I just bought a 2011 Outback Wagon. I am trying to decide whether to get the Simoniz GlassCoat paint, carpet, fabric & leather protection plan. Are these necessary, and do they protect the car? Thanks, Charlie

I would bet that a Simoniz GlassCoat is nothing more than a wax job. You can buy a can of auto wax at WalMart for under $10, but this price doesn’t include installation. You can “install” a wax job with an afternoon’s worth of work. You can also purchase fabric sprays for about $10 bucks that pro…

Yep, if this is something offered by the dealer it’s worth about 10% of the asking price. How much do they want to charge you?

Yup! This is just massively overpriced car wax and fabric protectant, both of which you can apply to the appropriate areas of the car for a small fraction of what the dealer wants to charge you. A good general rule of thumb is to reject ALL extras that the dealer offers you after you have negotiat…

Agreed with everyone these products are profit generators and are not needed. Ask the salesman why a 2011 Subaru is manufactured with inferior paint, carpet, fabric, and leather and listen to him stumble through the answer. Back when I worked for Nissan, on several occasions on a late Friday aftern…

They charge $500. I’ll pass. Looks like I’ll pass. Thanks for the comments.

When I bought my Mazda they handed me a sheet of paper that showed all the various items they offered for $995 on up. About the only thing that looked worth while on ANY of their “packages” was LoJack, but I know of atleast one place here in town that installs it(or used to anyways) and it’d be chea…

Reading through the replies below it’s quite obvious there are some pretty ignorant people offering you advice. IF they knew anything about paint these days they would know that the chemical properties have changed considerably to be more ‘earth friendly’ and the downfall is the paint durability is …

All the above advice, except yours, is excellent. Modern paints are quite durable, I don’t see any evidence to the contrary. We’re not saying it’s worthless, just worth no more than any wax job you can get. $600 is OUTRAGEOUS. We will eagerly await links to any independent tests that support you…

Whether it is worth $600 is a value judgement. The product does work, it is NOT a wax but a permanent glass resin. It leaves a beautiful shine, which does not wear off, and is unaffected by some of the bigger offenders such as bird droppings. Comparison to a typical wax job is just silly.

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lion9car July 26, 2010, 6:31pm 6

It’s worth about $20. Are they charging you more than that?

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