world"s most expensive car wash costs $150,000

by Elysia McMahan

More so than any other pos­ses­sion, cars arouse deep emo­tions in their own­ers. Peo­ple LOVE their cars.
And while some may pre­fer to wash their cars them­selves with a bucket and a hose, oth­ers with money to burn turn to The Ulti­mate Shine, a car clean­ing com­pany based in Kirk­caldy, Scotland.
The Ulti­mate Shine not only offers the most lux­u­ri­ous car clean­ing expe­ri­ence, it also comes with an unbe­liev­ably hefty price tag of $150,000.
You’re prob­a­bly won­der­ing who in their right mind would pay that amount to get their car cleaned, but to the world’s rich and famous this is the aver­age price they pay to keep their car look­ing presentable.
This com­pany isn’t aimed at the aver­age dri­ver, or those with aver­age cars. Owner Paul Wilkins, 34, says his ser­vices are meant for rich car col­lec­tors who are inter­ested in keep­ing their rare and expen­sive vehi­cles in pris­tine condition.
Although Wilkins would not reveal the iden­ti­ties of his high-profile clien­tele, he did men­tion that he cleans about three cars per year.
“For the price I will fly out to any loca­tion in the world,” Wilkins says. “I’m usu­ally deal­ing with seri­ous car col­lec­tors who have temperature-controlled show­rooms, so I travel to wher­ever they are kept.”
The process begins with Wilkins decon­t­a­m­i­nat­ing the body and the wheels of the car, then he removes defects by machine pol­ish­ing every inch of the body. Once that’s done, he will go over the body­work with a spe­cial alco­holic clean­ing agent to ensure there are no oily stains left on the paint.
And for the grand finale? The Ulti­mate Shine uses a spe­cial Car­nauba wax gath­ered from a secret loca­tion in Brazil. This wax alone costs approx­i­mately $100,000 and is designed to pro­tect a vehi­cle against any element.