# Simonize for a New Car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 29, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379 "2007-07-29T21:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert\_Stipanovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Robert\_Stipanovic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert_Stipanovic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/1 "2007-07-29T21:02:14Z")
Is it worth the $250 the dealer wants to Simonize the exterior of a new car that will be parked outside to protect it from sun damage? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/2 "2007-07-29T21:09:15Z")
[b]Would you normally pay someone $250.00 to wax your car? Because that’s all they’re doing. This is a high profit dealer add-on. Say no thanks! Tester[/b] ---
**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/3 "2007-07-29T21:20:15Z")
You can wax your car yourself to accomplish the same thing. There is nothing special about the dealer’s product. Say “NO” to the exterior finishing as well as “NO” to the fabric protection and the extended warranty. ---
**Author:** ![lenjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lenjack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lenjack)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/4 "2007-07-29T21:52:25Z")
No Way!! ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/5 "2007-07-29T22:35:02Z")
Like all the other stuff the try to scam you with at the time of sale when most people are weakest, say NO! ---
**Author:** ![armtdm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/armtdm/32/26_2.png) [@armtdm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/armtdm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/6 "2007-07-29T23:33:53Z")
No, you can purchase better products for less then $50 and do it yourself. Now if it lasted 5 years, maybe, but it will not last beyond 6 months A dealer boat payment!!! ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/7 "2007-07-30T00:29:17Z")
The “detailing” business is a growing mom and pop industry. You can find a detailer to do this for a lot less, probably the same person who is doing it for the dealer. We have a local dealer that charges $1295 for this, or tries to anyway. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/d/1d47c66a543aa6c5a7873bb2320858f978ff52ed.png) [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/8 "2007-07-30T02:29:41Z")
Ask the dealer why you should buy a car whose paint job is apparently so poor that it will be damaged by the sun. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/9 "2007-07-30T05:56:19Z")
For that kind of money, I could wax a car a day. I used to be paid $4.85 an hour. I quit after the green 1974 Chrysler New Yorker. You work hard but when you’re done the thing is still green. ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/simonize-for-a-new-car/2379/10 "2007-07-30T10:39:31Z")
As PT Barnum is quoted as saying (kind of), “A new mark is born every day, and some are reborn, often.”