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Bay Area Porsche Club Car Care Clinic Recap & Photos
On Saturday March 30th I helped Jeff Brown (Senior Area Sales Manager with Meguiar's) out with the Car Care Clinic for the Porsche Club of America’s local members of both the Diablo and Golden Gate Regions. Thanks again to our friends at California Car Color www.californiacarcolor.com in San Carlos for hosting this event for us.
The turnout was nothing short of spectacular and the attendees were even more involved/engaged than the BMW M5 owners were at the last previous clinic we organized in October '04. There was nearly every Porsche model represented from a beautiful unrestored ’67 912 to a nearly new Speed Yellow GT3. There was also a very rare, unique and fast Ruf BTR there as well.
This involvement/engagement demonstrated by the attendees went as far as having the owners of about six of the cars clay their entire cars during the clinic after Jeff had demonstrated the process on one of the cars prior to their deciding to simply go for it in a sense. Amazing since most that attend these clinics are quite apprehensive to tackle their own cars until they have had a chance to practice on something less personal. These guys certainly were not shy, as they quickly grabbed the clay and Last Touch and went at it while we diverted the others back to the second classroom session/PowerPoint presentation segment of the clinic. Truly a hands on session for everyone that wanted to participate in such a manner.
The first classroom session covered everything from the history of Meguiar’s to a complete overview of the current product offerings from Meguiar’s including all of the new brushes and other tools to make the detailing task a bit easier for anyone using them. One very key thing in my opinion was when Jeff asked the crowd what they wanted to learn about during the clinic, as the responses then led him into the appropriate demos as the clinic evolved through the day. Doing this ensured that existing detailing issues that anyone may have had prior to the clinic were virtually eliminated as a result thereof. Although I noticed that there was a bit of information/knowledge overload for a few at times I know that everyone learned a ton about every aspect of proper detailing techniques which will all surely be practiced by all attending.
From the classroom session Jeff went into minor surface defect removal on one Porsche and then demonstrated the proper claying process on another. He then followed the claying demonstration with a complete wipe down (quick detailing) of the second car while using only Last Touch. This was achieved in only a matter of minutes much to the amazement of those witnessing Jeff working quite quickly at this task.
After this we returned everyone to the inside area that served as the classroom area and continued with the informational overview phase where more detailed information was presented in regard to various detailing steps, etc. From here we moved the group just outside where Jeff demonstrated the proper use of the G100 to the eager to learn crowd. I know that there will be a virtual “no fear� type attitude for anyone that decides to use the information gained here to buff their own car(s) at a later date. There was no intimidation factor evident whatsoever amongst the crowd as Jeff demonstrated the G100 and its polishing capabilities.
Next we went through the complete washing/cleaning process of Francisco’s beautiful silver Carrera coupe. The series of photos below will show you that we had much participation from both the cars owner as well as others that offered to help out as well. This was truly a group learning process that was also hands on for a number of attendees as well. The newly released Meguiar’s brushes, etc. were all used and demonstrated in this segment of the clinic. Although some of the photos may first appear a bit redundant I have included each of them for a specific reason since they each capture something a bit different than the others. This should then walk everyone through the proper washing/cleaning process as demonstrated at this recent Meguiar’s Car Care Clinic here in the Bay Area.
Nobody walked away disappointed I’m sure, as our host sold out a number of Meguiar’s products after having brought in additional resources just for this clinic. I certainly hope that everyone tasking a look at this post enjoys the photos, as both Jeff and I definitely enjoyed working with the local Porsche Club members at this clinic. This weekend it’s the Audi Club and I will provide the appropriate write-up and photos once we have completed this clinic as well.
Regards,
Ken Little
Enjoy the photos…
And a good time was had by all…
On Saturday March 30th I helped Jeff Brown (Senior Area Sales Manager with Meguiar's) out with the Car Care Clinic for the Porsche Club of America’s local members of both the Diablo and Golden Gate Regions. Thanks again to our friends at California Car Color www.californiacarcolor.com in San Carlos for hosting this event for us.
The turnout was nothing short of spectacular and the attendees were even more involved/engaged than the BMW M5 owners were at the last previous clinic we organized in October '04. There was nearly every Porsche model represented from a beautiful unrestored ’67 912 to a nearly new Speed Yellow GT3. There was also a very rare, unique and fast Ruf BTR there as well.
This involvement/engagement demonstrated by the attendees went as far as having the owners of about six of the cars clay their entire cars during the clinic after Jeff had demonstrated the process on one of the cars prior to their deciding to simply go for it in a sense. Amazing since most that attend these clinics are quite apprehensive to tackle their own cars until they have had a chance to practice on something less personal. These guys certainly were not shy, as they quickly grabbed the clay and Last Touch and went at it while we diverted the others back to the second classroom session/PowerPoint presentation segment of the clinic. Truly a hands on session for everyone that wanted to participate in such a manner.
The first classroom session covered everything from the history of Meguiar’s to a complete overview of the current product offerings from Meguiar’s including all of the new brushes and other tools to make the detailing task a bit easier for anyone using them. One very key thing in my opinion was when Jeff asked the crowd what they wanted to learn about during the clinic, as the responses then led him into the appropriate demos as the clinic evolved through the day. Doing this ensured that existing detailing issues that anyone may have had prior to the clinic were virtually eliminated as a result thereof. Although I noticed that there was a bit of information/knowledge overload for a few at times I know that everyone learned a ton about every aspect of proper detailing techniques which will all surely be practiced by all attending.
From the classroom session Jeff went into minor surface defect removal on one Porsche and then demonstrated the proper claying process on another. He then followed the claying demonstration with a complete wipe down (quick detailing) of the second car while using only Last Touch. This was achieved in only a matter of minutes much to the amazement of those witnessing Jeff working quite quickly at this task.
After this we returned everyone to the inside area that served as the classroom area and continued with the informational overview phase where more detailed information was presented in regard to various detailing steps, etc. From here we moved the group just outside where Jeff demonstrated the proper use of the G100 to the eager to learn crowd. I know that there will be a virtual “no fear� type attitude for anyone that decides to use the information gained here to buff their own car(s) at a later date. There was no intimidation factor evident whatsoever amongst the crowd as Jeff demonstrated the G100 and its polishing capabilities.
Next we went through the complete washing/cleaning process of Francisco’s beautiful silver Carrera coupe. The series of photos below will show you that we had much participation from both the cars owner as well as others that offered to help out as well. This was truly a group learning process that was also hands on for a number of attendees as well. The newly released Meguiar’s brushes, etc. were all used and demonstrated in this segment of the clinic. Although some of the photos may first appear a bit redundant I have included each of them for a specific reason since they each capture something a bit different than the others. This should then walk everyone through the proper washing/cleaning process as demonstrated at this recent Meguiar’s Car Care Clinic here in the Bay Area.
Nobody walked away disappointed I’m sure, as our host sold out a number of Meguiar’s products after having brought in additional resources just for this clinic. I certainly hope that everyone tasking a look at this post enjoys the photos, as both Jeff and I definitely enjoyed working with the local Porsche Club members at this clinic. This weekend it’s the Audi Club and I will provide the appropriate write-up and photos once we have completed this clinic as well.
Regards,
Ken Little
Enjoy the photos…
And a good time was had by all…
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