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AUTO GALLERY, Lewes, Delaware
Car Wax

I took my Cadillac XLR in for a wax. The Auto Gallery has a great reputation and I wanted to try them.

Bryan Hecksher, the owner, greets you as if you were a long-time customer and friend.

Terry, the receptionist, and Miles, the watchdog,

make you feel equally at home. They took great pains with the car for 3 hours!

While in the waiting room, I struck up a conversation with Bob, a retired military man who has lived all over the world who is also a retired policeman. We talked about the various cars we had owned, enjoying awing each others' tales. I showed him on the iPhone some of my cars—the 1956 Continental Mark II and the 1966 Lincoln Continental 4-door convertible—while he regaled me with stories of his 1953 Henry J. Finally, I thought he would be stumped by my first car:

1963 Karmann Ghia, Type 34 "RAZOR-EDGE".

"I had one of those," he exclaimed! I was flabbergasted. It turns out that he owned one when he was stationed in Germany. They were never imported into the United States. So, I'd guess he and I were among the dozen or so Americans who ever owned one!!! I've NEVER seen another one.

Well, it's the most beautiful wax job I've ever had! It's perfection. Fredo, the technician, first gave it a through cleaning and then took it clear down to the finish

by polishing ALL the spots away: swirl marks, water spots—everything before applying the wax.

I've never seen it look so good—even when I bought it it didn't shine like this.

And the cost was very reasonable at $90. I gave Fredo a $10 tip.

  ---I'll definitely go back and I'll recommend it to all my friends.