Podcast

S2 Episode 7: Oakley Inkersell — Cleaner Cars 🧼

28 Jul 2025

The Bold Company Podcast, hosted by Business Canterbury’s Hannah Weeds and Ruffells' Tim McInnes, offers a compelling glimpse into the dynamic world of Canterbury’s business community. In each episode, they sit down with visionaries driving innovation, resilience, and success in the region.

Season 2 Episode 7

At just 21, Oakley Inkersell is proving that age is no barrier to business success. The founder of Cleaner Cars, Oakley left university to chase a passion, and it’s paying off. With over 1,500 cars detailed and a 40,000-strong TikTok following, he’s built a name for himself in the car detailing industry, and 90% of his audience is right here in New Zealand.

"Everything's hard. Everything in life's hard. It just depends on your perspective. Everything worth doing, it's hard work."

For Oakley, that perspective fuels his journey. His approach is refreshingly simple: be real. On social media, he shares the gritty, unfiltered reality of building a business from the ground up. No fancy edits. No smoke and mirrors. Just him, hard work, and his bright yellow hat.

🎧 Listen to Season 2, Episode 7 to hear how Oakley’s turning car detailing into a business success story, driven by focus, self-awareness, and a whole lot of hard work.

The second season of the podcast is sponsored by Christchurch Airport – growing the engine room for Canterbury businesses and ChristchurchNZ, the city's economic development agency, shaping an economy where people and places thrive. And the lovely people at Ruffells, one of Christchurch’s leading creative studios, are helping us make this happen by recording and post-producing the series and bringing the good vibes.

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