Just a jar of Pinnacle Wax and a Bentley Continental GT...

[Nick McKees37]

Last weekend we attended the annual Festivals of Speed car show in Orlando. We set up a booth and demonstrated various products, including FLEX polishers and Wolfgang polishing compounds.



This show hosted some of the most exotic vehicles in the world, including the vaunted Pagani Huayra (Why-Ruh); Lamborghinis and Ferraris were as common as Camrys and Accords in the parking lot at Publix. Right in front of our tent was a heavily modified Bentley Continental GT. As a car guy, I was in heaven the entire time. Meghan had to repeatedly say "Nick....Nick.....NICK!" to snap me back to reality. After all, I was there to work, not day dream. I'm pretty sure my heart stopped for a solid 10 seconds when a brand-new Aston Martin Vanquish crept by, with its V12 emitting a muscular burble. Unreal.



While we had a ton of different products on display, the plethora of carnauba waxes drew the most attention, especially Pinnacle's limited-edition holiday wax, aptly named White Christmas Wax. People were drawn to sight of a Pinnacle wax that they'd never seen before, so I demonstrated how effortless the wax is to apply and remove. After damp-sanding our test hood and polishing it to a flawless finish using Wolfgang Uber Compound and Finishing Glaze on a FLEX XC3401, I hand-applied a coat (or two) of the wax using a Gold Wax Finger Pocket.

I managed to capture the all-important beading picture for all you 'nuba fanatics out there.




I'm looking forward to attending the show again next year as a representative of Autogeek, or as a nutty automotive enthusiast.

Pinnacle White Christmas Wax

[MrCleanit]

Oh! If i could only test drive one of them like the parking lot attendant in Ferris Buellers Day Off!

[Nick McKees37]

Oh! If i could only test drive one of them like the parking lot attendant in Ferris Buellers Day Off!

They had a Ferrari 458 Italia that you could test drive, but I didn't think Max would appreciate the $400 charge on my room...

[spiralout462]

They had a Ferrari 458 Italia that you could test drive, but I didn't think Max would appreciate the $400 charge on my room...

Christmas bonus!

[Nick McKees37]

Christmas bonus!

[FUNX650]

Bob

[valleyrider]

They had a Ferrari 458 Italia that you could test drive, but I didn't think Max would appreciate the $400 charge on my room...

Is that $400 for a test drive on the track or $400 putting around at the speed limit on slow city streets?

Its a shame when you get to drive such a fast car but are limited to the speed of the road! Knowing you have 500+ HP under your foot but not being able to sample it is heart breaking, Ferrari or not.

[wrx495]

ahaha! did the 400 include only a lap or a full tank of gas?! lol, which is not a lot of gas at all!