Nathan Wadleigh

Winter in the Pacific Northwest is the hardest season of the year on your vehicle. Months of rain, mud, road grime, and moisture take a steady toll on your paint — and the best time to defend against it is before it all arrives. A little preparation now saves your finish from a lot of damage later. Here's what happens to your paint over winter, and the two-step approach that actually protects it. Your Paint Is Dirtier Than It Looks Here's something most people don't realize: even when your...

Trucks earn their keep. Whether yours is a daily driver, a job-site workhorse, a weekend off-road rig, or all three, it takes more abuse than the average car — mud, road grime, hauling, sun, and everything our Pacific Northwest climate throws at it. That's a big investment working hard in tough conditions, which is exactly why a ceramic coating makes so much sense for trucks. Here's why truck owners in Vancouver and Clark County are some of the best candidates for a coating, and what it does...

Most people think about detailing the way they think about a dentist appointment — something you get around to eventually, usually once the problem is impossible to ignore. The car gets neglected for a year, then finally goes in for an expensive deep clean, and the cycle starts over. There's a better way, and it's cheaper in the long run: detail on a schedule. For most drivers in Vancouver and Clark County, a detail every three months keeps a car looking consistently great, protects it from...