Well thats never gonna happen.
Hello guys.
I decided to do a disappearing act last week after a few bad apples hit the vineyard. But thanks to members of this forum like Hurdy, Peskarik, Top
Dog cat and Joes and a few others I have decided to return.
I have been writing exams for over a month now and sort of lost myself. I eventually had a few things fall apart last week. For one being my pc with an entire year of school work on it and work that was due in exams last week. Some of this work including 4000 word art essays which had to be redone.
I lost all my photoshop work and all my pictures that I have taken. I manged to retireve a few but most of it is screwed.
So before I go any further... Who is going to sponsor me with a free macbook? I need one I think
Moving on. My exams ended on Friday and I decided to use the weekend to find Michael/ 08micsta and to be myself again (Much to my parents delight). My entire family decided that since my Aunt and uncle are here from Australia we should do something as a family. We booked a weekend stay on top of Table Mountain. Sounds lovely I said. But there was a catch. You had to hike to the cottages
The hike was at 2 and we had to leave our house by 1 so after sleeping in a bit I got my priorities right and demanded the GTi be pulled out for a clean as it has not been cleaned for over two months due me insisting that I am the only person who cleans the car. The Gti was an absolute dump
Before I continue I apologise for the crappy pics. My camera also died last weekend amoungst the other chaos
. Thus my cellphone had to be used. So here we go.
The car had general dirt and to my surprise a lot of scratches... Mom where have you been driving??
My dad said I could get creative and have a go at some new products he has imported and added to his product range. The first product I tested was Prepsol cleaner/ degreaser. Wow... Sprayed on. Sprayed off with the high pressure washer. The results were amazing:
I even gave the exhaust some...
The car was then foamed down with a product called APC Cleaner. Its a multi purpose cleaner that can be used on anything. Much like snow foam it was very good at eating away the tar on the boot lid and bumpers... Once again. Where have you been driving mom??
Somehow no matter how many times I tell myself Im a decent human I keep thinking bad things whenever I see that foam on the car
:embarassed:
Anyways... I should mention that the Opel Corsa Bakkie thing was also cleaned and the Pajero was given a good wash too in the same morning. Here are a few afters:
Check how faded the bumpers were:
And a before on the interior: (It was really bad...)
After:
Some more afters:
Check out that flake and absolutely zero swirls
And one for my dad as I know he loves his car
At this point we go slightly off topic as usual
My Aunt from Australia has a very er... twisted, demented sense of humour and style.. We dont know where she gets it from *Looks across the room at my mother* ... But she bought my mom a little gift from Oz... When I saw my first instinct was to run and hide. However after much fighting and her being adamant that she would not remove it... My dad and I decided to call it the most unmanly mod for a GTi in history... Here it is:
I rest my case......
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I finished the cars in time for our hike and we started at 2. We climbed a today of 5.67km to an elevation of over 600m to the cottage and it took us about 3 hours. The walk was great. My grandparents were brilliant and even my younger cousins were brilliant. It was so nice to have fun instead of sitting writing exams for over three hours everyday.
Here are a few pics. Once again cellphone pics :embarassed:
This is at the bottom. The hike started in our Botanical gardens.
On the way up:
This is pretty much how the path was the whole way up. Until about the last half an hour which was a 80 degree freaking jeep track...
The cottages we stayed in:
And a pretty sunset. I didnt take many with the phone as I was more interested in stealing my dad's Canon SLR camera
So my suggestion for those feeling the pressure is put as much effort in as possible. Dont simply take offence to what people say about you or to you because it is not worth it. There will always be some fool who tries to ruin your day. Get out there. Take a jog. OR a hike
and enjoy yourself. But never give up or abandon what you have a passion in. In this case its cars and in specific Golf GTi's.
Mike
