Dealerships, get out of the '80's!

[Supergus1]

Not sure where this post should go so Mods
please move if necessary. I know this isn't a question, rather an observation. Anyway, I was at a local dealership getting my truck serviced. I was walking around the outside of the building and happened e walk past the detailing bays. Up on the shelf were BUNDLES of TERRY CLOTH TOWELS! Not one microfiber! I just was suddenly transported back to 1987 when I used to wash AND dry my '69 Chevelle with bath towels! I know some dealerships don't use the best procedures, but really!??

[Desertnate]

They are no different than any high-volume production car wash around here. EVERYONE uses terry cloth towels that don't know better. Heck, WalMart and Target both stock big bundles of terry cloth drying towels in the detailing section.

A week or two ago, I was at a BMW dealership and witnessed them prepping a car for delivery with a murky product in unmarked bottles and red shop rags like you see mechanics using.

[FUNX650]

I really don't see what's wrong with someone having
Terry Cloth Towels in stock for detailing vehicles.

•They're great for:
-cleaning interiors, engine bays/underhood,
tires/wheels/wheel-wells, etc.
-hand polishing of metal/paint/auto-glass, etc.
-buffing metals/dressings, etc.

And a host of so many other detailing tasks.


Bob

[dcjredline]

Which is why people like us will always have a job!

[tdekany]

Because according to the OP, he saw no MF towels. Which means they are used on the paint.

I really don't see what's wrong with someone having
Terry Cloth Towels in stock for detailing vehicles.

[Ccrew]

Because according to the OP, he saw no MF towels. Which means they are used on the paint.

Yeah, but it's really not like terry was the 80's. Microfiber didn't even start being available until the 90's and as late as the 2000 timeframe everyone was still saying terry or baby diapers. How soon we forget.

[FUNX650]

Because according to the OP, he saw no MF towels. Which means they are used on the paint.

Since you're making an assumption about what the
terry cloth towels are used on...

I'll assume that the OP probably wasn't privy to the entire
inventory of Dealership's detailing supply stock room.


Bob

[tdekany]

Yeah, but it's really not like terry was the 80's. Microfiber didn't even start being available until the 90's and as late as the 2000 timeframe everyone was still saying terry or baby diapers. How soon we forget.

You and bob are both correct and doesn't really matter really, MOST dealerships produce subpar detailing work no matter what is on the shelf.

[Ccrew]

You and bob are both correct and doesn't really matter really, MOST dealerships produce subpar detailing work no matter what is on the shelf.

Oh agreed. Most exist only to hide enough to get the car out the door.

[Supergus1]

Since you're making an assumption about what the
terry cloth towels are used on...

I'll assume that the OP probably wasn't privy to the entire
inventory of Dealership's detailing supply stock room.


Bob

You are correct. I have no idea what is in their supply room. But one would think that if they were using MF's for SOMETHING, ANYTHING, that they would have some within reach.

Yeah, but it's really not like terry was the 80's. Microfiber didn't even start being available until the 90's and as late as the 2000 timeframe everyone was still saying terry or baby diapers. How soon we forget.

True, although I was within 15 feet of the shelf and could actually see the loops of the knap on those towels.
This is just another reason, as others have said, to tell the dealerships "DO NOT WASH!"