I don't think folks should be a detailer unless they're perfectionists. When I send a car in, I even expect paint correction if needed. Y'all better know how to blend if it needs it. I don't care if it takes you a few days. Bill me for a few days worth of time. Just make sure it's perfect when I get it back.
Audi has a few of those metallic colors. The red metallic is also awesome.
Your observations about those who were born into money and those who had to earn it seem to jive with my own. If it weren't for my cars and house, you'd have no idea that I have a few bucks. I pretty much look like I dressed out of an LL Bean catalog, with a sweatshirt added.
They say that money changes you, but I think that's only true if you let it. It does let me benefit more people, but I was always keen on that. I loved my business for all sorts of reasons - but one of those biggest reasons was that it gave me the chance to employ a bunch of awesome people and to make sure they stayed with the company.
You do make me think... I could almost justify hiring an intern and putting them on detail duty/shop aid after the internship and, presumably, graduation from school. The goal is a teen that's really into the hobby. I plan on asking a nearby high school to put out an essay contest and then doing interviews based on those essays.
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