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Car sanitising

  • 17-09-2020 12:30pm
    #1
    peteb2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭


    Buying a second hand car from a garage. They seem to be offering/charging 100 to sanitise the car. Are they taking the mick?


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  • #2
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,578 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    I know if I was dropping thousands to buy a car from garage and they tried this tactic I'd walk and spend my hard earned cash somewhere else..... end of .... easy one for me !!!


  • #3
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    They are probably just refering to an option for Ozone treatment.



    The car will obviously be fully cleaned before they give it to you but most garages are offering this as an optional extra at the moment.



    I think the ozone treatment is particularly good at eliminating odors also , so if you think there is any risk of smells or odors it might be worth getting done.


  • #4
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,282 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Charging around 20 quid for sanitising a car is fine but 100 is madness


  • #5
    peteb2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭peteb2


    monkeysnapper wrote:
    I know if I was dropping thousands to buy a car from garage and they tried this tactic I'd walk and spend my hard earned cash somewhere else..... end of .... easy one for me !!!


    Part of the new hard sell. Sent the missus up with my dad. And they were pushing RTI cover, SMART insurance, paint protection and sanitising.

    We bought the car but I looked for a breakdown of the protection package and it was made up of the above. I'm not a big fan of any of the above. But the paint protection is done already .


  • #6
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Yeah, €20-30 is the going rate for an ozone sanity. Excuse the oun, but €100 is insanity :).


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  • #7
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,261 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    peteb2 wrote: »
    Part of the new hard sell. Sent the missus up with my dad. And they were pushing RTI cover, SMART insurance, paint protection and sanitising.

    We bought the car but I looked for a breakdown of the protection package and it was made up of the above. I'm not a big fan of any of the above. But the paint protection is done already .


    Unless 'paint protection' involves,
    (a) some guy sitting on the bonnet swatting away any potential stone chips as you drive along,
    (b) the same guy standing beside your car ,in any car park, warning idiots not to open their doors and damaging your car,
    then it's a total waste of money.
    In fairness it's at best a coat of decent wax that won't last a week.


  • #8
    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    <trolling post removed>


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