Am I Alone?

[Accident]

Am I the only one that does this, or are there other people out there. When I'm watching a movie, and a "nice" car rolls on screen I start looking for swils, etc. and sometimes miss the point of that section of the movie. One that killed me, it was in I Spy, there was a black SUV limo filled with swirls, and I just kept thinking about how much better it should look. Also driving around my neighborhood, there are many people who wash/wax their car, and they look good, until I drive by and see the horrible swirls. I can't say much though, my car is still a little oxidized, I don't think the people who owned it for twelve years before me had ever heard of wax. It is fun to restore though.

Another thing, I will read posts and see pictures of all these good-looking cars and want to go out and buy more stuff to try to get my car looking good also. I think MOL has caused me to spend more money than anything, except, of course my girlfriend. That is a good thing though, looking at the pictures before Meg's and now seeing my car after (It could still look a lot better) I was happy to know that the money I spent was well worth it. I think I'm going to be sad when I get my car repainted, all the work I will have done will be gone. I remember the first time I saw a reflection in my paint, just a slight hazy one, but I could still distinguish the lines on the road and the car next to me. Oh well, just a new paint job to do it the right way the first time this time.

Guess I got a little sidetracked, so am I the only one out there missing movies because of swirls, and spending money because of this site?

[RDVT4ME]

You are difinitely not alone on this one

[TKDDAD]

Sorry, what did you say ???......

I was just looking at my car in the snow and wondering how many swirls it's going to have in spring....

Alone ?....this site is made for people like you, me and us !!

[SVT Lightning]

I drive a tractor/trailer for a living. Every sunny day is kind of a "swirl-hunt" for me. Expecially the nice, expensive, black SUV's you see out there! I have yet to see a $50,000 SUV with paint that looks as good as my black '99 Lightning!

[JG_Detailing]

I know I have swirls on my car. I just got done washing it.

[Teak]

Re: Am I Alone?

Originally posted by Accident
Am I the only one that does this, or are there other people out there. When I'm watching a movie, and a "nice" car rolls on screen I start looking for swils, etc. and sometimes miss the point of that section of the movie. One that killed me, it was in I Spy, there was a black SUV limo filled with swirls, and I just kept thinking about how much better it should look.

I think most cars in the movies are left in undetailed condition for production purposes. The vehicle is left undetailed so the finish does not reflect the film crew, movie equipment, surrounding areas or create scene lighting issues. The vehicle usually is not the focal point of the scene unless it is a car movie, and is normally thought of as prop, a backdrop or is in the scene for product placement. Further a vehicle is left in undetailed to represent a normal vehcile as used by a normal person. Another reason the vehicle my appear uncared for is the people prepping the vehicle do not knw the proper techiques or are careless. If you watch some movies the vehicles have greasy spots (looks like unremoved wax) to help reduce the above issues.

Eric

[davisinla]

Re: Re: Am I Alone?

Originally posted by Teak
I think most cars in the movies are left in undetailed condition for production purposes. The vehicle is left undetailed so the finish does not reflect the film crew, movie equipment, surrounding areas or create scene lighting issues.
Eric

This is often taken a step further where a dulling spray is used to prevent reflection.

I've often got the opposite problem. I am always looking at the shine to see if I can see a reflection of the camera crew and lights.
Between that, pointing out the film-cutting mistakes and predicting the dialog, I'm pretty annoying to be with when watching a film.

Why can't we just watch the movie????

[Pete-FWA]

I'm with you on this one.

Even as a child, something I noticed on TV and film was how different vehicles are substituted for crash scenes.

Often times, the test dummy isn't even the same model year, has different trim levels, different wheels, and different interior colors.

When I was in business, people asked me how I kept focused on seemingly every vehicle that passed through our doors. My response was, "I treat life like one big car show." I wanted every customer to give us "100 points" for meeting and exceeding their expectations.

[Accident]

One thing that bothers me more than anything is when they change the cars. Especially when it is an obvious difference. There are movies where in one scene the car will be an automatic, and then the next it is a manual. That bothers me more than anything else because it is such an obvious mistake. They have really good reasons to not have the car reflective, I never thought about seeing the camera crew before. Regardless, it still bothers me to see a black SUV limo filled with swirls.

[WaspHunter]

If they've used dulling spray couldn't they then get rid of the swirls so that it at least has a consistent finish?

I think MOL has caused me to spend more money than anything, except, of course my girlfriend.

Do you mean more money on your car, or on Megs products? Insurance alone is enough to make my car the most expensive part of my yearly budget.

[Accident]

Originally posted by WaspHunter
Do you mean more money on your car, or on Megs products? Insurance alone is enough to make my car the most expensive part of my yearly budget.

More money on Meg's products. There are always things that will have to be paid, such as insurance, gas, phone bills, etc., but MOL has gotten me to spend more money on things that aren't necessary than anything else. Every time that I go and look at the extreme make-overs or see the cars in the Show-off section, I want to go out, wash/clay/clean/polish/wax my car. The only problem is my car broke down, I got it fixed but I don't have any more money for Meg's stuff and I am all out of paint cleaner.

[WaspHunter]

Might be time to start calling in tabs from your girlfriend