Hello from New Zealand!

[Mr Shiny]

Hi everyone, my name is Brae.
Wow! Such a massive community of enthusiasts here! I've always been a bit of a car cleaner, but it's only been the last couple of years I've stepped it up a bit. Sadly there's not really any detailing courses in New Zealand & all my skills have been through reading forums, watching videos & trial & error. Meguiars here have a polishing course they show on there website & when I put my name forward to do it it took about a year to happen & I was the only one there! It only happened due to me putting the pressure on to get it done. The only thing I really learnt was having confidence to use a rotary buffer. Since then I've practiced a lot on my own cars & done a few now for other members in my car club. Still a lot I need to learn though. And that's one reason why I'm travelling to the States! I've been accepted to do Todd Cooperider's class later this year. Just wish I could travel around & do other classes like Mike's boot camp. Anyway, I'll leave you with a teaser of the last job I did!

[BobbyG]

To Autogeek Online Brae !!

[chatoyer]

Haere Mai! I lived in the South Island for 10 years up until 2010. Still call it home.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Welcome to AGO from Germany!

[GS2011]

[Paul A.]

Welcome Brae! And you tease us with a bloody red Lotus! More...more!

Seriously, welcome to a wonderful community full of extremely valuable information. I love the international reach this passion has.

[Pats300zx]

Welcome

[Klasse Act]

Welcome Mr.Shiny, nice Lotus! Does it have the normal red or the red that has the gold pearl in it?

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Welcome to AGO Brae!

[Mr Shiny]

Thanks guys! I'll get some more pics up as soon as I work out how to insert them into the message without being thumbs. Also I'd love to attach the original size pic but I read that they want them to be about 800x600 pixels. The problem when I resize the pics the quality is drastically reduced & the picture loses it's sharpness. I wonder if I would be allowed to keep original picture size but only attach as a thumb? More research needed I guess!
Anyway, the Lotus is just a normal red, no metallic or pearl, even though the pic might show it might have gold in it. It was a mess when I got it. The owner only picked it up that day. I might once working out the pic problem do a wee show & shine thread with some before & after shots if anyone is keen?