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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Kieron Lacey » Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:41 am

Getting excited already
Andy, do we have times and meeting points sorted?
Wednesday = rain :cry:
Essex Roadsters are taking a well earned rest, see Essex MGF for local meets

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First Thursday of the month at the Dick Turpin on the A127
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Third Thursday of the month at the Halfway House on the A127.
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Dave_T » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:22 am

Andy, any news as to meet times etc?
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Kieron Lacey » Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:41 pm

Birchanger services for 9?
Essex Roadsters are taking a well earned rest, see Essex MGF for local meets

We may have TWO meetings each month
First Thursday of the month at the Dick Turpin on the A127
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Third Thursday of the month at the Halfway House on the A127.
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Scarlet Fever » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:11 pm

Yep, Birchanger Services for 09:00am
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by dwkmgf » Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:07 am

Have a good visit guys - take plenty of pics and get a list of the products they use.

We have just arrived in Xian for the second stage of our holiday. Overnight train - will tell you all about it when I next see you all.
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Scarlet Fever » Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:49 am

For those who have yet to arrive, we need to leave shortly, post code for the destination is:

SG6 1NW
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by mark lucas » Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:25 pm

Excellent what a great day well done Andy :thumbsu:

Ncoles car look like new or very nearly :thumbsu:

Any body wanting any auto glym stuff get in contact with me & will try & get us a good deal :thumbsu:

NO TIME WASTERS :rant:

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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Kieron Lacey » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:47 pm

Yes, brilliant day thanks andy!

Yes please mark, I have a list
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Third Thursday of the month at the Halfway House on the A127.
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Dave_T » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:35 pm

Thanks Andy (& Emma) for organising a great day out. :thumbsu:

Nicole just has to keep up the good work now!! :P :P :P

before:
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How many Roadsters does it take to clean a car ? This many if it's that dirty!
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Nicole cleaned it all by herself :lol:
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make up your own caption here.................
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and after all the hard work.....
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all tired but happy.
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Scarlet Fever » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:21 pm

Was good wasn't it. :)

They really looked after us well, laid on lunch & gave us a very interesting tour, as well as a propper demonstration on the propper way to clean a car. I don't know about you guys, but learned loads :)

Just as well really, given the state of the roads on the run in! Filthy roads are one thing, but I could've done without the closed road for roadworks, the impromptu diversion & the 6" deep flood! Poor Kier, it was only the second time his car has been out this year & I've never seen it so dirty! :)
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Nicole » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:31 pm

A big thank you to Andy for arranging this. My car looks fantastic. I want to thank you all for being so kind and voting for my car to be done. It means a lot to me and my kids. It was amazing to watch and learn how to actually wash my car. They pulled out all the stops and the lunch was great too! I will order something but won't be able to do anything for the next couple of weeks. It was so nice to see Mark and Kerion cars soooo dirty and I have a video of puddle that we went through of Mark's car! Hopefully Dave T is able to forward it on to you Mark.

I had a fantastic time and look forward to our next outing!
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by colintf » Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:00 pm

Nicole wrote:A big thank you to Andy for arranging this. My car looks fantastic. I want to thank you all for being so kind and voting for my car to be done. It means a lot to me and my kids. It was amazing to watch and learn how to actually wash my car. They pulled out all the stops and the lunch was great too! I will order something but won't be able to do anything for the next couple of weeks. It was so nice to see Mark and Kerion cars soooo dirty and I have a video of puddle that we went through of Mark's car! Hopefully Dave T is able to forward it on to you Mark.

I had a fantastic time and look forward to our next outing!
Your ZT looks great Nicole and the event just proves yet again what a great group of people the Essex Roadsters are 8-)

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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by Scarlet Fever » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:45 pm

Incidentally, i cleaned the engine bay of my company Passat using the technique shown to us by AutoGlym, here is the result...

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The whole job took less than 15 minutes (closer to 10 actually), was very easy indeed and the result was astonishing for an 11 year old car with 179,000 miles on it and an engine bay that has never been cleaned. :)

...Oh, and i want to see the videos of the fording! :D
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Re: AutoGlym factory tour

Post by purplebargeken » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:20 pm

That looked like a brilliant day. Is there any possibility of a 2013 re-run?

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