Eric and Neville have been bringing their trucks and their family’s cars here for a few years now and the last vehicle to come here is their mom’s Macan. A Basic Interior detail and a Wash & Wax was a nice way to knock off the Winter crud and prep it for the Spring and Summer days ahead. Nothing fancy for this beautiful car but a great refresher for any time of the year.
Mazda Miata
Back in 2013-2014, I worked for Young Volkswagen and Young Mazda. While I stayed mostly on the VW side of the sales department, I would occasionally float to the Mazda side to sell and I will say that while most of the model didn’t excite me and gave me almost instant back pain, the MX5 Miata was not one of those models. Such cool little cars that you can only appreciate through some twisty roads.
That being said, enough time had passed to allow me to forget what it was like to put all 6’ 2” of my body into one. Geoffrey had booked this Full Detail as a Christmas gift on this low mileage (34,000 miles) special edition Miata. Some marring and swirls were present and expected but easily correctable and topped off with Optimum Car Wax. Ready for Spring and Summer trips to get ice cream with his dog.
Volkswagen Golf R32
Eric has been a very good friend for quite some time, being a big supporter when I decided to start the business. He bought this low mileage Mk4 R32 and knew it needed some work, but his work schedule made things go onto the back burner. Wanting to get this car ready to take to Wookies in the Woods 2021 meant those items needed to be taken care of and I volunteered my time to make sure it would be ready to go.
I do not normally do parts installations but obviously for Eric, I will always make an exception. The passenger rear caliper was hanging up due to corrosion and needed a rebuild and a fluid flush. The front control arm rear bushings were cracked and were replaced with used but good control arms. One big reason the car sat was due to the dog bone mount bolts stripping and snapping. The forward bolt had to be drilled, tapped, and have a heli-coil inserted in order to install a new OEM bolt. The rearward bolt had to be extracted and a new bolt was easily installed.
Last of the mechanical work was replacing the front strut mounts, bearings, and both springs due to one being broken. I finished with a Basic Detail to knock off a lot of crud and a quick polish to back that blue pop more that it already was. Eric threw on new wheels and tires when it was home and other than the fuel pump taking a dump on the trip down (which we replaced in a parking lot), the car performed great and made the trip flawlessly.
Subaru Outback - Opti-Coat Pro
Dan brought over his mother’s year-old Outback for a surprise. That surprise would be a basic polish and coating with Opri-Coat Pro. There isn’t a lot to really go over on this car, since it was still pretty new, low mileage, and well kept. What I did do was instead of providing Opti-Coat No Rinse in her complimentary wash kit, I did provide Opti-Coat M-Wash since a soap is what his parents are used to using. Dan reported back that his mother was surprised and thrilled with the gift. Thanks Dan!
Toyota Camry
As the Winter cold is shaken off, this Camry was brought in as the first of the Spring work load. It sadly had received a poor paint job at one point, likely a budget single stage paint typical of places like Maaco. The owner thought it had a film of crud that had accumulated on it but a physical inspection told me that was not the case. Explaining the situation, we acknowledged that perfection would never be achievable with this paint but removing the oxidation and making it look better, protecting it with a UV blocking wax (Optimum Car Wax), would definitely be an improvement and temporary solution.