Chris Smith
Well-Known Member
So the Focus and I parted company last week. I got a lovely 9month old vauxhall insignia Sri 163 diesel to replace it with..
I have previously had an insignia and really missed the huge boot and overall comfort of it. Sadly my latest one does not have sat nav built or reverse sensors.... More on the later on.
The car is a network Q car, meant to be refurbished to new condition... More on that shortly.
Collected the car, the passenger front wheel was scuffed... Had a good moan, threatened to walk away.. Managed to get an extra years warranty... Will repaint the wheel soon.
Overall clean car, after a few days I noticed some sticker glue.. On the fuel cap and a little square on the booth.... Clearly this car had once been an Enterprise car, this annoyed me. Decided to do some research, turns out this was actually enterprise insurance fleet car.. Ie for those who have had an accident would have this... Still most likely ragged at some point... But drives like new and knowing me I will only have it a year max.
Swirls
Today I managed to get some time to clean it, loads of swirls due to enterprise cheaply washing it often... I have no time to attack the swirls, so instead I used poor boys black hole on a DA...
So snowfoamed, rinsed, washed, rinsed, clayed, rinsed, fall out remover on wheels, washed them, rinsedrinsed, clayed the wheels, poor boys black hole used in car, auto finesse tough coat (2 coats), followed up with collinete wax 1coat only atm.
3hours work and more than happy with the results
Soon after I finished my front and rear parking sensors turned up... Colour match looks Ok...
Will update when I fit them.
Thanks for looking.
I have previously had an insignia and really missed the huge boot and overall comfort of it. Sadly my latest one does not have sat nav built or reverse sensors.... More on the later on.
The car is a network Q car, meant to be refurbished to new condition... More on that shortly.
Collected the car, the passenger front wheel was scuffed... Had a good moan, threatened to walk away.. Managed to get an extra years warranty... Will repaint the wheel soon.
Overall clean car, after a few days I noticed some sticker glue.. On the fuel cap and a little square on the booth.... Clearly this car had once been an Enterprise car, this annoyed me. Decided to do some research, turns out this was actually enterprise insurance fleet car.. Ie for those who have had an accident would have this... Still most likely ragged at some point... But drives like new and knowing me I will only have it a year max.
Swirls
Today I managed to get some time to clean it, loads of swirls due to enterprise cheaply washing it often... I have no time to attack the swirls, so instead I used poor boys black hole on a DA...
So snowfoamed, rinsed, washed, rinsed, clayed, rinsed, fall out remover on wheels, washed them, rinsedrinsed, clayed the wheels, poor boys black hole used in car, auto finesse tough coat (2 coats), followed up with collinete wax 1coat only atm.
3hours work and more than happy with the results
Soon after I finished my front and rear parking sensors turned up... Colour match looks Ok...
Will update when I fit them.
Thanks for looking.
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