We've had our 997 professionally detailed
I've had John Drake ( www.johnswax.co.uk ) our local professional detailer out today to give our Carrera S a thorough "going over". The paintwork and general condition needed professional attention to bring the car up to a better than new look.
John has carried out the following work using Zymol products throughout :-
Stage 1
- Pressure wash wheel arches, clean wheels inside and out, and doors shuts using only natural cleaners.
- No contact pre-wash using PH Neutral Snow Foam.
- Wash car with Zymol Shampoo with pure lamb's wool wash mitt.
- Rinse car using an Aqua Gleam De-ionising Water Filter.
- Hand dry using soft drying towels.
Stage 2
- Klay bar bodywork to remove any surface contamination making paintwork ultra smooth
- Carry out HD Cleanse process - this cleanses the paintwork ready for the wax to bond to the surfaces.
Stage 3
- The exterior is then finished using Zymöl Concours Glaze giving the car a shoe finish and depth of shine.
Stage 4
- Full interior clean including; clean and condition leather, clean windows and dress tyres
Photos of the day's work :-
The end result : -
The look of the car has been transformed, the dull paint finish has gone, replaced with an almost glass like shine; the brake dust that had become ingrained inside the wheel rims has mostly gone, the leather work has been cleaned, treated and fed and is much more supple now. A superb job, and I thoroughly recommend John to any UK car enthusiast who is particular about their car's condition. The photos really don't do justice to the cars refreshed appearance!
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Porsche 997 Carrera S PDK Aqua Blue / Black - Toyota Yaris D4D "Clockwork Rat"
. Now that you've had it several months, I'm curious how you find it to drive (both of you...) compared to the boxster/cayman line... seem to recall that you surprised yourself by ending up in the 997 (which in fact was similar to our process in ending up with a virtually identical car). 
She did have a green Mazda 2, purchased after she could no longer put up with the daily discomfort of driving the Cayman, but hated it (but not because it wasn't blue) 
so chopped in after only a very short time for the Jazz. We have had a bad saga with cars with too many stupid wrong decisions, starting with the Cayman, hopefully now all laid to rest. Whenever and whatever we change next, we have promised ourselves a colour change, although we hope all three are here for the keeping - but we keep saying that! 
although you can't really appreciate the difference from photos. Even the plastic wheel arch liners, the bellows under the rear spoiler, door sill scuff plates, fuse box lid, seals and front boot liner have all been cleaned and polished using rubber and vinyl care. The 997 certainly hadn't been as well looked after as we do our cars, a lot of accumulated dirt under the rear wheel arches and I don't think the car had been garaged much in its previous lives. Certainly OPC Swindon didn't give the car a thorough valet which is what they promised they would do, but do any garages? This is the first pre-owned Porsche we've bought so don't have previous experience to compare.
So I usually do some superficial cleaning, sometimes even machine wash and I'm done. 
My children have "flown the nest", my daughter is studying accountancy at Edinburgh University so I only see her a few times a year sadly : now in summer recess she has today flown to Mumbai to start four week holiday in India follows by two weeks in Thailand. Hopefully see her this autumn. We've just had my wiife's daughter and three grandchildren here for a week, not restful but great fun. Son in law is in the British Army and has just started a 7 month deployment in Afghanistan, so we will drive to Germany where he is based in late August to see them all for a week. 
