to tell you I had my car cleaned ...

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inside and out and it's an absolute dream ! cost me £30. I would NEVER get it cleaned inside as I can do it myself and see it as a wasted of money. But I treated myself after a rough few weeks. It feels like a brand new car, the inside smells like a brand new car. I had it cleaned while I shop, my car was the only one there so there was no rushing. I usually get the outside cleaned at the drive through hand wash, they are rushed to get the cars cleaned and work through the queue as quick as they can.

This is my new little luxury. No more dragging the hoover out onto the driveway for me.

Nice🚗

I know someone that does home / work car valeting for a living and he loves the job . It gives him great flexibility and he takes a huge amount of pride in his work.

Happy 'new' shiny car @ahoofanoofamoosethatslose

£30?! Cost me £100 for mine last time and I'm in the North!

@TheBunnyLover £30 was an offer. It was a mini valet with added Full Interior Vacuum, All Vinyl and Leather Cleaned, Windows Cleaned (inside & out), Tyre Dressing, and Air Freshener. I am in the south. I have an mpv/4x4 size car.

I get mine done every 8-10ish weeks. SO worth it. Same as having a cleaner in for the house in my opinion. Makes me so happy.

One of our best friends does car valeting and so we get ours done once a month. I have at least one day of driving it round immaculate and smelling lovely until it's full of muddy shoes and muddy dogs again 😭

@loropianalover YES ! totally.

I totally hear you OP, I get mine done too. DH doesn't agree with spending money on it but he won't do it without me nagging him and I find it too knackering/hard to find the time to do it. I find the professionals can clean the inside so much better than I can, they're stronger I guess so can vacuum it much more thoroughly and get all those tiny bits that stick in the floor carpet off! I like the point of a PP that it's like getting your house cleaned.

did similar last year and it was amazing! time to book in again for the full works lol

That reminds me. I must clean mine as the seagulls have shat all over it, again!!!

on the plus side, just had it serviced and paid nothing, so I’ll take that as a win.

I felt like royalty driving around in my shiny clean car !! This is a must now for me, probably every 6 weeks. At 50 years old I am not as agile to be on the floor hoovering every crevasse with all the different hoover nozzles.

My Dh couldn't care less about the car he has his own car and it is a shit hole. He would not be best pleased to learn how much I spent getting the car cleaned, yet its the same as he spends on a week night out in the pub.

I take mine to a drive-thu hand wash place. Costs me £13 plus a couple quid tip and they do a great job. I always drive off feeling really smug.
I probably get it done about 3 times a year. I keep meaning to take it, but it's the wrong side of town for me and would involve a special trip. I really need to get on it.

I took mine to a drive-thru hand car wash for the first time and I have never had a cleaner car. Worth every penny of the tenner spent.
I wouldn't go as far as getting the inside valeted though.

I treated myself to a new car last year and kept hearing horror stories about all the local car washes scratching paintwork or ripping people off. Didn’t want to risk it on a new car. So I use a mobile service who comes to me and does the whole works inside & out while I’m working indoors. He was charging £40 (outer London) but has just put it up to £50, which is a bit steep, but honestly, for the convenience and getting a pristine car with zero effort, I’ll keep doing it.

My car really needs this!

Wow. If it's not outing, where did you go?! (I am also in the South and would like my car cleaned inside and out for that price!)

Oh.. Do they lift up the front seats to rescue pound coins/sweets in wrappers/elastic bands/scrunchies/reading glasses? 😬

That sounds fantastic.

Enjoy the fresh new smell and lovely clean seats and just the whole experience.

A big issue with some of the cheap (modern slavery) hand car washes is that they use an acidic finish which eats away at the metals, especially alloy wheels. For our last new car, we took it to a particular hand car wash every 3/4 weeks - always looked good. But after a couple of years, the alloy coating on the wheels started to peel and after 3 or 4 years it was a patchwork. We took it to a couple of alloy restorers to get quotes for refurbishment and they both said the same that they see it a lot with people who use the hand car washes - it's the common factor. After they said that, it reminded me that they always sprayed something over the bottom half of the sides inc wheels at the end after they'd rinsed off all the suds etc.

I usually get mine done inside out however, last month I decided to try and go to a drive through carwash as id never used one before and vacuum myself. I was thoroughly disappointed it just wasn't the same, although I saved £10 it just want worth it. going back to my full valet with my sparkly paintwork and new car smell.

That is VERY cheap!

I take mind to a hand carwash place about 4/5 times a year and pay £25 in and out. It really does feel so nice.

If you're talking about car valeting and detailing services, you can't find a better better person than john, who owns Ecoverde car valeting and detailing services.

Can they even pick up all the crumbs and bits of crisps that have accumulated over the years? Asking for a friend.

Yep, my alloys are a mess now 😔.