€1 Car Wash @ Topaz

nitros7

Just heard it on TodayFM and confirmed from their FB page

Sensational offer this New year’s Eve at Topaz! All Car Washes only €1 today at participating Topaz stations. T's&C's apply see www.topaz.ie

vickers209

Was coming on to post this just claimed one in wicklow this morning.

thewools

No topaz in louth offering this promotion "(

Doodah7

To be used by 5 January so don't be that eejit queuing half the day today...

kilsmum

Thanks op - just the job for this kind of weather!!

yannakis

I've got the 60 days pass that was 20e about a month ago, but only managed to do 8 washes in 34 days.. I don't think I'll manage to do 24 by the end of the 60 days :P

toby2111

thewools wrote: »

No topaz in louth offering this promotion "(

Yeh, that's a pity.... Miserable gits!

toadfly

Thanks OP!

Can you buy at any Topaz, even the ones not participating?

aviator7

Combine it with the topaz treat, and the 4c of every litre of fuel from the topaz game tag, and it's a nice little saving today

Heisenberg.

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dodzy

Heisenberg. wrote: »

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Clonsilla Hartstown has one

cruhoortwunk

Can you buy in one station and use in a different one?

Negative_G

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

Can you buy in one station and use in a different one?

No. It says on the ticket that it can only be used at the location it was purchased or something to that effect.

pippip

Just to also point out each garage has a different number of days before you have to use the voucher. Last time I got a machine wash in one that had to be used in 24hrs and a jet wash in another that had 7 days to use.

flyguy

Cheers op, ticket valid for 10days in my local station (have to buy today obviously). You also get points for the full price which is -up to- €10, so 40 points per ticket. No limit on amount, got 4;-)

myshirt

A wash at Topaz will ruin your car.

It ruins it because:

1. The bristles on the machine are too hard, meaning they put micro-marring and hairline scratches all over the car. You don't see it until a sunny day when it looks like a spider web on your bonnet and you wonder where the hell did that come from. Bottom line is often people think it hasn't done any damage. The truth is, it has
2. The bristles often too dirty from the last car or van, and hold little stones and gunk
3. The water has a lot of lime and calcium in it, leaving deposits on your car to dry in and form etchings on the way home
4. The chemicals they use are too strong for a car. They are more suited to a Lorry. The chemicals can stain the car over the course of a few washes.
5. If you don't prewash the car, the machine just rubs the dirt, grit and gunk stuck to your car, all around the car, until it comes off. Trust me, you don't want dirt and grit being actively pressed against your paintwork and rubbed around.
6. Your car is 'unprotected' or naked when you leave, meaning it will get dirtier quicker and iron and tar deposits will stick better

TLDR - Don't wash your car at Topaz, even if Topaz will pay you, never mind the suggestion you pay them

BBMcQ

What nationwide car wash pace would you reccommend then?

myshirt

stuartmchugh wrote: »

What nationwide car wash pace would you reccommend then?

Wash it yourself.

Steps:
1. Spray a pre-cleaner on to dirtiest parts
2. Powerwash off
3. Wash with Lambswool mitt using two-bucket method, panel by panel
- One bucket has your phNeutral soap
- Other bucket has clean water
- Wash a panel, then clean your mitt in the clear water
- At the end, you will end up with a bucket full of dirt that would have otherwise ended up being pulled around the car
4. Power wash car
5. Dry the car using a microfibre towel; no chamois or normal towels
6. Apply a sealant or wax

That is a very, very basic wash for the body work. Wheels are a separate story. If it was me, I would do one major wash, and then the basic each week. Head over to Motors section if you want detail on the major wash.

Negative_G

myshirt wrote: »

Wash it yourself.

Steps:
1. Spray a pre-cleaner on to dirtiest parts
2. Powerwash off
3. Wash with Lambswool mitt using two-bucket method, panel by panel
- One bucket has your phNeutral soap
- Other bucket has clean water
- Wash a panel, then clean your mitt in the clear water
- At the end, you will end up with a bucket full of dirt that would have otherwise ended up being pulled around the car
4. Power wash car
5. Dry the car using a microfibre towel; no chamois or normal towels
6. Apply a sealant or wax

That is a very, very basic wash for the body work. Wheels are a separate story. If it was me, I would do one major wash, and then the basic each week. Head over to Motors section if you want detail on the major wash.

Not everyone has the interest, time or money to go that effort as is evident with the vast majority of vehicles on the road.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

myshirt wrote: »

Wash it yourself.

Steps:
1. Spray a pre-cleaner on to dirtiest parts
2. Powerwash off
3. Wash with Lambswool mitt using two-bucket method, panel by panel
- One bucket has your phNeutral soap
- Other bucket has clean water
- Wash a panel, then clean your mitt in the clear water
- At the end, you will end up with a bucket full of dirt that would have otherwise ended up being pulled around the car
4. Power wash car
5. Dry the car using a microfibre towel; no chamois or normal towels
6. Apply a sealant or wax

That is a very, very basic wash for the body work. Wheels are a separate story. If it was me, I would do one major wash, and then the basic each week. Head over to Motors section if you want detail on the major wash.

You lost me at the presumption everyone has access to a powerwasher :rolleyes:

Negative_G

Dr.Winston O'Boogie wrote: »

You lost me at the presumption everyone has access to a powerwasher :rolleyes:

Along with:
1 x precleaner
2 x buckets
1 x lambswool mitt
1 x PH neutral soap
1 x microfibre towel
1 x Wax/Sealant

You can go to all the effort you want and a stone flicked up from a lorry will do the same damage regardless.

I took advantage of this offer and was perfectly happy with the results.

Thanks OP.

myshirt

Negative_G wrote: »

Not everyone has the interest, time or money to go that effort as is evident with the vast majority of vehicles on the road.

Why spend thousands on a car and then absolutely ruin it?

While you may drive a banger, and fair enough, my worry is for people with a half decent car or even worse a new car, who think this is washing your car, when it is actually damaging it.

If you've a banger that is already ruined, yeah I get it that another Topaz wash isn't adding a lot. But if you've a car that is not a banger then people need to be aware and mind them, not send them to a carwash that destroys them.

Negative_G

myshirt wrote: »

Why spend thousands on a car and then absolutely ruin it?

Because for a lot of people, cars are merely a form of transport and nothing more. You only need to look at how many people buy cheap asian tyres in an effort to cut corners.

I would consider myself a motor enthusiast and while I may not go to the excess that you and others do I think its a bit disingenuous and a tad dramatic to suggest that putting your car through a car wash will 'ruin it.

myshirt

It is not at all disengenuous. It is 100% known by car enthusiasts that putting your car through a car wash DESTROYS it. 100%. No dispute.

Find it very strange you are a car enthusiast. How do you not know this if you are? Particulalrly when it is 100% settled. Very strange.

Negative_G

myshirt wrote: »

It is not at all disengenuous. It is 100% known by car enthusiasts that putting your car through a car wash DESTROYS it. 100%. No dispute.

Find it very strange you are a car enthusiast. How do you not know this if you are? Particulalrly when it is 100% settled. Very strange.

No need to shout.

If not owning a lambswool mitt and not counting the beads on my car after a wash makes me less of an enthusiast, then so be it. You can have the moral internet victory.

It is obviously a topic that you are quite emotional about so I won't digress any further.

myshirt

NegativeG - there is no test to pass, no bar to be met. I'm not pontificating.

The only point is this and this only, knowing an automatic carwash is the most appalling thing to put a car's paintwork through is amongst the most absolute basic bits of knowledge for a car enthusiast, just barely a notch above knowing a car has four wheels.

If it wasn't so basic, I wouldn't make the point. This isn't a dick measuring contest as to who knows the most. It's about the most basic and rudimentary tenets of car enthusiasm. I can't believe you at all. And I can't believe you would promote this deal to unsuspecting members of Bargain Alerts. I really hope no one has ruined their car today based on your brand of car enthusiasm.

flyguy

Based on how and what people drive here most are not car enthusiasts. NCT's are failed because of a blown bulb and that is the first they even realised the bulb was gone cause servicing seems optional. Warning lights on dash are treated with disregard. Try and find a car with an up to date service book regardless if services were done or not. So no I think you're in the minority.
Also I'm guessing you don't have kids? Girlfriend?
Listen I did al this hand washing business myself I even had a paint protection layer applied when I bought a new car. Now though don't have the time for it, also have come to realise come sale/trade-in time you won't get a penny extra for all your hard work.
Btw car paints have come a long way over the years and are much harder now and the auto car washes tend not to use the plastic brushes they used to, they even spray the car before the brush cycle, not that anyone cares though. My car mostly gets hand washed -by someone else- but I don't think I'll lose out on re-sale value by an occasional auto-car wash.
Anyway it's the wrong forum to start this discussion in, people like myself who think a €1 car wash is great don't really care...

L1011

stuartmchugh wrote: »

What nationwide car wash pace would you reccommend then?

None

ALL brushwashes destroy your paintwork.

myshirt

myshirt wrote: »

This isn't a dick measuring contest as to who knows the most.

It's certainly coming off that way!

I do a bit of detailing myself and take good care of my car, but i use a normal carwash (admittedly not a brush wash) when i need to, too. Not everyone has the time, money, patience or space to get into detailing.

... and we'll all live happily ever after

Guffy

myshirt wrote: »

NegativeG - there is no test to pass, no bar to be met. I'm not pontificating.

The only point is this and this only, knowing an automatic carwash is the most appalling thing to put a car's paintwork through is amongst the most absolute basic bits of knowledge for a car enthusiast, just barely a notch above knowing a car has four wheels.

If it wasn't so basic, I wouldn't make the point. This isn't a dick measuring contest as to who knows the most. It's about the most basic and rudimentary tenets of car enthusiasm. I can't believe you at all. And I can't believe you would promote this deal to unsuspecting members of Bargain Alerts. I really hope no one has ruined their car today based on your brand of car enthusiasm.

Just buy a jet wash ticket

loki7777

Power washing will damage you car as well.

Guffy

loki7777 wrote: »

Power washing will damage you car as well.

Depends how you do it, doesn't it?

TheDriver

Glad I can now take solace in never washing my car in the interests of protecting the paintwork! However the wife's car has plenty of dents from poles jumping out in front of her so the €1 wash gave it a nice shine......

myshirt

You absolutely do take value off your car by not maintaining the paintwork. Think how many guys out there have made nice money from a strategy of finding mechanically sound cars only in need of cosmetic repair, doing that cosmetic repair and bumping up the value. The smarter of the property developers done the same with houses.

Case in point was my wife, her friends and my daughter when I asked them what car we should get. A nice red one they said. Yes, a red one. Nothing else.

I have aquaintences who have made nice money by fixing the ruination that others inflict on their cars with a €1 wash they thought was a bargain. Additionally, a lot of cars now are got under PCP deals, and let me tell you the paintwork will be inspected come the time to change/settle the deal.

Plain fact is dont spend €25-30k on a car just to ruin the paint work for one euro, ffs, come on lads.

In any event, offer over now, thank god. Some horrifying scenes at Topaz today, truthfully and honestly I'd be abjectly embarrased to call myself a car enthusiast if I said in the same breath that I was happy with €1 'scratch the sh¡t out of my car wash'. I wouldn't trust someone like that with a bicycle, never mind a car. That's what's disengenuous. Not someone trying to help people understand they are damaging the car.

Thank god the offer is over and this thread can be locked. Hopefully no more horrifying scenes at Topaz.

colm_mcm

You'd swear compound or polish didn't exist going on previous posts.
It's not a bath in brake fluid for €1. It's just an automated carwash.
Garages don't devalue trade-ins with dull paint, and it's not as if the majority of cars out there are worth a whole pile, or have scratch/dent free bodywork either way.

Take Your Pants Off

Is this gone now yes?

atticu

myshirt wrote: »

The only point is this and this only, knowing an automatic carwash is the most appalling thing to put a car's paintwork through is amongst the most absolute basic bits of knowledge for a car enthusiast, just barely a notch above knowing a car has four wheels.
.

My car has 6 wheels.
You forgot the spare wheel and the steering wheel.

The offer is over.

jmorrisey

Put my 2015 audi A8 through yesterday. It had been caked in dirt for last few weeks having had to drive in a few fields. It did a pre wash thing then cleaned it goodoh. It came out perfect. Delighted with the service. Unbelievable value for 1 yo yo. Would use it every week at that price

fineso.mom

jmorrisey wrote: »

Put my 2015 audi A8 through yesterday. It had been caked in dirt for last few weeks having had to drive in a few fields. It did a pre wash thing then cleaned it goodoh. It came out perfect. Delighted with the service. Unbelievable value for 1 yo yo. Would use it every week at that price

Are you trying to give that other poster a heart attack ?!

I bought last night on rochestown avenue in dun l. He said it was closed but gave me the ticket anyway yo use the next day, when I looked at it they don't have a machine its just a jet wash. Do I have to use it or do they do it for me?
I think the original cost was 13 quid, hardly going to pay that to wash your own car

Del2005

myshirt wrote: »

NegativeG - there is no test to pass, no bar to be met. I'm not pontificating.

The only point is this and this only, knowing an automatic carwash is the most appalling thing to put a car's paintwork through is amongst the most absolute basic bits of knowledge for a car enthusiast, just barely a notch above knowing a car has four wheels.

If it wasn't so basic, I wouldn't make the point. This isn't a dick measuring contest as to who knows the most. It's about the most basic and rudimentary tenets of car enthusiasm. I can't believe you at all. And I can't believe you would promote this deal to unsuspecting members of Bargain Alerts. I really hope no one has ruined their car today based on your brand of car enthusiasm.

I'm a car enthusiasts and also a motorbike enthusiast. I enjoy driving and riding and maintaining vehicles but I detest washing, does that mean I'm not an enthusiast?

Some people spend their days washing their pride and joy then take a hissy fit if someone parks beside them. To me concourse is the stupidest thing for a vehicle that's supposed to be used but obviously others 100% disagree with me. Others enjoy using their vehicles and couldn't care less who or what happens to the outside.

This was a good bargain for the 99% of the population who couldn't give a toss about their car once it starts every time that they turn the key and the majority of enthusiasts of any ilk would never buy these cars anyway as the majority where bought for the cheap motor tax not the regular journeys the owner makes.

jmorrisey

jmorrisey wrote: »

Put my 2015 audi A8 through yesterday. It had been caked in dirt for last few weeks having had to drive in a few fields. It did a pre wash thing then cleaned it goodoh. It came out perfect. Delighted with the service. Unbelievable value for 1 yo yo. Would use it every week at that price

Even though I'd be all for people doing what they want with their car, I think if I had something so expensive I'd at least try to take a little pride in it.

You strike me as the kinda chap that'd buy a car just for the reg plate. No interest in the car itself or the spec level, but just want to be seen with the 2015 reg plate. (not saying that you are that person, but it's just an attitude that I don't think I fully understand/grasp).


If I paid €20-30-40k for a car, I think I'd feel embarrassed putting it into a €1 car wash. 'All fur coat and no knickers', is the expression I think?

colm_mcm

Deleted User wrote: »

Even though I'd be all for people doing what they want with their car, I think if I had something so expensive I'd at least try to take a little pride in it.

You strike me as the kinda chap that'd buy a car just for the reg plate. No interest in the car itself or the spec level, but just want to be seen with the 2015 reg plate. (not saying that you are that person, but it's just an attitude that I don't think I fully understand/grasp).


If I paid €20-30-40k for a car, I think I'd feel embarrassed putting it into a €1 car wash. 'All fur coat and no knickers', is the expression I think?

Feckin A8 drivers, lookin for cheap entry into the Audi badge and 2015 plates.

pablo128

Step 1 - Buy brand new 40k motor.

Step 2 - Run for 5 years, washing periodically in devilbrush washes.

Step 3 - After 5 years have the car valeted and machine polished.

Step 4 - Sell/trade in, and purchase new car.

Step 5 - See step 1.

myshirt

That poster didn't seriously put an A8 through a €1 wash?? Christ on a bicycle.

To the other chap, the motorcycle guy, you are as much an enthusiast as anyone. Of course. The only thing is I bet you know that autowashes destroy the car. And that's fine. You know it. You make your choice. The problem we had was a guy on here claiming to be a car enthusiast who disputed a fact that is a gazzilion percent true, said the information was false and disengenuos.

All I want is people to know that it destroys the paintwork. What they do after that is their own business. The problem is the amount of times we seen nice cars go through one of these washes with the owner totally oblivious to the damage.

In my own network I have guys on late reg bmw's, audi's nearly cry when I took out the sun gun. I also have guys that couldn't give a sh!te as they drive a runaround. The key thing is that they know and are aware of what they're doing. A 100k+ A8 through a €1 wash to me is insane and I"ll shed a quiet tear, but each man to his own..

myshirt

pablo128 wrote: »

Step 1 - Buy brand new 40k motor.

Step 2 - Run for 5 years, washing periodically in devilbrush washes.

Step 3 - After 5 years have the car valeted and machine polished.

Step 4 - Sell/trade in, and purchase new car.

Step 5 - See step 1.

Have you ever inspected a car that damaged? You could nearly be talking a total respray at the upper end of your problems.

You'd certainly be talking over a week's labour, and at 5 years of driving around in a car scratched and swirled to f*ck, is it worth it? Why not just mind the car?

pablo128

myshirt wrote: »

Have you ever inspected a car that damaged? You could nearly be talking a total respray at the upper end of your problems.

You'd certainly be talking over a week's labour, and at 5 years of driving around in a car scratched and swirled to f*ck, is it worth it? Why not just mind the car?

99% of 2011 cars would come up perfect with a machine polish.

Where do you put all of the equipment incl power washer when you live in an apartment? Where do you source water and electricity once you are down on the ground floor?

jmorrisey

Actually it was a 5 yo yo wash that i got for 1 so happy days. Actually the car got filthy again with road conditions so bad at the moment and had to go to a wedding so went back and got the same wash done again at full price. If anything car came out even more shiny this time. Overall I'm thrilled with the car wash

myshirt wrote: »

That poster didn't seriously put an A8 through a €1 wash?? Christ on a bicycle.


In my own network I have guys on late reg bmw's, audi's nearly cry when I took out the sun gun. I also have guys that couldn't give a sh!te as they drive a runaround. The key thing is that they know and are aware of what they're doing. A 100k+ A8 through a €1 wash to me is insane and I"ll shed a quiet tear, but each man to his own..