RowenS
///Member
Right...
So the day was fast approaching...
On Saterday I thought I would spend just a few hours giving the car a once over, you know the final touches....that shouldn't take all day? :mrgreen:
Well it did....8 hours
I was now skating thin, really thin on the wifes patience scale.
Fast foward to Sunday...
It was an early start, 04:30am I couldn't really get much sleep, you know that nervous feeling in your tummy?...
The plan was for Clinton to meet at my place at 06:45 and take a cautious drive to Mandela Square...
A cautious drive to the square it was...with the amount of construction and water leaks, I was literally down to 5km p/h just to aviod any sling of mud etc.
We arrived at the square at 07:15..and we were not the first cars there :shock:
The guys has already started cleaning up their cars, its always amazing to see the amount of effort and commitent that these guys put in.
It was out with my touch up kit... Nathan got us some coffee and the touch ups began...
The "kit"
After a "few" final wipe downs... the end result
The judging process on my car...
Lets just say, there were no "stones" left un turned. The judges where extremely detailed, checking from all nooks and crannies to behind the rear plates / rear number plates / rubbers / rubbibg there hands on all 4 arches / to lug wheel holes / sunroof rubbers and rails / dismister vents on both the front and rear / underneath the bumpers / to bonnets hinges etc...you get the picture? :mrgreen:
What surprized me was the inconsistently of juding, some cars in my class took less than 5 mins? and looked like a simple walk through :roll:
Here are the judges marking me...
My score....
I entered the D'Etat - 100% original class
The competition was really strong, some really nice and well prep cars...guess what?
I wasn't even placed, I scored 83 points out of a possible 90, the 5 points loss was for reasons beyond my control
-3 points - as my car is under a 100 000km, Im currently on 72 000km
-3 points - as my car is under 10 years old, My car is 7 years old
-1 point - for a finger smugde on the inside of the windscreen, I simply missed that... :shock:
So I would have scored 89 out of a possible 90...
Speaking to the winners of my class, the one guy spend 3 days cleaning his car and the other just returned from a car wash prior to the event, in all fairness, there did score well on the area's I failed!
I was really disappointed after the effort and time put in....Oh well, better luck next time
Most judges commened me on the "best" prep car they have seen in long time...but!
Was also nice meeting some of the forum members i.e. Kido etc
Thanks...
Nathan / Clinton, thanks for all the help in the last 4 weeks or so, I know we spend hours in the baking sun getting the car preped. Your efforts and help is really apperciated...
Neil / Pravin..Thanks for all the help on the products etc, much apperciated.
Forum members...thanks for all the supports guys and gals...
Anways here are some pic's
Winner of the best 325is
[
img]http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss91/kathysingh/Picture255.jpg[/img]
So the day was fast approaching...
On Saterday I thought I would spend just a few hours giving the car a once over, you know the final touches....that shouldn't take all day? :mrgreen:
Well it did....8 hours
I was now skating thin, really thin on the wifes patience scale.Fast foward to Sunday...
It was an early start, 04:30am I couldn't really get much sleep, you know that nervous feeling in your tummy?...
The plan was for Clinton to meet at my place at 06:45 and take a cautious drive to Mandela Square...
A cautious drive to the square it was...with the amount of construction and water leaks, I was literally down to 5km p/h just to aviod any sling of mud etc.
We arrived at the square at 07:15..and we were not the first cars there :shock:
The guys has already started cleaning up their cars, its always amazing to see the amount of effort and commitent that these guys put in.
It was out with my touch up kit... Nathan got us some coffee and the touch ups began...
The "kit"
After a "few" final wipe downs... the end result
The judging process on my car...
Lets just say, there were no "stones" left un turned. The judges where extremely detailed, checking from all nooks and crannies to behind the rear plates / rear number plates / rubbers / rubbibg there hands on all 4 arches / to lug wheel holes / sunroof rubbers and rails / dismister vents on both the front and rear / underneath the bumpers / to bonnets hinges etc...you get the picture? :mrgreen:
What surprized me was the inconsistently of juding, some cars in my class took less than 5 mins? and looked like a simple walk through :roll:
Here are the judges marking me...
My score....
I entered the D'Etat - 100% original class
The competition was really strong, some really nice and well prep cars...guess what?
I wasn't even placed, I scored 83 points out of a possible 90, the 5 points loss was for reasons beyond my control
-3 points - as my car is under a 100 000km, Im currently on 72 000km
-3 points - as my car is under 10 years old, My car is 7 years old
-1 point - for a finger smugde on the inside of the windscreen, I simply missed that... :shock:
So I would have scored 89 out of a possible 90...
Speaking to the winners of my class, the one guy spend 3 days cleaning his car and the other just returned from a car wash prior to the event, in all fairness, there did score well on the area's I failed!
I was really disappointed after the effort and time put in....Oh well, better luck next time
Most judges commened me on the "best" prep car they have seen in long time...but!
Was also nice meeting some of the forum members i.e. Kido etc
Thanks...
Nathan / Clinton, thanks for all the help in the last 4 weeks or so, I know we spend hours in the baking sun getting the car preped. Your efforts and help is really apperciated...
Neil / Pravin..Thanks for all the help on the products etc, much apperciated.
Forum members...thanks for all the supports guys and gals...
Anways here are some pic's
Winner of the best 325is
[
img]http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss91/kathysingh/Picture255.jpg[/img]
