A much needed car wash

Since June 16th, the day of my first Autocross, I haven't had a chance to wash my car. As you may have noticed, it was raining non-stop. On the days that were good weather, the forecast for the following day was rainy again.

Finally, we get a full week's forecast of clear skies, so Puyang and I spent some time giving our cars a well deserved car wash. The STI definitely needed the car wash, especially from the brake dust that the Hawk HP+ had produced.

Before: Brake dust caked onto the wheel. Giving the Gold BBS wheels a nice "bronze" finish.

After: Oh hello Mr. Gold, I had almost forgotten what you looked like.

You can see that shine!

Puyang's GTI had been through a lot too. Due to his dedication of breaking in the engine, he had been driving the car a lot in rain and shine. White cars seems like such an easy color to wash, compared to black.

Puyang inspecting the paint.

After our hard work, we thought it would be a good idea to take some pictures of these clean cars, while we had the chance. So it was time to cruise around, and shoot some photos.

Puyang taking some pics of his car.

GoPro for the win!

Food for our cars.

All in all, it was a pretty productive weekend. Most importantly, we got to take in some sunlight, and take these beauties out onto the open road.

Meet and Cruise, part 1

Well, the day had come and past. I have been waiting over a month for this day, and it was a great one. August 28th, 2010, I had attended my first Camaro meet and cruise. It was a great experience meeting new people with similar interests and such passion for their cars. The experience was no less than awesome. It's funny how something like our cars can bring together complete strangers, and yet still feel like you've known them for years and that you belong to a small and exclusive family. There were approximately 50 cars estimated to come and meet up, and even though there were only around 30 cars that appeared that day, it was still nothing less than amazing.

There were 3rd, 4th, and 5th generation Camaros and some Firebirds and Trans Ams. The variety of colors and modifications to the cars really made every car feel unique. Both men and women of all ages came to the meet. I will say this however, all of us had one thing in common, we were all young at heart. Every one of us loved our cars and wanted to show it off as if it was our first Christmas present.

The meet and cruise started around 11:00 AM and ended near 6:00 PM. Since I can't really cram in 7 hours of the event into the blog, I have taken some videos to make the experience easier to digest. The video above is just part one, the initial meeting. Part two will be more about the driving and cruise itself. I have hand selected some photos from the meet and greet. Part two will be coming soon, enjoy!