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Originally Posted by beatgenie
I don't care whether I buy a car that's 26,000 or 5,000....I'm going to take care of it both cosmetically and mechanically. This is my first new car and I did not view it as a "cheap" car.
I wash it every week and wax once a month if I can. Washing and waxing isn't done because of any strange paranoia that your friend seems to have. YES I care about the cars appearance but the process of washing and waxing itself is therapeutic for me...almost meditative, I look forward to it.
As far as rock chips, door dings, etc go...do I like them? Of course not. But they are inevitable and out of my control so I don't let it get to me.
I believe how you treat your car reflects on how you treat everything else in life, from all the little things down to even the big things such as your house. It's more of a personality thing to me I guess.
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Well spoken, Grasshopper.
I'm the same way with an ulterior motive. I go through lots of cars, trucks and SUV's. Of the four stages of the lifecycle (acquistion, financing, maintenance, disposal), I take steps to help recover costs at every step. I won't get into the other steps but the last is important to the next buyer and the extra care invested in cosmetics almost always pays dividends.
My last sale, an FR-S, sold for well over retail, actually the highest sale price I saw locally or nationally on closed eBay listings in part due to showroom condition from staying on top of interior/exterior detailing. I do the same for the rest of the fleet and especially to the keepers in the hangar for the reasons you mentioned, therapy and satisfaction.
Strange I know since we're talking about an inanimate object, but I also consider it payback for the track and auto-x cars that keep me safe.
Of course the job is shortened and easier using Griot's products and a Porter-Cable random orbital buffer.
I'll leave it at detailing, my attention to mechanicals might be a disorder.