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Who knew that selling car care products and accessories could be so profitable? I used to keep up with the wash/wax/protectant debates you would find online where those who cared obsessively about such things would talk about "the best!" products to use for whatever purpose. I don't remember many Griot products being mentioned in those discussions; it was usually even more obscure stuff. I did get their catalog once and seem to recall being impressed by the price points they were asking. Stuff wasn't cheap, which I guess explains how the founder could afford to buy 6-figure cars for his collection.

Griot's marketing magic worked very well on me. I think their catalogues are great. I remember living in my apartment in NYC, then my condo in Westchester looking and saying to myself; "you know, when I get a house one day I'm going to treat myself to the Griot's products." I did. Everything works as advertised. The wheel cleaner, the heavy duty wheel cleaner, the polish, the wax, the clay, & the orbital. Some of their tire shine products I'm not particularly thrilled with. It seems like they've changed a few things over the years (which happens, I understand).

I started using Griot's products when the company began sponsoring BMW CCA events; I especially like their Ceramic product line. The Club Sport after the Griot's Ceramic treatment:

@suydam said:

The Blazer EV is around 300 miles and it’s perfectly fine for us.

It’s not awful, I just think that 350 is a better number because you can get a 300 mile range on an 80% charge. This is the best for the battery and 20% to 80% is the fastest charging program at nearly all the super chargers.

That Dodge Charger Daytona EV with a great lease price only had a range of 200 miles, less 20% at 80% capacity and leaving 20% at the bottom leaves you 120 miles. I get the 350 miles and I would think that is the very minimal amount of mileage necessary.