Dealership Issues/Pricing

I work in a dealership so i know how it is. I do most of Audi CPOs and used cars. they want the car done as quickly as possible so they can sell it asap. time is money in a dealership. my dealership usually gets outta control towards end of the month.

 

overtimedetailer

do you think that, if my patent goes through, the dealerships would be interested in paying a small patent fee for using my recipe and technique using the optima steamer?

godoman

 

There are so many loopholes and what not with patents. Have you gone to anyone to help you with a patent or are you trying to go throgh it yourself?

take no offense but IMO your wasting your time to try to patent your process, Your washing cars not developing medical devices

 

I agree with mini^^^

for example the KB method, I don't pay Kevin brown to use it.

 

yes, I do have someone helping me out.

am going through an SBA service and probono attorney that specializes in it.

they advised me that the method I came up is, and this is gonna sound really funny, just like KFC when he came up with the recipe for his chicken or coca cola coming up with thier special formula.

that aside, I was also told that my method of washing cars may be the standard in the next ten years as more and more states are cutting down on car wash systems that use so much water and so many chemicals even if they are going through a water reclamation system, the bottom line is waste and water run off and water waste period.

I am looking for a very small patent payment here, nothing that would even affect the detailers, car washes and quick dealerships across the US. plus there are more and more tax breaks for those that use more enviromentally safe ways to do everything from building houses to new renewable fuels for cars.

look. I know that you guys are skeptical. this is not something that is not going to be there one day and then the next day everyone is doing it. it will be a slow process (over ten years maybe) where people start to realize the difference and see that the wash method I am doing is actually more "detailed" as it also removes all the tar spots that build up on cars and this eliminates the need for chemicals such as 3M adhesive removers and clay bar (which the EPA is always complaining about clay bar being bad for the enviroment).

just give me a chance to get everything together and show you guys the concept I am coming up with. I did 6 cars yesterday at a dealership in the hot sun (on the lot) next to high traffic and the cars were covered in build up and I did all of them by myself in 2.5 hours. the reason it took so long is after I cleaned each car I went ahead and power locked them and went to the next car. well the sun starting going down and the air started getting moisted and the power lock does not agree with this and was almost like removing a glaze on some of the cars. especially the hoods where the dew like moisture was most apparent.

next time I will clean the car, power lock it and go to the next car, when I am done power locking that car I will go back to the other car with sealant on it and towel it off to avoid this situation happening again.

godoman

 

oh yeah, forgot to mention that I only used 7 gallons of water to do all of those cars and their rims....

the KB method, did he do a patent on that? I bet he did but I never heard about it. the SBA guy told me "most people come up with an idea that is great, or a method that makes things easier and they never see that if they used a patent it could make alot of money. so most of them just leave it on the table for anyone to use it as they see fit"

so yeah, I have considered what you all are saying

godoman

 

What I said is it's a little over the top, the furthest I would go is to keep my process proprietary and make everybody who you come in contact with sign a non disclosure agreement

 

ok, how about this.

what if I made a video on youtube.com that showed my business partner and I steam cleaning with a clock on it on the bottom someplace where it times us and shows that we can steam clean a car in 2 minutes with no water run off?

would that convince you guys?

godoman

 

Convince who, were not saying it's not possible I am sure you can wash a car in 2 minutes without any run off, I'm just saying it's a little crazy to patent a process to wash a car.

Quite frankly I wanted a optima steamer a long time ago, just about when they came to the states, but it's a huge investment for a hobby detailer who on works on his own cars lol.

I'll give it a few years till steamers become cheaper

 

I'd sure like to see a video...

 

already talked to my business partner.

his cousin is a professional camera man and is going to make a video of us with a timer on it that shows the car dirty and gets steam cleaned with our method and then has a split screen to show using steaming the rims clean and how everything just disolves off of them in seconds

godoman

 

thanks for making the video for us here, godoman. make sure it is a dirty dirty car.

 

will do. what color do you guys want it to be to give the best way of showing no scratch steam clean?

taking votes now, count'em

godoman

 

godoman the fastest car washer in the world

 

maybe not the fastest but definately the fastest at making the car "pop" in an enviromentally way!

godoman

 

the video should start off with steam, n as steam clears up. Godoman shows up!!!!!!!

 

shit. I like overtimedetailer, super funny

godoman

 

U should do it! DO IT! DO IT!.

Lol. When can we expect to see this video?

 

hahaha

 

Yes, do tell. I would love to view your video :nod: