The Dacia has landed ... And been signed for!

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4000677, member: 45"]I know that it's on a parallel with spending silly money on hifi cables, and that millions of people have driven cars for years without bothering and not lost out.

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But would they have kept a nicer looking easier to wash car for their £15 investment, I know they might.

 

[Pale Rider]

Painting the door mirror housings body colour or matt black would lift it a lot more than sealing goo.

Those silver ones look like a misbuild or crash replacements.

 

[Drago]

Surely not? I was convinced they were hand crafted from an aviation grade of duralumin. Damn Dacia and their high quality products!

No, what makes you think that? I do work with car body panels and know the benefits of paint sealant, do you.

In a former - admittedly rather sad - life I was a multi concours award winning competitor, all the more unusual because all but one of my toys were daily drivers. In terms of quality or longevity of protection it coukd be applied by the owner, the dealer, or Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and it would matter not because it doesn't do anything a decent quality over the counter tin of goo wouldnt do a lot better.

That said, the fabric stuff is worth investing in.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

[QUOTE 4000677, member: 45"]I know that it's on a parallel with spending silly money on hifi cables, and that millions of people have driven cars for years without bothering and not lost out.

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I had to endure someone I know, one of my daughter's friends, trying to upsell tlh some HDMI cables on the basis of the quality of the conductor.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

[QUOTE 4000720, member: 45"]I think that's the issue. A lot of drivers aren't really bothered about how "nice" their car looks. Ours get washed when they get serviced, and they've never looked not nice or melted.

In the context of this thread and the vehicle in question, I doubt a little rubbing with special compound is going to stop it looking like a cheap Dacia.[/QUOTE]
washed? How does that work? Does it not rain enough down your way?
Serviced? Oil change at ATS.

Bangernomics innit?

 

[screenman]

Surely not? I was convinced they were hand crafted from an aviation grade of duralumin. Damn Dacia and their high quality products!



In a former - admittedly rather sad - life I was a multi concours award winning competitor, all the more unusual because all but one of my toys were daily drivers. In terms of quality or longevity of protection it coukd be applied by the owner, the dealer, or Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and it would matter not because it doesn't do anything a decent quality over the counter tin of goo wouldnt do a lot better.

That said, the fabric stuff is worth investing in.

Sorry I seldom disagree with you, but in this case I will. Wax and sealant are not in any way comparable products. I have never showed cars I have though worked on a lot of them. Some I know have gone onto win concourse.

You should try half and half on the bonnet of your current drive apply it properly and then tell me in 6 months there is no difference, if you do not use TFR on it that is, which is what we often use to remove it prior to painting.

 

[screenman]

washed? How does that work? Does it not rain enough down your way?
Serviced? Oil change at ATS.

Bangernomics innit?

Your choice though as I am sure if you wanted a brand new car you could of course buy one like the OP did.

 

[Drago]

I had to endure someone I know, one of my daughter's friends, trying to upsell tlh some HDMI cables on the basis of the quality of the conductor.

That daft. It's a digital signal. It either transmits the signal efficiently enough for the tv to decode it, or it doesnt. It not like analogue where a high quality conductor genuinely could improve signal transmission, albeit with diminishing returns as the price increases.

 

[Drago]

Sorry I seldom disagree with you, but in this case I will. Wax and sealant are not in any way comparable products. I have never showed cars I have though worked on a lot of them. Some I know have gone onto win concourse.

You should try half and half on the bonnet of your current drive apply it properly and then tell me in 6 months there is no difference, if you do not use TFR on it that is, which is what we often use to remove it prior to painting.

I never the mentioned the word "wax" or referred wax based products, so you're disagreeing with something I never said.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4000720, member: 45"]I think that's the issue. A lot of drivers aren't really bothered about how "nice" their car looks. Ours get washed when they get serviced, and they've never looked not nice or melted.

In the context of this thread and the vehicle in question, I doubt a little rubbing with special compound is going to stop it looking like a cheap Dacia.[/QUOTE]

Does it have to be an AUDi or BMW to be somebodies pride and joy? Maybe a lot of drivers are not bothered, must admit I am not super fussy but I gave a little proffesional advice and seemed to be knocked for it.

 

[screenman]

I never the mentioned the word "wax" or referred waxed based products, so you're disagreeing with something I never said.

What is your tin of goo then, if it is a paint a sealant then I agree no different.

 

[Drago]

As my motor lived outside, I was thinking more of the quality over the counter synthetic sealants, rather than the rubbish like Supagard etc that a dealer will try and ream you for. Even cheapo AutoGylm sealer is miles better than that.

I can't recommend any one in particular as different paint finishes and makes responded best to different products, but there are an easy 3 or 4 out there massively better than Supagard or Sonax crap, for a fraction of the price. Add to that the cheeky wheezes the dealers do - one pack of Supagard does 2 or 3 cars, but the naughty dealers still charge each owner for a full kit.

Tell the dealer politely to keep his product, go buy something yourself that's 3 times more effective fora tenth the cost. But even then you can forget talk of months or year of paint protection. It just doesn't happen.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Does it have to be an AUDi or BMW to be somebodies pride and joy? Maybe a lot of drivers are not bothered, must admit I am not super fussy but I gave a little proffesional advice and seemed to be knocked for it.

.... never ever give professional advice on here .... it's never believed!
I appreciated it, though I don't look after my cars that well, once in a blue moon they go through the (hide your eyes now) Carwash and have the occasional hoovering ....

 

[GrumpyGregry]

That daft. It's a digital signal. It either transmits the signal efficiently enough for the tv to decode it, or it doesnt. It not like analogue where a high quality conductor genuinely could improve signal transmission, albeit with diminishing returns as the price increases.

I gently advised that we'd buy the cheap ones, or not buy them at all and get 'em off Amazon.

Next time he was round ours he asked why and I pointed him at this

http://www.cnet.com/news/when-are-expensive-cables-worth-it/

as good a summary as any.

He's gone to Uni now....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Mine gets washed and valeted regularly. We have a very good hand car wash down the road.

Are those two sentences connected?