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Offline vRS Carl

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£7000 Detail
« on: July 21, 2010, 09:38:40 am »
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 01:10:35 pm »
I was going to post about this, can all the extra £££ over something that JPC can do really be worth it / or that noticeable. I mean the results from JPCs and other before and afters are so good that you can't really see any way to improve on them???
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2010, 01:18:38 pm »
Ive commented on this on another thread.

Its not as though he has these jobs piled up every month. I would be surprised if he has done more than one.

Thing is, Its a headline attention grabber. "£7000"  it gets people talking (like we are now)

Think about this.....

Ferrari F40.  mint one = WORTH A FORTUNE!!

Full Concourse Restoration is going to take 4 weeks. I mean every nut and bolt gleaming. The carbon fibre panels machine polished, the full WHAMMY plus an £8000 wax (which i have too :pomppomp: )

I am going to want an hourly rate of about £45 to work on a car like that. Insurance liabilities have to be considered. Its irreplaceable. Please bear in mind, for servicing at BMW you will be paying about £120 main dealer. Ive just come back from the dentist and he charges what works out about £200/hr.

You only want to be doing a 40 hour week with a Job like a ferrari F40, you need all the concentration you have, so no silly hours.

£45 x 40 hour week - £1800

4 weeks - £7200.


So the owner of a priceless car, pays somebody £7200 For a MONTHS worth of work. In return he gets a car back that is absolutely astonishing. And it probably puts his F40 near the top of the "the F40" list (mileage dependant) for only £7200?

Thats money well spent!!
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2010, 01:30:46 pm »
I undertand how the costs add up to £7k but would the results be that different from the ones that you've been posting on here which cost a fraction of that price?
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 01:52:51 pm »
Whether he actually spends that amount of time.. who knows... he might only spend 3/4 of those hours?
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2010, 02:22:16 pm »
Quote from: Rob GTI on July 21, 2010, 01:30:46 pm
I undertand how the costs add up to £7k but would the results be that different from the ones that you've been posting on here which cost a fraction of that price?

The results wont be any better no. Without sounding like im blowing my own trumpet, im pretty sure in saying i know how to the achieve the best.


If i was doing the same work, Im sure the results would be the same.

The difference between the work I post, and the work being mentioned in the news report is things like under body restoration etc.

The majority of work I do is to suit a budget, which means i cant spend 150 hours on a car!  :happy2:
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2010, 02:23:07 pm »
Quote from: Rich on July 21, 2010, 01:52:51 pm
Whether he actually spends that amount of time.. who knows... he might only spend 3/4 of those hours?

He is a very good detailer Rich, don't misinterpret what im saying.

Im sure he has the same drive and passion for it as i have so spending 4 weeks on a car would be awesome!!
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2010, 03:19:05 pm »
I'm with JPC on this one. Let's look at it like this....

There are a lot of cars that don't even cost this much, but the type of people who will pay for this service will have something like a 700,000 Koenigsegg.

So lets say you have a 40,000 BMW. You pay 400 for a detail, that's 1% of the car's value.

Now lets say you have a 700,000 Koenigsegg (which I will one day, mark my words  :innocent:), you spend 7000 on a detail, that's 1% of the car's value.

Maybe not so silly after all.

Oh, and with the publicity he's getting I'm sure he'll be get tonnes of business as I've seen this story everywhere!
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2010, 03:28:43 pm »
But the process of detailing he has described and the things he uses are just what any detailer worth their salt would use and I can't see how it would take 1 month to achieve the best results - I mean even a whole week would be sufficient  :confused:  I reckon what differentiates him from most other detailers is that he is bloody good at marketing too - a bit like Paul Dalton.
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2010, 07:36:46 pm »
The only thing separating everyone on Sunday and Paul dalton was this kind of coverage.

Then with a news story, elite detailer was put in the same bracket.

Elite has pretty much done what the same as Paul did 3 years ago. It takes a fair bit to get a story like that. Like knowing somebody or prices aimed to shock.


Fair does to him.

To anyone thinking it's impossible to spend a month on a car.... Have you seen a f40 engine bay? I could spend a week on that
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2010, 12:59:06 pm »
Quote from: JPC on July 21, 2010, 07:36:46 pm
The only thing separating everyone on Sunday and Paul dalton was this kind of coverage.

Then with a news story, elite detailer was put in the same bracket.

Elite has pretty much done what the same as Paul did 3 years ago. It takes a fair bit to get a story like that. Like knowing somebody or prices aimed to shock.


Fair does to him.


True, I can't see how he has any special skills other established but less prominent detailers don't, but as you say, if he can achieve that publicity, good for him.

Quote from: JPC on July 21, 2010, 07:36:46 pm
To anyone thinking it's impossible to spend a month on a car.... Have you seen a f40 engine bay? I could spend a week on that

OK, I take that back.. I'd probably spend a week just staring and drooling over a car like that  :drool: :drool:   :grin: :grin:
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Re: £7000 Detail
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2010, 10:02:22 am »
I'd have been more impressed if he used this Wax

Ultimate Wax

A bit steep at £40,000 :surprised: :surprised: :surprised: :surprised:
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