naughts4187
Registered User
After 5 months of being totally addicted to this forum and passing the time yesterday I picked up my exclusive S3.
I found the whole exclusive colour ordering process completely rubbish, not one dealer I called had a book of colours, and only had the odd colour swatch on site. I initially ordered Merlin Purple however had a change of heart. After weeks of scouring around Google I decided on Black Cherry Pearl and took a gamble as I hadn't ever seen it in the flesh!
So yesterday I made my way over to York, in typical fashion I was about 20 minutes late! My car was parked up in the handover bay, no cover and not prepped (my request as I don't trust Audi valeters). I asked for it to be de-wrapped and have the front plate stuck on rather than drilled as I'm putting a cherished in soon. They sprayed it with the jet wash to remove any dust from transit and that was it. Mark, the salesman said he had never done a handover with a dirty car before. Because of my strange request the car looked dull and nearly dark brown, I honestly thought I'd made a big mistake with this colour...
The drive home made up for it however, sunroof open and that B&O sound, it's a glorious place to be.
Starting today at 11am I did my own new car detail and had to stop at 7pm when the temperature dropped and the light decided to disappear. My step mum also got her Daytona grey S3 last week which can be seen in the pics. My doubts about the colour have gradually gone today, it really came to life and hopefully soon there will be an actual sunny day so the pearlescent shows its sparkle.
Here is the detail so far, tomorrow I have to dress the plastic trim, seal all chrome bits and start on the interior.
My detail process:
Snow Foam
Gyeon Iron
Auto Finesse Shampoo
Tar & Glue Remover
Auto Finesse Shampoo (again)
Carlack Nano Cleaner
Werkstat Prime
Menzerna Power Finish 2400 (for a couple of surface scratches from factory)
Carlack Synthetic Sealant
Blackfire Midnight Sun Carnuba Wax
Glass - Auto Finesse Crystal & Poorboys Windscreen
Wheels - Poorboys Wheel Sealant
The weather today was perfect for applying product but not for seeing the true colour of the car. Tomorrow I will do a full shoot inside and out using my camera and keep this thread updated with my mods that I've got planned.
I found the whole exclusive colour ordering process completely rubbish, not one dealer I called had a book of colours, and only had the odd colour swatch on site. I initially ordered Merlin Purple however had a change of heart. After weeks of scouring around Google I decided on Black Cherry Pearl and took a gamble as I hadn't ever seen it in the flesh!
So yesterday I made my way over to York, in typical fashion I was about 20 minutes late! My car was parked up in the handover bay, no cover and not prepped (my request as I don't trust Audi valeters). I asked for it to be de-wrapped and have the front plate stuck on rather than drilled as I'm putting a cherished in soon. They sprayed it with the jet wash to remove any dust from transit and that was it. Mark, the salesman said he had never done a handover with a dirty car before. Because of my strange request the car looked dull and nearly dark brown, I honestly thought I'd made a big mistake with this colour...
The drive home made up for it however, sunroof open and that B&O sound, it's a glorious place to be.
Starting today at 11am I did my own new car detail and had to stop at 7pm when the temperature dropped and the light decided to disappear. My step mum also got her Daytona grey S3 last week which can be seen in the pics. My doubts about the colour have gradually gone today, it really came to life and hopefully soon there will be an actual sunny day so the pearlescent shows its sparkle.
Here is the detail so far, tomorrow I have to dress the plastic trim, seal all chrome bits and start on the interior.
My detail process:
Snow Foam
Gyeon Iron
Auto Finesse Shampoo
Tar & Glue Remover
Auto Finesse Shampoo (again)
Carlack Nano Cleaner
Werkstat Prime
Menzerna Power Finish 2400 (for a couple of surface scratches from factory)
Carlack Synthetic Sealant
Blackfire Midnight Sun Carnuba Wax
Glass - Auto Finesse Crystal & Poorboys Windscreen
Wheels - Poorboys Wheel Sealant
The weather today was perfect for applying product but not for seeing the true colour of the car. Tomorrow I will do a full shoot inside and out using my camera and keep this thread updated with my mods that I've got planned.
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