents here and here, and the scratch on this side"
* at which point I have just seen red, he has been over my car with a fine tooth comb, found the keying on the rear qaurter, and wiped all the dirt off that was hiding
, So keeping it calm for the moment
"thats not a bad price for a full respray" *Read it could be good, or awfull*
"its a big car, but yeah £350, throw some Ford Diamon White over it, will be gleaming"
"The front bumper wont have to be done, thats in the correct colour and pretty good, can you get it to that standard? I am very very picky with my paint jobs, and I will refuse it untill its perfect"
"That bumper looks factory painted, no one could get it like that"
"I painted that bumper, in my workshop, and your saying you wont be able to get it to that standard, which frankly even considering it was my work, I havnt sprayed for a fair while, that bumper isnt my best work. Not only that I would want it painted Mitsubishi Sophia white, not Ford Diamond white, its not a Transit"
I humored him for a bit, but telling the customer you wont to paint there car to substandard qaulity and change the colour to what ever you have left on the shelf, gotta be kidding me right? I mean, my front bumper it is good, couple of little bits that most people would live with, and in the flesh it looks really good, but I know every mark on it, and im not 100% happy with it, now saying you want to paint a car to below that standard, is worrying
Thats like me coming to your house to fit some flooring, you saying
"I want some wood flooring" and me going
"Yes, no problem I will fit this roll of safety altro flooring, in sparkley beige for you, and I will do it for ten pounds, plus material"