detailing

Hey all...so I'm going to ceramic coat my new 2020 GT1 with CQ UK soon...I bought a second kit as a thank you gift for a guy who was going to help me, but now he's not going to help me, so no thank you gift. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn't allow returns of CQuartz so I'm stuck with an extra kit...

I came across this site today, which has in depth explanations and guides for detailing. How to Detail a Car Step by Step - Detailed Image

So, I've read a lot about ceramic coatings, and it seems the consensus is they are an expensive waste of time, and don't do any better than just inexpensively waxing the car more often. My question is related to car washes. Before getting my Stinger, I just used auto washes, like at Costco...