Unwashed !!!!

[gl boy]

Picked my car up Thursdays afternoon from my Mercedes dealer , after a almost £2000 bill for all the SBC WORK , ( ok I never paid but the dealer will still get their payment ) my CAR WAS STILL as dirty as it was when it went in on the tow truck was told they only wash them when the car is serviced now !!!!!!!! Surely that's bad practice

 

[Rashman]

Picked my car up Thursdays afternoon from my Mercedes dealer , after a almost £2000 bill for all the SBC WORK , ( ok I never paid but the dealer will still get their payment ) my CAR WAS STILL as dirty as it was when it went in on the tow truck was told they only wash them when the car is serviced now !!!!!!!! Surely that's bad practice

I understand your annoyance over this bud, but to be honest, you should probably be thankful they didn't wash it.

It would have just been a monkey with a bucket.
They probably saved you quite a few grey hairs and a lot of paint correction.

 

[cb1965]

I understand your annoyance over this bud, but to be honest, you should probably be thankful they didn't wash it.

It would have just been a monkey with a bucket.
They probably saved you quite a few grey hairs and a lot of paint correction.

This ^^^^^ 100% this

 

[developer]

Mine goes in will a BIG note on saying DO NOT WASH PLEASE.

 

[Dieselman]

( ok I never paid but the dealer will still get their payment )
Surely that's bad practice

Why is it bad practice?

As you weren't the paying customer, you don't really get to decide on whether the cost of the wash should be covered, or not.

 

[Meldrew2]

My local BMW dealer washes every car before they go into the workshop. IMO that's a good idea.

 

[gl boy]

Why is it bad practice?

As you weren't the paying customer, you don't really get to decide on whether the cost of the wash should be covered, or not.

This time no I wasn't the paying customer , still getting paid for the job though , but as a very loyal and spending customer ,i would of expected it to be nice and clean when I picked it up , thought this was a but of courtesy ....
But also Dieselman , if I myself was paying the £2k the car still wouldn't of been cleaned !!!!! Personally I think that's crazy , so I spend £350 on a service , they cleaned the car , spend £2000 on repairs and the car doesn't get washed , crazy IMO

 

[gl boy]

My local BMW dealer washes every car before they go into the workshop. IMO that's a good idea.

When I was a mechanic , we washed every car that went through our workshop , added to the service IMO

I understand your annoyance over this bud, but to be honest, you should probably be thankful they didn't wash it.

It would have just been a monkey with a bucket.
They probably saved you quite a few grey hairs and a lot of paint correction.

This ^^^^^ 100% this

Mine goes in will a BIG note on saying DO NOT WASH PLEASE.

They usually do a pretty impressive job if my cars when they go in as a rule , never had any issues with the wash :bannana::bannana::bannana:

 

[Meldrew2]

Mine goes in will a BIG note on saying DO NOT WASH PLEASE.

You must take a lot more care of your car than I do. At work I have to park under overhead wires, so I collect a load of bird muck. The local hand car wash sees me most weeks, and the car gets a decent hard wax every year or so.

I like a clean car, but I'm not bothered personally about keeping it in concours condition.

 

[gl boy]

You must take a lot more care of your car than I do. At work I have to park under overhead wires, so I collect a load of bird muck. The local hand car wash sees me most weeks, and the car gets a decent hard wax every year or so.

I like a clean car, but I'm not bothered personally about keeping it in concours condition.

Lollllll , not concours that's why I'm a bit miffed it wasn't cleaned lol , it's still veryyyyy filthy lol so got to give it a good clean myself now when I get time

 

[Dieselman]

Lollllll , not concours that's why I'm a bit miffed it wasn't cleaned lol , it's still veryyyyy filthy lol so got to give it a good clean myself now when I get time

Maybe they were giving you a hint...

 

[Mr. B]

I keep telling MB not to wash my car because it's impossible to thoroughly wash and dry it within the 10 mins or less they allocate for washing.

I only forgot to tell them once not to wash it and it came back dirtier than when it went in for a service.

When I got home I had to spend the next two hours giving it a good wash and dry to bring it up to the same cleanliness prior to it's service.

Even our local eastern european friends spend more than 10 mins washing a car at the local car wash and they do a semi-decent job, if you don't mind the odd scratch here and there.

 

[johns E350]

When my car goes in they ask me if I want it washed. I make them put on the paper work DO NOT WASH

 

[BandyAndy]

When my car goes in they ask me if I want it washed. I make them put on the paper work DO NOT WASH

Ha !! I also do this !

 

[Meldrew2]

....When I got home I had to spend the next two hours giving it a good wash and dry....

Wow! Last time I spent that long washing my car was when I was 17 and bought my first cat. And even with 2 hours I couldn't wash the rust off!

 

[Rashman]

Mine goes in will a BIG note on saying DO NOT WASH PLEASE.

I stand over them while they work on the car so no note necessary.

To be fair, they know me and my car well so they know better.

 

[Dieselman]

Wow! Last time I spent that long washing my car was when I was 17 and bought my first cat. And even with 2 hours I couldn't wash the rust off!

Was it a Ginger tom?

 

[Dieselman]

I stand over them while they work on the car so no note necessary.

What's up...scared they may break out the snow foam and wash mitt?

 

[BandyAndy]

Wow! Last time I spent that long washing my car was when I was 17 and bought my first cat. And even with 2 hours I couldn't wash the rust off!

What's purchasing a cat got to do with washing your car ?

 

[Rashman]

What's up...scared they may break out the snow foam and wash mitt?

Hahaha