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Personally, I think it's a crock of something brown and unpalatable, but get this...
So, we're sat down with "finance" to buy my 500, and of course we get to the part where they try to sell us on the well known overpriced and generally useless add-ons such as "simonizing" (though they don't call it that any more), and what have you. Of course, they're all WAY overpriced, one so much that I bust out a guffaw when she said the price.
The one thing that really struck me was that when she tried to sell me on the "paint sealant" product, and I scoffed at the incredible price of like... $1200, she asked condescendingly, "Even though it's a new, water-based paint?"
As if the paint would run off the next time it rains? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?? Err... house paint is water-based, too. It's called latex. Once it dries... it doesn't soak up water.
Now, I'm not about to start arguing the benefits of an overall paint sealant/protectant. It might very well be a good idea. It ain't worth what THEY were asking, though, that's for sure. But this nonsense implication that without the protectant, my car's paint job would trickle down the sides and leave an unprotected steel shell is ludicrous to me.
Of course, she didn't go into it, 'cus I didn't ask what she meant by that statement. I'm sure she would have said that the paint would just fade or wear or something sooner/faster or some other nonsense.
Am I nuts to not have paid for this "service" they "generously" offered me? If paint "sealant" is such a must-have, then why isn't it on the car from the factory? If it's such a must-have, then where can a guy get it done for a reasonable price. Oh, and if it's such a must-have... WHY is it?
So, we're sat down with "finance" to buy my 500, and of course we get to the part where they try to sell us on the well known overpriced and generally useless add-ons such as "simonizing" (though they don't call it that any more), and what have you. Of course, they're all WAY overpriced, one so much that I bust out a guffaw when she said the price.
The one thing that really struck me was that when she tried to sell me on the "paint sealant" product, and I scoffed at the incredible price of like... $1200, she asked condescendingly, "Even though it's a new, water-based paint?"
As if the paint would run off the next time it rains? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?? Err... house paint is water-based, too. It's called latex. Once it dries... it doesn't soak up water.
Now, I'm not about to start arguing the benefits of an overall paint sealant/protectant. It might very well be a good idea. It ain't worth what THEY were asking, though, that's for sure. But this nonsense implication that without the protectant, my car's paint job would trickle down the sides and leave an unprotected steel shell is ludicrous to me.
Of course, she didn't go into it, 'cus I didn't ask what she meant by that statement. I'm sure she would have said that the paint would just fade or wear or something sooner/faster or some other nonsense.
Am I nuts to not have paid for this "service" they "generously" offered me? If paint "sealant" is such a must-have, then why isn't it on the car from the factory? If it's such a must-have, then where can a guy get it done for a reasonable price. Oh, and if it's such a must-have... WHY is it?
