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From: SteveH on 21 Jun 2008 16:33 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* -- 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: SteveH on 21 Jun 2008 16:35 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 21 Jun 2008 17:38 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 21 Jun 2008 17:40 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 21 Jun 2008 17:41
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 |