See what one of those mall parking lot CleanCar people did to my car.

**pink_cadillac** · February 14th, 2005 05:23 PM

Sometimes one wonders how much service is truly rendered by these people when you leave them to wash and wax your car.

I entered rockwell basement parking level one and was pretty happy I got a slot rather quickly a few steps from the entrance.

I'd be gone shortly for about an hour and figured, heck have the car washed and waxed to save me the trouble. So I conceded to the offer of one of those fellas with the pushcarts

Lo and behold upon my return I noticed that the carwash person was letting the wax dry atop the hood. Moroever, I noticed that the car was unusually dry with only the wheel blackened with tire black which looked more like water actually.

I checked the wheel wells and found it to be bone dry with the accumulated dirt rubbing off my fingertips like fine powder.

I also opened the trunk of my car to check the canal for any signs of moisture. There was none.

I asked him why the car was dry, he said he already mopped around it. I said it was impossible for that time to have the wheel wells and trunk lid dry.

There were no waterstains too.

He just remained quiet.

Obviously this means a few things:

1) The joker did not wash the car prior to waxing it.
2) If ever he did, I doubt he used sufficient water.
3) If he waxed it with dirt on the surface of the car, you have instant abrasion.
4) If you let hard wax dry, it also becomes an abrasive.

Hence the evidenc:

Exhibit A - C

**pink_cadillac** · February 14th, 2005 05:24 PM

**yebo** · February 14th, 2005 05:30 PM

parang ginamitan ng scotch brite ah! buti na lang kahit minsan di ko pa naisipan magpalinis sa mga yan.

**Bogeyman** · February 14th, 2005 05:31 PM

Kaya wala akong tiwala sa mga parking lot car wash na yan eh. Sinubukan ko rin yan, sa Galleria naman. Pagbalik namin sa kotse, hindi pa masyado malinis, may putik-putik pa. Ang mahal-mahal pa naman ng bayad (200 pesos).

Kaya dun na lang ako sa regular car wash, 60 pesos lang, 80 tops. At least nakikita ko na nababasa ng husto yung kotse pag hinuhugasan, nababantayan ko pa.

**impulzz** · February 14th, 2005 05:33 PM

looks like drycleaning

forsure pranela pa at chamois ginamit to wipe the car... magkano charge nila for that job?

**BlueBimmer** · February 14th, 2005 05:33 PM

nako buti di mo ginulpi ung loko

**carlocaraddict** · February 14th, 2005 05:34 PM

potek! even if they see my car very very dirty or very dusty, i tell them "ako nalang ang maglilinis niya, thank you". So what did you do next? did you file a complaint?

**kingkaboodles** · February 14th, 2005 05:36 PM

yikes.

(di ba pang goon squad to?)

**ILuvDetailing** · February 14th, 2005 05:37 PM

Wow daming guhit ah. tsk tsk. Go to bigberts and have them polish that mess and put a smile back on your face

. Ako, kahit sang damukal na pulik, alikabok, etc. di ko basta basta pinapahugasan lalo na sa mga malls, gusto ko DIY hehehehe at least may TLC.

**1997** · February 14th, 2005 05:41 PM

Usuallly ang linya ko dyan e.. " Malinis pa naman ah..." Kahit sobrang dumi na ng oto...
Hehehe...

**Underground_DJ** · July 7th, 2005 08:47 PM

Dude,

Sorry to hear that...

Wag nyo naman sana lahatin ung mga mobile carwash...

Ang problema dyan sa rockwell is management. wala siguro nagbabantay sa mga tao dun.

Proper training lang ang kailangan ng taong un. you should have complained to the management of Rockwell what happend to the car.

If its really proven na may kasalanan ung carwash boy baka sinagot pa detailing mo sa meguiars.:D

**Underground_DJ** · July 7th, 2005 10:01 PM

One more thing tsikoters,

iba iba ang nagpprovide ng service na to. ung mga owners ntong mga branch cguro na to is purely business man.

Unlike ako who are into cars talaga... nababantayan ung mga gawa ng mga tao...

so wag nyo sana lahatin ang pangt na service binigay ng Clean Car group...

I happend to have one franchise of this Mobile Car Wash operating on one of SM Malls.

**kyle618** · July 8th, 2005 11:40 AM

tsk tsk ganito rin nangyari sa nissan namin...

kaso hindi naman napansin ng dad ko after... tsk tsk. oh well

**ess** · February 14th, 2005 05:45 PM

You should have watched them do their magic on other cars first before you allowed them to work on your car. :-(

Anwyay, lessons learned na rin yan. And the pix you took and posted should serve as a good warning to those who wish to 'try' their services.

**the_wildthing** · February 14th, 2005 05:46 PM

Kahit ilang beses na akong na-offeran nyan, hindi ako pumapayag. Bakit? Gusto ko kita ko ang kotse ko habang nililinis. At, may mga areas na madilim sa underground parking, how can they see what they're doing?

**theveed** · February 14th, 2005 05:51 PM

Dami naman kasi kumakagat and not a lot of people really give a mooch about their cars basta "malinis"... I tried to warn a lot of people about it hehe...

**pink_cadillac** · February 14th, 2005 05:54 PM

The name of the company is CleanCar Global (Philippines)

**ILuvDetailing** · February 14th, 2005 05:56 PM

May nakita nga akong convertible na Porsche sa Rockwell, gwapo sana kaso daming "swirl" marks.

**carlocaraddict** · February 14th, 2005 06:01 PM

I was never attracted to these kind of services. 200 pesos is very expensive tapos they will cheat you pa. I agree with the_wildthing, there are parts in the parking lot inside the mall that are dark. Good examples are Rockwell, G4 underground and Park Square. Iba talaga ang makikita mo ang car mo nililinis or ikaw mismo ang maglilinis.

**chain** · February 14th, 2005 06:02 PM

luko-luko talaga pag ganyan. ibang usapan na yan...

lesson learned na lang talaga...

kaya ako, never really tried that carwash-parking thingee....

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