I would make sure my car was as clean as possibe when collected or driven there, and wouldn't expect it to be touched again until sold or returned especially if it was kept indoors while at auction.SCP440 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 12:51 pmSadly most car auctions are only after a sale and care little about much else, I have a car auction a mile from my house and most cars arrive get a pressure wash, glass clean and some tyre dressing. I have even seen them use the pressure washer in the engine bay on some ( maybe it has been requested) . Good luck tracing electrical problems on one of those.andyd wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 12:39 pm As for Matthewsons, personally I wouldn't want my car to go there for auction.
Don't like the way people are all over them with potential to damage paintwork (I assume other auctions would be the same?) And old Geoffery Bubbles with his bucket and sponge that's just asking for swirl marks
If kept outside and dirty I suppose it should be cleaned by someone there but I woudn't be too keen on it.
With detail sprays now available there is no real need to get cars wet unnecessarily.
. Couldn't believe what I was seeing. I was speechless. On top of that, he was about to do a 100 mile drive 
but that is just nothing I would ever think of doing, ever, let alone before a journey! Literally he was just blasting in with the karcher at point blank range and grinning merrily like it was normal 