Detailing Clinic, San Diego -- Event I. August 6, 2011

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I have a friend, James Eberhardt, who is willing to teach a group of us how to detail our cars.

James has won the San Diego BMW CCA clean car contest five different times (three straight times in the clean car category; once in the super clean category; and he won the master's category once). He's no longer allowed to enter the contest. In other words, they're sick of him winning all the time. He's now a judge only.

Here's the deal: he is willing to give me the hook up if I can get 5 people together for the class. He will only charge $20 per person (it's normally double that). That's a fricken steal. The class should last about four hours. (This hookup should remind you of the deal I worked out with Casey, when he was offering ZHP Mafia a sweetheart deal for pictures.)

The clinic will be very hands on. He will not detail our cars at the clinic. Instead, he will have us work on a car (one of our own) and he will give instruction throughout. He says it's that old proverb: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Given how many Mafia people we have in Southern California, I imagine we will not have a difficult time filling this class.

We need a minimum of five people -- up to a maximum of ten people.

The clinic is Saturday, August 6, 2011, at 10 AM. It is in San Diego. James will hold the clinic at his house.

This clinic is open to anyone. Orange County/LA County guys can come down here, too.

Sign ups begin now. As soon as we reach 10 people, that's it.

1. Marcus (Marcus-SanDiego)
2. Nelson (pleasecorrupt)
3. Gary (GSEN820)
4. James (ZSP-Mafia)
5. Lee (variate)
6. Albert (tripod06)
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[pleasecorrupt]

sign me up, programming or not I'll be there. i have missed out on too much already :mafia


1. Marcus (Marcus-SanDiego)
2. Nelson (pleasecorrupt)
3. Gary (GSEN820)
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[Marcus-SanDiego]

All right, Nelson. You are in.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

By the way, this is open to everyone. If you live in Southern California and want to participate, please do.

[GSEN820]

Sign me up Marcus

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Gary, you are in.

[RITmusic2k]

Hmm. I'm pretty sure I can do this, but not 100% yet. Do we need to provide our own detailing supplies / tools? Should our cars be clean before showing up?

EDIT: upon rereading the first post, it sounds like we're getting a single volunteer car for the ten of us to work on simultaneously... is that right?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

No detailing supplies needed.

It's not necessary to come with a clean car. But I do not believe that everyone will be getting their car detailed that day. Instead, there will be a single donor car that gets all of the attention, so that the instructor can focus on one job.

[billschusteriv]

Awesome deal Marcus! Would definately do this if I was on the left coast.

But it'll all be good - the "right" coast will be at Bimmerfest East. :biggrin

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Definitely a good deal. I'm hoping the west coast guys will take advantage of my resources. I'm always networking on the left coast.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Great deal for those who want to learn this stuff.

[pleasecorrupt]

Bump, let's get these slots filled up.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Yep. If, on August 1, this list is not 80% full, I will put James on notice that the clinic may not happen. I'll tell him to make plans for his Saturday if something comes up.

This is a great deal for anyone looking to learn this stuff.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Changed my mind on this one.

If this clinic is not full on July 31, the event will be canceled. I think this is a worthwhile clinic for $20 (and about 4 hours of instruction).

So, if ten people have not signed up as of July 31 (end of day), this will be rescheduled for a time down the road when I get enough interest in it.

This clinic is open to anyone. Orange County/LA County guys can come down here, too.

[ZSP-Mafia]

I'm in... Can't guarantee I'll be there, but I'll put down the $20 either way.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

James, I have added you to the list.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

We have 12 days to pick up another 5 people.

[variate]

I'll be joining. I'd be glad if mine becomes one of those donor car. ^^

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Be sure to give me your first name. I will add you to the list.

[variate]

Here is my full name: Dongpyo Lee. I never got to have "American" name, where there are plenty of foreign borns in my field. I sometimes go by Lee when people have hard time pronouncing my first name. Either way, it's fine.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Here is my full name: Dongpyo Lee. I never got to have "American" name, where there are plenty of foreign borns in my field. I sometimes go by Lee when people have hard time pronouncing my first name. Either way, it's fine.

No worries. I gotcha.


iPad. Tapatalk. Bi-winning.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Still five slots left. They need to be filled by July 31.

[pleasecorrupt]

So many people for creviers but no one wants to learn how to make their cars look like that, come on guys

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I am kind of surprised, too. Thought this would sell out quickly.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Nine days to find five more people. At this rate, I don't see this clinic happening. We'll see.

[billschusteriv]

Wow. Also surprised.

Considering the deal, guys should be crawling out of the woodwork just to see if they can learn tricks and tips from the Clean Car champ.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

What can I say? People may not be as interested as I thought they'd be. No worries.

[johnrando]

I'd be interested but playing in a Beach Tennis tourney that weekend.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Maybe in the future, if we get enough interest, we can give it a go again.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Eight days to find five people. The search continues.... :biggrin

[Marcus-SanDiego]

So, this will likely get canceled (because I don't see five people signing up in the next six days). Really too bad. Good opportunity to learn some detailing skills.

I've already put my guy on notice.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Well, good news. I've arranged to get the same deal with just five people. So, this clinic is on!

[variate]

Woohoo! Looking forward to it.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Glad to hear. See ya on August 6.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

bump

[Marcus-SanDiego]

This Saturday. See you there.

[tripod06]

put me down please! :)

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Added.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Guys, I just sent the address to you. I will see you in San Diego at 10:00 AM.

[variate]

Got the address. See you guys soon.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Excellent. See you guys soon.

[tripod06]

anyone cruising down from the LA/OC area also?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I think you're the only one, Albert.

[tripod06]

always a good time though. maybe this is what i need. a good solo drive for once.

[tripod06]

On the freeway now :)

[Marcus-SanDiego]

See ya in about an hour.

[tripod06]

Just pulled off calimesa blvd and saw a BMW motorcycle meet at a Giovanni's Restaraunt. I had a big smile lol

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Just pulled off calimesa blvd and saw a BMW motorcycle meet at a Giovanni's Restaraunt. I had a big smile lol

That's also where San diego's bmwcca chapter meets.


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[Marcus-SanDiego]

Great seeing the gang today. I now feel emboldened to give this a try on my own.

For those who attended today: our next clinic will entail us applying our knowledge on a car.

If you attended today's clinic, I'll work on getting a discounted rate for our next visit.


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[variate]

It was great to meet you all. My next item: leaf blower. ^^

[Marcus-SanDiego]

It was great to meet you all. My next item: leaf blower. ^^

Definitely a good investment.


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[tripod06]

Great time today. Gorgeous M6. Great knowledge gained. Great mountain run. Thank you guys! I and I know James wouldn't mind volunteering our cars as the demo models for next time! :)

[pleasecorrupt]

good stuff last saturday, kinda bummed i didn't stick around for mountain run, but my friend and i were very hungry to say the least. on that note, i found a brush set that we were looking at, don't know if its soft to our standards but from the little picture it has the rubber protective tip lol

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=862517

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Some pictures I took from the clinic:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/fe16a5e0.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/65cf361e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/6f4e87cd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/e751ae64.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/e91471a3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/9b8b024b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/1a7746ca.jpg

[danewilson77]

Thanks Boss.

HTC Thunderbolt+TT

[tripod06]

God I Loved that clinic and car and garage lol