Having brought home a pre-worshipped Polo GT TDi, getting the car detailed at a 3M car care center was high on my to-do list.
So after going through a few threads and talking to my friend; fellow BHPian
Added_flavor, I decided to head to the Basaveshwaranagar outlet which also happened to be the closest one to home. Just as I was leaving home, I got a call from Shankar who said he was from 3M car care, Basaveshwaranagar. He enquired if I would be coming over (I'd taken an appointment a couple of days earlier) and I answered that I was on my way there.
Now...
The whole event started off in the worst way possible with a fender-bender involving 'Ze German' and an auto. Left me with my pride and ego hurt and the Polo with a few assorted scratches on her bumper alongwith a helping of green paint from the autorickshaw.
With that outta the way, I was in a fairly foul mood but proceeded to 3M as originally planned. Once there, I met Mr. Arvind who explained the various treatments on offer.
My original plan involved getting both an interior and exterior detailing done alongwith PPF application on the bumper corners. However, with some indecision on whether I wanted to go ahead and get the freshly minted scratches done up, I decided to go with just the interior detailing and a simple wash. I also requested Mr Arvind to do something about the green paint for the time being as a simple wash might not get rid of it; he promised that he would take care of it.
I was informed that the car would be ready by 4PM and with that decided, I proceeded to head to a relatives place in Nagarbhavi with my folks in tow.
Got a call at around 4:30PM that the car was ready and I enquired if the green paint from the auto was no longer visible. I received an answer that some of the paint was visible as a simple wash wouldn't be able to get rid of it.
I then informed the person on the phone that Arvind said that he would do something about the paint by perhaps applying a little polish on the affected area; got a reply that they would look into this.
I then left Nagarbhavi at around 5:30PM and reached 3M at 6.
Ze German was parked right outside...
Took a close look at the front bumper and voila the green paint was gone !
The interiors that were smeared with kumkum and turmeric (thanks to the over-enthusiastic pandit who did the puja when we brought Ze German home) were sparking clean. Went in and thanked Arvind for getting the autos donated-paint removed and settled the bill.
I came out of the outlet and found a certain gentlemen looking over the Polo in and out. I had spotted him from the billing area and presumed that he must be a fellow enthusiast eye-ing the GT
Surprise, surprise !
The gentleman turned out to be the owner of the place - Shankar !
Yes, the very Shankar who had called me in the morning...
Spoke to him at length about the place and learnt a few things about the car-detailing business with 3M. He was in awe of how Team-BHP and the way it has managed to stand up for the 'little guy'.
He wanted me to give him an honest review on Team-BHP, which neatly brings us to this post !
I was quite satisfied with the detailing done and would certainly recommend the place. That said, I do think that there is some room for improvement as there were a few spots which were partially cleaned rather than 'detailed'.
All things considered, I would definitely be heading back there...
Cheers !
Sundar