Wish I could detail for free as I love doing it. I just picked it up as a hobby and a few friends asked me to detail there cars (this is when I was doing it by hand) and they just paid me what they could. I didn't ask for money. Then it started to grow into a full on obsession (probably close to OCD as I freak when it starts to snow and see them putting salt down) when I moved out here and ended up spending 450 bucks at Xmas on detailing stuff and then another 123 yesterday
. The stuff I started using is really expensive ($40+ a bottle) and it takes me about 5-6 hours to do a full correction. I basically only charge to cover the cost of the products and a little to help out with tuition and such.
JC-Kennesaw state was fine, but it was like HS all over again for me
. I'm actually not completely away from my family though as my Dad's a professor at UNR (YAY uber cheap tuition!
), but I do live on my own with my GF which is a new experience. As far as the Import Atlanta guys goes... They are mainly D-bags and really ragged on me when I was selling my SR20'd 240sx. My friend Nate (Ran on IA) is there all the time though.
TysonK- My car is filthy due to all the snow and if it holds off for the day Ill probably go to the coin-op and spray it off before the meet
.