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Are Your Headlights Cloudy?
Cloudy headlights are caused by the ultra-violet light from the sun attacking the surface of the plastic and causing it to have this cloudy appearance. This cloudy appearance not only diminishes the effectiveness of your headlights but it may also mean that your vehicle is not roadworthy. This can happen to cars that aren’t even that old either. The fortunate thing is that most headlights can be restored by one of our Car Care specialists. See the picture (right) to…
Read MoreWe polish more than just cars!
Anywhere, anytime!! We often get requests to polish things other than cars, sometimes planes, helicopters, motorbikes, tractors and the list goes on. We’ve recently had some quite different requests to polish things that aren’t even a vehicle. In Melbourne, Joe from Car Care Mornington Peninsula was requested to polish panels on apartment balconies, Levels 50 and 51 on A’Beckett St. In WA, we got a strange request from the radio station Nova in early June to clean their inflatable “Nova…
Read MoreJudge orders Sydney carwash to clean up its act over $177,000 in underpayments
A Sydney car wash has been fined $90,000 in the Federal Court in Sydney after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation found it had underpaid hundreds of its workers. The court found Crystal Carwash Café, which operates 14 outlets across Sydney, underpaid more than 350 young workers, mostly from non-English speaking backgrounds, more than $177,000……… read more Friday, 08 August 2014 1:26 Kirsten Robb, Smart Company
Read MoreFCA – Franchisee of the Year!
FCA Excellence in Franchising Awards 2014 Car Care Australia would like to congratulate – Jim Hawley- Car Care Fremantle For winning – Franchisee of the Year, less than two staff at the FCA Excellence in Franchising Awards on Friday. This award recognises excellence in business management and franchise citizenship for franchisee owner operators (including partners) with two or more staff (full-time equivalent).
Read MoreFord EcoSport SUV Launch – WA
Our WA Car Care Franchisees have been at it as well. Car Care WA’s relationship with Driving Solutions has continued with Car Care looking after the detailing of Ford’s new Eco Sports SUV range launch at Sandalford Winery in Caversham. We performed this service over 2 days mid March doing 18 vehicles each day. Thank you to the WA Detailers that helped out with this event – Michael MacKinnon – CC Wangara Det Kretzschmar – CC Midland Dean Paparone –…
Read MoreFord EcoSport SUV Launch – Brisbane
Car Care Queensland’s Mobile Car Detailers were recently invited to attended a Ford Event at the Sirromet Winery at Mt Cotton. It was the launch of the EcoSport SUV range. Car Care was responsible for washing, cleaning & polishing 24 vehicles every day for three days to make sure the vehicles were in pristine condition for the visiting Ford Dealers and the Press. Well done to all of the Qld franchisees that attended this event – Patrick Egan, CC…
Read More1939 Buick Roadster – Polished & Waxed
Thank you to Chris from Car Care Adelaide Hills in South Australia for sharing with us some of his recent work. Chris recently detailed a 1939 Buick Roadster at Lobethal. The car has been Polished and waxed.
Read MoreLaunch of Fords Eco Sport’s Model
Car Care recently undertook a job for Driving Solutions at the Sandalford Winery in Caversham. We provided our mobile car detailing services so that they could launch their new range of their Eco Sport’s models. We detailed 18 Ford SUV’s over 2 days. Several of our franchisees were involved over the two days including Michael MacKinnon, Det Kretzschmar, Dean Paparone and Matthew Quartermaine. The event ran smoothly and both Driving Solutions and Ford who are long-time customers were exceptionally pleased…
Read MoreFirst Impressions Count
We often receive glowing recommendations of many of our detailers every year but we know that these good impressions that a customer has of our detailers, often starts with their impression of the first person they speak to at Car Care. Congratulations to Elle from Car Care South Australia head office for receiving what we think is one of the best customer testimonials we’ve seen. On behalf of all of us at Car Care WELL DONE ELLE. This is not…
Read MoreBrisbane Truck Show – Car Care
We Detail Trucks Too! Car Care Queensland Franchisees provided detailing services at the Mercedes stand at the Brisbane Truck Show in May this year. This was a great opportunity for our franchisees to show off their skills on such a large scale. Well done to all the franchisees that participated. Click on an image for a larger view. [print_gllr id=3811] The Brisbane Truck Show, established by the Commercial Vehicle Industry Association of Queensland (CVIAQ), is undeniably Australia’s Premier Event for …
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