zmcgovern45
07-12-2013, 02:45 PM
So Mike's recent article warning the general public to be cautious about having a dealership touch your paint was fresh in my mind when I went to the dealership with my friend last night.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/66855-don-t-wash-car.html
We were there to check out a truck that he was hoping to purchase and he wanted me to inspect the paint prior to him buying the vehicle. I used my handy dandy PTG, brinkmann, and eye balls to thoroughly inspect the paint and needless to say the salesman was more than interested in what the heck I was doing. Unfortunately the truck had already been "detailed" by the dealership and had it's fair share of holograms. I pointed them out to the salesman and asked if he knew that his detail shop was actually damaging their cars and to my surprise, he responded with "Yup, It doesn't surprise me". He told me he let them work on his Corvette and it doesn't look great either (but when I quoted him to fix it he was no longer interested in having it corrected haha!).
Annnnyways, back on topic... after some long, drawn out negotiating, my buddy ended up buying the truck, and while he was with the sales manager doing some paperwork, the salesman that had been watching me inspect the truck wanted me to look a Callaway Camaro and a Callaway Corvette.
For those of you who don't know what Callaway is or simply think it is the golf company (like I did! until last night), here is some quick info...
Callaway Cars Inc. (https://en.wikipedia.org/####/Callaway_Cars) is an engine design company that is known for its modification of Chevrolet cars, the Corvette sport cars in particular, especially their twin-turbo kit that became a dealer option and their record breaking Corvette Sledgehammer car.
The salesman wanted to show me these 2 cars in particular because, as he put it, "I don't think I can sell them with the paint being in as bad of shape as it is right now". He was not joking... the term hammered comes to mind. These were brand new, 0 owner, never even test driven vehicles! Blew my mind.
Anyways, I snapped some pics of the Camaro on my way out of the dealership to share with you guys. I have worked on a few new cars and a number of low mileage cars, but this was the worst I have seen for a brand new, and very expensive car!.. let me know what you think!
2011 Chevy Callaway Camaro (supercharged) - Sale price of $65,XXX
-Swirls, Water Spot Etching, Bird Bombs, You name it!
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/zmcgovern45/photo5_zps07a8e206.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/zmcgovern45/media/photo5_zps07a8e206.jpg.html)
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/zmcgovern45/photo3_zps37b7cbb1.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/zmcgovern45/media/photo3_zps37b7cbb1.jpg.html)
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/zmcgovern45/photo2_zps5dc07e26.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/zmcgovern45/media/photo2_zps5dc07e26.jpg.html)
^I apologize for the mediocre iPhone shots, but you get the idea.
*Other notes: The salesman told me he has seen their guys drop their "rags" on the ground and simply pick them up and continue wiping down the cars on numerous occasions. He also admitted they typically just spray the cars down and then wipe them off instead of a proper wash.
So for anyone planning on purchasing a new car, I would recommend a very thorough inspection or possibly only accepting a brand new car that was just delivered and has not been "detailed" yet.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-expert-featuring-mike-phillips/66855-don-t-wash-car.html
We were there to check out a truck that he was hoping to purchase and he wanted me to inspect the paint prior to him buying the vehicle. I used my handy dandy PTG, brinkmann, and eye balls to thoroughly inspect the paint and needless to say the salesman was more than interested in what the heck I was doing. Unfortunately the truck had already been "detailed" by the dealership and had it's fair share of holograms. I pointed them out to the salesman and asked if he knew that his detail shop was actually damaging their cars and to my surprise, he responded with "Yup, It doesn't surprise me". He told me he let them work on his Corvette and it doesn't look great either (but when I quoted him to fix it he was no longer interested in having it corrected haha!).
Annnnyways, back on topic... after some long, drawn out negotiating, my buddy ended up buying the truck, and while he was with the sales manager doing some paperwork, the salesman that had been watching me inspect the truck wanted me to look a Callaway Camaro and a Callaway Corvette.
For those of you who don't know what Callaway is or simply think it is the golf company (like I did! until last night), here is some quick info...
Callaway Cars Inc. (https://en.wikipedia.org/####/Callaway_Cars) is an engine design company that is known for its modification of Chevrolet cars, the Corvette sport cars in particular, especially their twin-turbo kit that became a dealer option and their record breaking Corvette Sledgehammer car.
The salesman wanted to show me these 2 cars in particular because, as he put it, "I don't think I can sell them with the paint being in as bad of shape as it is right now". He was not joking... the term hammered comes to mind. These were brand new, 0 owner, never even test driven vehicles! Blew my mind.
Anyways, I snapped some pics of the Camaro on my way out of the dealership to share with you guys. I have worked on a few new cars and a number of low mileage cars, but this was the worst I have seen for a brand new, and very expensive car!.. let me know what you think!
2011 Chevy Callaway Camaro (supercharged) - Sale price of $65,XXX
-Swirls, Water Spot Etching, Bird Bombs, You name it!
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/zmcgovern45/photo5_zps07a8e206.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/zmcgovern45/media/photo5_zps07a8e206.jpg.html)
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/zmcgovern45/photo3_zps37b7cbb1.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/zmcgovern45/media/photo3_zps37b7cbb1.jpg.html)
http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae273/zmcgovern45/photo2_zps5dc07e26.jpg (http://s979.photobucket.com/user/zmcgovern45/media/photo2_zps5dc07e26.jpg.html)
^I apologize for the mediocre iPhone shots, but you get the idea.
*Other notes: The salesman told me he has seen their guys drop their "rags" on the ground and simply pick them up and continue wiping down the cars on numerous occasions. He also admitted they typically just spray the cars down and then wipe them off instead of a proper wash.
So for anyone planning on purchasing a new car, I would recommend a very thorough inspection or possibly only accepting a brand new car that was just delivered and has not been "detailed" yet.