From: SteveH on
Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> On 21/06/2008 20:06:00, The Real Doctor wrote:
> > On 21 Jun, 16:25, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I tried
> >> the same with my wife who has zero interest in HiFi - she also commented on
> >> one pair sounding 'wider' than the other.
> >
> > What, precisely, did she mean by "wider"?
>
> The extent of the sound further left and right from the center.

*wipes tears of laughter from eyes*
--
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From: SteveH on
Raymond Keattch <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> On 21/06/2008 17:49:29, Adrian wrote:
> > "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
> > like they were saying:
> >
> >>>> Have a look at this page ...
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/guides_protect.html
> >>> Oh, look. A website set up to flog a myriad of expensive car cleaning
> >>> products. I wonder why they'll be stressing the benefits of using a
> >>> myriad of expensive car cleaning products?
> >
> >> Take a look at the images on the page I posted - are you saying there is
> >> no difference in the finishes on the different cars?
> >
> > As you say, they're different cars. They're also photographed in very
> > different light conditions.
> >
> > You want me to say there's a definite difference? Find me one panel,
> > starting from an even start point, and show me it - in the flesh - after
> > sections have been treated with the different products.
> >
>
> Want to put your car forward for the test - one door with Carnauba and the
> other with Sealant?

To be fair, I don't think anything would improve Adrian's shite old
Saab, short of a full respray. Or a tin of Dulux ;-)

--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
www.italiancar.co.uk - Ducati 750SS - Hongdou GY200
Alfa 75 TSpark - Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE
From: The Real Doctor on
On 21 Jun, 20:36, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> > But the same goes. They are different coloured cars, photographed from
> > differemt angles under different lighting conditions. Of course they
> > look different - but it's impossible to tell what if any effect the
> > polish used has.
>
> <sigh>

Why the <sigh>?

Ian
From: The Real Doctor on
On 21 Jun, 20:56, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
> On 21/06/2008 17:49:29, Adrian wrote:

> > You want me to say there's a definite difference? Find me one panel,
> > starting from an even start point, and show me it - in the flesh - after
> > sections have been treated with the different products.
>
> Want to put your car forward for the test - one door with Carnauba and the
> other with Sealant?

On top of Dulux?

Ian
From: The Real Doctor on
On 21 Jun, 20:59, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
> On 21/06/2008 20:09:18, The Real Doctor wrote:
>
> > On 21 Jun, 17:43, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> >> Take a look at the images on the page I posted - are you saying there is no
> >> difference in the finishes on the different cars?
>
> > No. There are differences in appearance of photographs of different
> > cars painted in different colours and photographed from different
> > angles in different lighting conditions.
>
> > Whoop de doo. It's not enough for me to pay a bloke to travel a couple
> > of hundred miles to wash my car.
>
> I didn't pay a guy to travel a couple of hundred miles to wash my car.

As I recall, he said he had to travel four hours each way to do the
job for you. Did he not make any charge for travelling time?

Ian