After being bombarded with the wash and detail offers, I jumped in to see what Sky was all about. $89 for a ""$599"" detail (a detail for $599 better be GREAT!) is pretty appealing. I figured even a ""fair"" detail for $89 might be worth it. Well, maybe! Here are the headlines:\r
- I thought that ""carpets cleaned"" meant shampooed. The manager did too. They weren't.\r
- Leather and vinyl treatment seems ""OK"". Interested to see how long it lasts.\r
- They didn't open the glove compartments. You decide if that's good or bad.\r
- Plenty of brake dust left on the wheels. Room for improvement there.\r
- Not certain what the ""synthetic wax"" really is. One offer says 120 day life, while another says 12 months for the same ""synthetic wax"".\r
- Service? Seems to be an issue. At 7:57 (opens at 8:00) I asked the guy at the register if he wanted to ""settle up"". He said ""we're not open yet""! Nuff said!\r
- Met Louis, the head detailer, on a subsequent trip. Seems like a very conscientious, service oriented guy. Said he was out the day my car was done. Louis may be the key to getting a better job done!\r
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Does the car shine? Well, yes. Am I really excited about my $89 detail? Honestly, not so much. Just wasn't fulfilling after seeing what a ""real"" detailer does.\r
Overall, would I do it again? Probably not a detail or anything beyond their regular wash. That's the only offer I'll use in the future. They do a good job with that. For a ""real"" detailing, I'll head back over to Mammoth Car Wash and Detail on Old Milton Road. Ismael is the best and it's well worth the price to polish and wax twice a year. Polishing is the key folks! Very different than waxing. Been going there for years and I'll openly apologize that the $89 offer lured me in. I'll use Sky for washes, but for detailing, I'm headed back to Mammoth.
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