Originally Posted by smokinghot4cars

I can appreciate a fine detail but what I don't understand is why someone would pay to have a detail that takes 5 days. I assume something like that is over $1k. Within a week the car no matter what will get dusty, dirty, and in some cases need to be washed again. I have mine cars detailed (inside and outside including carpets and all interior leather) once a year from a guy that picks up my cars from home, takes it to his shop and 8 hours later brings it back. Each time the car looks better then when I picked it up new from the showroom. He also steam cleans the engine and takes off each wheel and cleans the inside of each wheel. I pay $350 which includes a $40 tip. Am I missing something with these 3-5 day details? Please explain the pay off and the cost considering the car is constantly driven in a hostile environment. OUTSIDE!

Originally Posted by Auto Concierge

This is the deal of the century!!!! 350.00 for eight hours of work is $43.75 per hour, hard to run a fixed location with this number to pay overhead,insurance, employees etc.... gross profit margin is in the 5% range with pick up and delivery?? and a five day correction(yes they are rare) would be two and a half times the 1K number fyi.