Miracle Detail

I'll be getting this done too but with Polished Bliss (in the detailing section). Audi will be instructed not to let their 17 year-olds near it with their gritty sponge!

Polished bliss are a good bit cheaper - although with travel expenses this would increase the price.

How many have had their new car done by the dealer (autoglym) is it worth it or better to go elsewhere ?

No one will look at a new car and thing "oh that must have been detailed it looks really clean". Your better off putting some good wax on there yourself(i use Swissol sheild) to keep the paintwork good and get it detailed in 2-3 years time when its had some road time, the guy will have to work to make it look better then instead of waxing up a new car. Having the paint work measured is all well and good but you cant reject the car if its not the same and the only one benefitting from it is the guy your paying to do it. Of course this is only my opinion though.

dipstic said:

How many have had their new car done by the dealer (autoglym) is it worth it or better to go elsewhere ?

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Go else where, its madness to pay a dealer £400+, they don't have a clue. Where about are you? I'll recommend you someone who'll do it right.

It's rarely the dealer that does it though. It's normally contracted out.

I would agree with Dandle and Eeef.

The cleaning of cars os contracted out on a per car rate basis. (so the more they do, the more they get) So quality goes out the window.

As for spending £400-500 on the special protection - don't waste your money

Go out and buy some Collinite 476 and clean the so it is perfect and then apply it immediately (same day you buy it)

The stuff is amazing it will cost you <&#163;30 and some sweat and hard work, but it is well worth it.

I did this to mine and then drove it 3000 miles without a clean across Europe in filthy weather and on unmade roads etc. My car is Moro blue and came back grey all over. A quick wash and it was the same as when it came out of the showroom.

Spend the &#163;450 you will save on some nice toys instead

But we're not talking about the normal post service cleaning, we're talking about pre delivery cleaning such as Lifeshine , which IS contracted out in most cases.

I had my car done 3 weeks old from PermaShine. Very professional work. Picked up car from my work in the morning, told me exactly where he will take my car, what he will do with it and returned on the same day 4:00pm sharp. Walk through the car with me afterwards and given me the certificate (5 year work gurantee). He also offer as a personal bonus to do any touch up, stone chip for free for the next one year.

mcmasman said:

I had my car done 3 weeks old from PermaShine. Very professional work. Picked up car from my work in the morning, told me exactly where he will take my car, what he will do with it and returned on the same day 4:00pm sharp. Walk through the car with me afterwards and given me the certificate (5 year work gurantee). He also offer as a personal bonus to do any touch up, stone chip for free for the next one year.

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did they do a full paint correction first?

Paul Dalton of Miracle detail is an expert at what he does, he is expensive though. Search for him on www.autopia.org or www.cleanyourcar.co.uk and you can see his work and even a video if I recall correctly.

I would say that its best to start as you mean to go on. Most dealers will not have anyone that will take care of your new car as well as a professional detailer.

Further to this not all cars come from the factory with perfect paint. I am not taking anything major here and the majority of punters would not even notice but enthusiasts such as us lot and the detailer would.

This nonsense about autoglym lifeshine or any other treatment being worth the money is absolute rubbish. Most of the products that are used in these proceses can be bought of the net at a fraction of the cost. I would not imagine that it does anymore than a decent sealer such as klasse, Blackfire or Megs would do, and as for it lasting five years.............

Of course thats just my opinion and if someone showed me concrete evidence that these treatments were worth the money and did any good then I would stand corrected no problem

If I ever buy a new car (If I can stand the depreciation) then I would have no hesitation in asking the dealer to leave it alone and paying someone to do it. That said I have all my own gear (Porter cable etc) so could do it myself anyway.