Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
I did that routine for years. What a PITA, especially on a big truck. I watch for detailing specials now. Or, when I take the truck in for service and the dealer screws something up, I bitch enough til they usually offer up a discount of one sort or another. Then I ask for a detailing and they almost always jump on that.

Even when I have to pay for detailing it's probably no more than buying all that cleaning crap year after year.
I'm very much leaning towards this.

I used to roll my eyes at people who paid someone else to do mundane but relatively simple tasks like changing oil or washing and waxing a car, but as I get older I find that I value my TIME more and more and the prospect of having to dedicate most of a Saturday or Sunday to washing and waxing appeals to me less and less.

If it's a nice Saturday or Sunday I'd rather spend time with the family or go on a motorcycle ride than wash and wax my truck.

Ditto with oil changes on a car, which I like to think of as "10 minutes of prep and 5 minutes of work - followed by an hour of cleanup."