Is Auto Detailing Essential or Important?
Do you question the importance of having your car professionally detailed and the cost associated with a detail? Let’s start with the fact that when our cars are clean and shiny, we just feel good looking and driving them! Just think about that first time you drove your new or used car off the lot, how did you feel? A clean car is good for our mental well-being. I don’t know anyone who has been unhappy with driving a clean and shiny car. I bet at some point when your car was shiny in the sunlight and you were walking away, you turned around to get another look at your car smiling, maybe even saying "wow that car looks great".
Now let’s talk about another aspect of having your car professionally detailed. A professional detail helps protect your car’s paint, interior plastics, leather and upholstery. If we neglect our car’s exterior and interior, we are doing a big disservice to ourselves and the cars. Think about the cost of your car, typically a car is one of our biggest purchases in regards to price. Today’s car prices are only rising as you read this, they are not coming down at all. If we take care of the exterior and interior of our cars it will pay off when you choose to trade it in or sell it.
As a car owner, there’s a lot you need to concern yourself with such as: changing the oil regularly, replacing worn-down brakes, replacing tires, and other maintenance services. While car maintenance services are important to prolong the longevity of your car, keeping it clean and protected is just as important. Unfortunately keeping on top of cleaning our cars is a second thought sometimes. There is definitely a need to clean and protect your car on a regular basis. One of the biggest things to consider is preventing damage to your cars paint and the interior from UV rays (sunlight) and the elements like acid rain, tree sap, bird poo, or salt from the roads during the winter. It doesn’t take long for bird poo, tree sap, bugs, or other containments sitting on top of your paint to begin staining and etching into the paint and clear coat.
I’m sure some of you reading this are saying, well I am all set I have a monthly pass at the local automatic car wash, so my cars paint is clean and protected. Typically, an automatic car wash is only doing a superficial wash on your car’s exterior and applying maybe some type of paint protection, which doesn’t have any real longevity to it. How many times have you looked closely at your car after the car wash and noticed there are a bunch of spots that are still dirty? Detailing involves a thorough cleaning of the exterior and interior of your car. The professional detailing process can include dirt/road grime removal, bug removal, tar and sap removal, paint protection (waxes, paint sealants, ceramic coatings), interior detailing, paint correction services, and windshield coatings just to mention a few services available. Automatic car washes will damage your car’s paint surface over time causing it to lose its shine. Think of this, an automatic car wash takes about 5 minutes to wash your entire exterior, while it can take a professional detailer 5 minutes to just clean one wheel and tire.
If you are still not convinced that a professional detail is important and worth it, look at the overall value you are retaining in your vehicle. A clean, well-cared for car will be worth more in the long run. Do you need to have your car professionally detailed every week? If you want to, go for it. I recommend having your car professionally detailed at least 2 times a year, spring and fall. Most professional detailers have maintenance programs, so just ask them. Some do weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly. At MRG Mobile Detailing we offer maintenance programs, just contact us and we can discuss what will work best for you.
So, take a look at some of the detail services on our website and see what may work best for you and your car. Feel free to reach out to myself anytime with any questions you may have. Besides making your car look the best it can, I believe it is as important for myself to help you take care of your car’s exterior and interior properly to maintain its overall look and value down the road.
Mike
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