32 - Friday. July 23. 1999 - North Shore News

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nor belt buckles and walk
around cars in their care like
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hanging fom their mouth...

John understands the value
of presentatien as much as his
chent base does. So, is it worth
it, for a non-Ferran calibre auta
like the one I threw at them?

In spades, folks.

{ dropped that faded work-
horse of mine off one Sarurday
moring and picked it up a few
hours later. In the interim, I got
sume shopping done.

Nice touch, thar. Very con-
venient. More often than not
auto-detailers want your car for
two or three days, guaranteeing
a turnover of steady work for

hem, but John has enough
clientele that he keeps busy year

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churn out
derailed
vehicles with
the minimal
amount of
down time
for the cus-
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DETAILING work resurrected this 1977 Mercedes
from an inevitable trip to the scrap heap. Detailing
can double or even triple a beater’s market value.

only saw gline and glitter where
there was once a faded, sun

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damaged war horse. T also saw
another client's late model VW
Jetta, which had looked used
and abused that morning and
now sat beside my revived auto
in showroom condition.) And
the interior! Wow. It turns out
that the interior is a creamy
beige colour, nota brownish
green, Smells like new, too. The
sludge pit under the hood actu-
ally contains a stalwart diesel
engine, as it turns out.

It was a stunning transfor-
mation folks, but you don’t
have to own alost cause to
appreciated the handy work of
the Distinctive Derailing crew.

While the wizardry applied
to my derelict auto cost well
over $200 — simply for the
amount of work involved —
John offers basic car-wash pack-
ages starting at $15.06,

Distinctive Detailing’s pack-
age prices are notably less that
most competitors, again due to
John’s steady, year-round client
base and to the fact that a lower
price keeps them coming back
and spending more...

You could spend around
$150 for a complete detailing
back to showroom condition,
or something a little tess for a
more basic but beauriful, pro-
fessional cleaning. Either way
you'll feel better about your car
not only because it ends up
looking showroom with a
showroom-shine, but because
your car lives longer while look-
ing better. And your in-laws
will approve, too. John offers
gifts certificates as finds detail-
ing is the perfect gift for that
hard-to-shop-for person.
Necdless to say, my Christmas
shopping’s done already.

So what now? This old war-
horse looks spanky, spunky,
schnappy, shiny and closer to
new than to death and I sill
lack the gumption and resolve.
Well, John has given me the leg
up I needed and while he likes
to see his clients rerurn every
six month or so for preventative
maintenance purposes, he alse
offered up a bucketful of help-
fui home-care tips for your car
which we'll cover next week.

I highly recommend a rip
down to Distinctive Detailing
in North Vancouver. After all,
so many North Shorians spend
ungodly gobs of money pur-
chasing a fine motor car, still
more on yearly insurance. Why
not drop a few bucks and keep
the darn thing clean and
healthy ana happy?

Be shiny.